Fame and Fortune (TV series)

Fame & Fortune
Genre	Game show
Starring	Marty Whelan
Country of origin	Ireland
Original language(s)	English
Production
Location(s)	Donnybrook, Dublin
Running time	60 minutes
Release
Original network	RTÉ One
Original release	1996 – 2006

Fame & Fortune is a game show broadcast on RTÉ One on Saturday nights between 1996 and 2006. Presented by Marty Whelan (who signed off every show with the catchphrase: "How do you play? You buy a ticket."), the show aired during the summer months of June, July, and August as a seasonal replacement for Winning Streak. It was preceded by Millionaire, also hosted by Whelan, and succeeded by The Trump Card in 2007, hosted by Laura Woods. Fame & Fortune had its production costs funded by RTÉ and its prize money funded by Ireland's National Lottery. Entry to the show was based on National Lottery scratchcards, and contestants could win cash, cars, holidays, and other prizes. Fame & Fortune had its final season in the summer of 2006. Its 2007 replacement, The Trump Card, was itself replaced a year later by The Big Money Game.

The format of the final series ran as follows:

As each contestant was interviewed, they picked one of five "scrolls", which denoted a famous character (real and fictitious) from history, who was their "guide" for their game on the touchscreen. They chose between Helen of Troy, Robin Hood, Christopher Columbus, Julius Caesar and Fionn Mac Cumhail. They played three games from a number stored in the computer; these included:

The "guide" stood on a trap door in front of five lights. The player pressed one of these lights, hoping not to choose the trap door and see their guide fall into the pit, but to instead reveal cash prizes, and accumulate as much money as possible. It was similar to the Goldmine game on Winning Streak.

Two different cash amounts were hidden in four different panels. The player chose three of them, winning the amount that did not match.

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