Pressure Pad

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Pressure Pad
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Genre Game show
Presented by John Barrowman
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series2 (regular)
1 (celebrity)
No. of episodes45 (regular)
5 (celebrity)
Production
Production location BBC Pacific Quay
Running time45 minutes
Production companies 12 Yard
BBC Scotland
Release
Original network BBC One (2013–14)
BBC Two (2014)
Original release4 November 2013 (2013-11-04) 
3 October 2014 (2014-10-03)

Pressure Pad is a BBC game show which was hosted by John Barrowman. It aired on BBC One from 4 November 2013 to 19 September 2014 and BBC Two from 22 September to 3 October 2014.

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Format

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.

Series 1

The winning team could either accept a prize of £2,000 and end the game, or gamble that money on a final question with six answer choices. A correct response allowed the team to keep the £2,000 and also awarded a jackpot that began at £1,000 and increased by that amount every day until it was won. If the team missed the final question, they forfeited all of their winnings.

Series 2 and Celebrity Pressure Pad

The team that won the final did not receive any money immediately, but had to play the final question. A correct answer awarded a jackpot that began at £3,000 and increased by that amount each day until it was won. The captain was not allowed to confer with his/her teammates on this question.

Transmissions

Regular series

SeriesStart dateEnd dateEpisodes
14 November 20136 December 201325
28 September 20143 October 201420

Celebrity series

SeriesStart dateEnd dateEpisodes
11 September 20145 September 20145

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