Hole in the Wall (Polish game show)

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Hole in the Wall
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StarringAdam Grzanka
Adam Małczyk
Michał Pałubski
Theme music composerSimon Darlow
Country of originPoland
Original languagePolish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes12
Production
Running time65 minutes
Release
Original network TV4
Original release7 March (2009-03-07) 
30 May 2009 (2009-05-30)

Hole in the Wall is the Polish version of the British comedy show, which has the same name, which in turn is based on the Japanese game show Brain Wall (popularly also known as Human Tetris). It started airing the show in 2009 on TV4. It is hosted by three people from the cabaret group Formacja Chatelet - Adam Grzanka, Adam Małczyk and Michał Pałubski. The biggest prizes on the show are 3,000 zloty (about $910 or 680) and 6,000 zloty (about $1820 or €1360). Hole in the Wall is shown on every Saturday at 10 PM (UTC+1)

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Rules

Rules, appearance and sounds are roughly the same as in the UK version, but with a small change. There are other types of walls (which are borrowed from the US version). The show has a red team and a blue team, who wear silver metallic suits with helmets and knee pads of their team colors.

Types of walls

A team's maximum possible win is 9,000 zloty.

Number of viewers

EpisodeDate of broadcastNumber of viewers
17 March 2009420 974 [1]
214 March 2009283 628
321 March 2009238 275
428 March 2009242 910
5 (celebrity edition)4 April 2009339 170
611 April 2009
718 April 2009
825 April 2009
99 May 2009
1016 May 2009
1123 May 2009
1230 May 2009

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