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The Cube (2009)

The Cube poster
Genre
game show
Country
United Kingdom
Length
10 seasons, 73 episodes
Rated
NR
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Contestants step into a clear Perspex cube to take on physical and mental challenges for a cash prize. A voice explains the rules as they attempt tasks like catching, balancing, and memorization.

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What happens

The Cube is a British television game show that aired on ITV from 22 August 2009 to 23 December 2021. It was hosted by Phillip Schofield. The original series offered contestants the chance to win a top prize of £250,000 by completing challenges from within a 4m × 4m × 4m Perspex cube. The challenges involve physical and mental tasks including catching, throwing, estimation, reacting, memorisation, and balancing. Colin McFarlane provides the disembodied voice of The Cube, who explains the rules of the games. The show ran from 2009 to 2015, before returning as The Million Pound Cube in 2020, and again under its original title in 2021. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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