Bridge of Lies (game show)

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Bridge of Lies
Genre Quiz show
Presented by Ross Kemp
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series3 (Regular)
2 (Celebrity)
No. of episodes75 (Regular)
16 (Celebrity)
Production
Production location BBC Pacific Quay [1]
Running time45 minutes
Production company STV Studios
Original release
Network BBC One
Release14 March 2022 (2022-03-14) 
present

Bridge of Lies is a British quiz show that has aired on BBC One since 14 March 2022 and is hosted by Ross Kemp.

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Format

The show involves a group of contestants who individually take turns to cross the 'Bridge of Lies', a digital floor that gradually displays both correct and incorrect answers for a given category, and contribute toward a final cash prize. It ends with a "Final Crossing" segment in which the contestants who successfully crossed the bridge must earn the accumulated cash prize by crossing another bridge, selecting the true statement among the incorrect ones a number of times; these statements are all general knowledge rather than corresponding to a category. [2]

Transmissions

Regular

SeriesStart DateEnd DateEpisodes
114 March 2022 [3] 15 April 2022 [4] 25 [4]
223 January 2023 [5] 24 February 2023 [6] 25 [6]
311 March 2024 [7] 12 April 2024 [8] 25 [8]

Celebrity

SeriesStart DateEnd DateEpisodes
114 January 2023 [9] 1 April 2023 [10] 8 [10]
26 April 2024 [11] 22 June 2024 [12] 8 [12]

Reception

Writing for The Guardian , Stuart Heritage called Bridge of Lies "sleek and gleaming and finely engineered programme-making" and praised Kemp's hosting. [13]

International versions

The TV format was exported in Spain, with the title El puente de las mentiras when it was aired on La 1 and hosted by Paula Vázquez on 2023. [14] [15]

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