Five revives Going for Gold with 50-episode order
- Published: 01 October 2008 18:44
- Author: Kate McMahon
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Five is to revive classic 1990s quiz show Going for Gold - but has ditched the European contestants.
Host Henry Kelly has been replaced by former Five News newsreader John Suchet, but the show's four British contestants will take on the same rounds as the original: beat the buzzer, four-in-a-row and head to head.
Fifty episodes of the 60-minute show will be produced live by Fremantle Media's Talkback Thames. The show will air from mid-October, stripped across weekdays at 12.45pm. It will be executive produced by Richard Holloway and Peter Cassidy. The series producer is Mark Noades.
A second, 10-minute show called Going for Gold Extra will go out at 2.50pm featuring the champion from the earlier show competing with a viewer for a cash prize.
Viewers enter the competition during the main show by ringing a premium rate phone line or by registering online to get a free-phone number.
Going for Gold is being eyed as a potential regular feature in Five's afternoon schedule to replace Brainteaser, which was axed last year after a phone-in scandal.
The original Going for Gold ended in 1996 after a 10-year run in a BBC1 afternoon slot.
