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The Pyramid Game (1981)

The Pyramid Game poster
Genre
game show
Country
United Kingdom
Length
5 seasons, 126 episodes
Rating
7.5 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Teams of two players try to guess words and phrases based on clues from their partner. The faster they guess, the more money they can win in a pyramid shaped board.

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What happens

The (£1,000) Pyramid Game is a United Kingdom game show based on the American format of the same name that was originally shown on ITV from 1981 to 1984 then 1989 to 1990 hosted by Steve Jones, then revived by Challenge in 2007 hosted by Donny Osmond (who had also hosted the American version). The show first appeared in 1978 as a segment of Bruce Forsyth's Big Night, then was a segment on The Steve Jones Games Show in 1979, before becoming a series in its own right in 1981. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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