Pressure Pad
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| Genre | Game show |
| Presented by | John Barrowman |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 2 (regular) 1 (celebrity) |
| No. of episodes | 45 (regular) 5 (celebrity) |
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| Location(s) | BBC Pacific Quay |
| Running time | 45 minutes |
| Production company(s) | 12 Yard and BBC Scotland |
| Distributor | ITV Studios |
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| Original network |
BBC One (2013–4) BBC Two (2014) |
| Picture format | 16:9 |
| Original release | 4 November 2013 – 3 October 2014 |
Pressure Pad is a former BBC game show, hosted by John Barrowman, that aired on BBC One from 4 November 2013 to 19 September 2014 and BBC Two from 22 September to 3 October 2014.
Two five-member teams compete in four head-to-head contests, with each team sending a different player other than their captain into every contest. The players face off on the Pressure Pad, a large circular platform set into the stage floor that can display graphics or information as required for the specific contest. Both players start with two lives; the first to lose both of them is eliminated from the game, while the winner advances to the final with his/her team captain. A coin toss is used to decide which player has initial control in each contest.
In the final, all questions are multiple-choice, and the team that won more contests plays first. The captain may confer with his/her surviving teammates (if any) before choosing an answer by stepping onto it. A correct response allows the team to advance to the next question, but a miss turns control over to the opposing team so that they can answer their own series of questions. The first captain to give a total of four correct answers (not necessarily consecutive) wins the game for his/her team. The number of answer choices available to the team in control increases by one for each of their correct responses, starting with two on the first question and ending with five on the fourth.
In the first series, the winning team won £2,000. However, the team could then gamble on one final question (with six possible answers) for a rolling jackpot to add to the £2,000 already won. The rolling jackpot started at £1,000 and increased by the same amount in each successive episode until it was won, after which it reverted to £1,000 again. If the team attempted the final question and missed, they forfeited all of their winnings.
From the Celebrity series and second regular series, the rules regarding the end game changed. The team who wins the final no longer wins a guaranteed £2,000, but instead move on to the final question, for which play is now mandatory. A correct answer to this final question wins the rolling jackpot, which now starts at £3,000 and increases by the same amount each show until it is won. Conferring on this final question is not permitted.
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