Dale's Supermarket Sweep
| Dale's Supermarket Sweep | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | Supermarket Sweep |
| Genre | Game show |
| Created by | Jamie Hardwick Al Howard |
| Presented by | Dale Winton |
| Voices of | Bobby Bragg (1993–2001) Gary King (2007) |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 7 (original) 1 (revival) |
| No. of episodes | 549 (original) 40 (20 unaired) (revival) |
| Production | |
| Location(s) |
East Midlands Television Centre (1993–2001) The Maidstone Studios (2007) |
| Running time | 30 minutes (inc. adverts) |
| Production company(s) |
Central and Talbot Television (and Carlton UK Productions)(1993–5) Fremantle (UK) Productions (Pearson Television) and Carlton (1996–9) Carlton and Grundy (2000–1) Talkback Thames (2007) |
| Distributor | FremantleMedia |
| Release | |
| Original network | ITV |
| Picture format |
4:3 (1993–2001) 16:9 (2007) |
| Original release | 6 September 1993 – 31 August 2007 |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | Supermarket Sweep (US version) |
Dale's Supermarket Sweep, also known as Supermarket Sweep, was a UK game show based on the American Supermarket Sweep TV show format. Presented by British television presenter Dale Winton from series 1 in 1993 until series 7 in 2001. Winton also presented a revival series of Supermarket Sweep in 2007.
The game consists of three teams of two, each with a clock that starts with 60 seconds on it. The teams then attempt to add as much time as possible to their clock by answering questions and riddles posed by host Dale Winton. The time they accumulate determines how long they have in the 'Big Sweep' round to run around a studio mock-up of a supermarket, collecting shopping items. The team with the shopping trolley filled with items of the most value wins the chance to enter the final 'Super Sweep' prize round. Within the game there were a number of rounds.
The Mini Sweep is a question round. On answering a question correctly, they have 10 seconds added to their clock. Dale then gives the winning contestants a clue as to which item he requires. The contestants then have to find the item with a "Supermarket Sweep" logo on within the supermarket and return to the start with it within 30 seconds for a bonus of £25 (£50 in the revived version) to their sub total.
There are a variety of possible games each week. Each correctly answered question or riddle is rewarded with 10 seconds added to the contestants' clock. Some games (such as Pick a Pair) offer a bonus 30 seconds if all contestants agree on an answer and that answer is correct.
Original games were: Counting Calories, Rhyme Time, In Betweens, Totals, Memory Game, Higher or Lower?, Pick a Pair, Random Reveal, Reverse Reveal, Scrambled Letters, and Dale's Bluff. These games were introduced later in the series: Wordsearch, Alphabet Soup, and Odd One Out.
If a team answer a question correctly, it wins 10 seconds; right or wrong, contestants then switch with their partners tasked with answering the next question. The categories can be: TV, Movies, Music, or Hot Gossip.
This is the round where the contestants enter the aisles, starting with the team with the most time on their clocks and followed by the other two teams according to their times. The aim of this round is to gain as much value in their trolleys as possible in order to go on to the £5,000 Super Sweep game (formerly £2,000), at the end of this round the value of the shopping is calculated by Dale's checkout assistants Caroline, Justin and Sam. Various bonuses are available to boost their totals and there are penalties for dropped items. The lowest ever total was recorded in a 1997 episode and constituted a "sub-total" of £0. They did, however, manage some shopping. This resulted in a grand total of £56.
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