Break the Safe
television series
Break the Safe is a BBC National Lottery game show which was broadcast on BBC One from 27 July 2013 to 30 August 2014. It was hosted by Nick Knowles.
Production
The first season in 2013 had eight episodes, while the second season in 2014 had seven. Filming of the first series took place in Glasgow in July 2013. The show's executive producers were Suzy Lamb, the head of entertainment at Thames Scotland, and Sarah Thompson-Woolley. According to the Glasgow Times, the first series was the "highest rated entertainment show of last summer" for BBC One, having received a viewership of over four million.
Format
On each episode, three teams of two contestants apiece answer questions to accumulate prize money, which is placed into a large safe in the studio. The safe is secured with six locks, and a 36-minute countdown clock runs throughout the game. Four of the locks are opened during the course of the show; the last team remaining must open the other two in order to win the money, up to £100,000.
Round 1
The teams stand at podiums that are split down the middle, allowing each contestant to be pushed forward or backward by pneumatics, and the three in the left positions are pushed back to start the round.
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