Winner Takes All
Jimmy Tarbuck welcomed the guests and the unseen Geoffrey
Wheeler asked the questions in this popular long-running quiz
show.
The four contestants competed in a little knockout tournament
to find one winner who would "take all" (hence the name)
- namely a big cash prize - at the end of each show. The winner
then stayed on the following week, risking a proportion of their
winnings to date in the pursuit of even more money.
Five questions were offered, one at a time, together with six
possible answers. Each answer was accompanied by appropriate odds,
ranging from even money through 2-1, 3-1, 4-1 and 5-1 to the rank
outsider at 10-1.
The contestants had to select an answer and back it with a
proportion of their points bank, losing the gambled points if the
answer was wrong but reaping the rewards if they gambled
correctly.
The contestant with the most points was, naturally enough, the
winner. In the final round, pounds replaced points but only the
winner could take away his final total.
When Jimmy Tarbuck left the series in 1987 to present a new
game show, Tarby's Frame Game, Geoffrey Wheeler (who was
also the devisor of the series) was brought into vision as joint
host and question master.
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