If it was hidden behind a correct answer, the player was awarded a much better prize (e.g. If it was hidden behind a Wipeout, the player was awarded a cheap prize, usually one to do with the answer (e.g. The prize would be determined based on whether it was hidden behind a correct answer or a Wipeout. In Round 1 on the first four series, each of the three boards featured a mystery prize hidden behind any one answer. Any contestant who hit a Wipeout in Round 1 lost all money they had accumulated to that point. In the Monkhouse version, only two boards were played and each correct answer was worth £50. Three boards were played in Round 1, with £10 awarded for the first answer plus an additional £10 for each subsequent correct answer (up to £110 for the eleventh). In the Monkhouse version, green ticks were used for correct answers and red Xs for wipeouts. First shown on, it ran for nine series: the first four of which aired at primetime and were hosted by Paul Daniels and the last five at daytime and hosted by Bob Monkhouse, with the final episode airing on 17 April 2003, 8 months before Monkhouse died on 29 December 2003.ĭuring the game, correct answers would be replaced by a golden star on a black circle, whereas "wipeouts" (wrong answers) would be replaced by the blue and yellow Wipeout "W". Wipeout was a British television quiz show for BBC One, based on the original American programme of the same name.
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