Hole in the Wall (UK game show)
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| Genre | Game show |
| Presented by |
Dale Winton (2008) Anton du Beke (2009) |
| Starring |
Anton du Beke (2008) Darren Gough (2008) Austin Healey (2009) Joe Swash (2009) |
| Voices of | Peter Dickson (2008) |
| Narrated by | Jonathan Pearce |
| Theme music composer | Simon Darlow |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 21 (inc. 1 unaired) (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
Talkback Thames BBC Scotland (2009) |
| Distributor | FremantleMedia |
| Release | |
| Original network | BBC One |
| Picture format | 16:9 |
| Original release | 20 September 2008 – 12 December 2009 |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | Brain Wall |
| External links | |
| Official website | |
Hole in the Wall was a game show that aired on BBC One in the United Kingdom. This game was an adaptation of the Japanese game Brain Wall (also known as "Human Tetris") in which players must contort themselves to fit through cutout holes of varying shapes in a large polystyrene wall moving towards them as they stand in front of a swimming pool. Each week, two teams of television personalities competed for £10,000 in prize money to be donated to their chosen charity.
Dale Winton served as the original host while Strictly Come Dancing ballroom dancer Anton du Beke and former international cricketer Darren Gough were the team captains for the first series. Additionally, Jonathan Pearce commented on the replays and Peter Dickson provided the opening voice-over. The wall was activated by the presenter shouting Bring on the wall!.
On 3 July 2008, the BBC announced that the show had been commissioned for BBC One. A second series was confirmed, with Anton du Beke giving up his captain role to take over from Dale Winton as host, and new team captains in the shape of former rugby player Austin Healey and actor Joe Swash. Anton du Beke announced that he might be a guest as well as hosting on the last show of the series.
The game was split into four rounds as well as the final "Great Wall".
The first round was "Solo Wall" which saw each team's guest players take a turn to face a wall just on their own. For each wall, 10 points were given to the player for a pass while a fail could be given up to 5 points depending on the host's whim.
Next was the "Captain's Challenge" or "Captain's Mate" which could be one of a number of games:
The third round was "Mystery Guest or Killer Question", the team leading being offered the choice of which game they wished to play and the currently losing team playing the other challenge. A maximum of 20 points was on offer.
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