GS Worksheet 6

Worksheet 6: my TV Game Show

Aim: To explore the importance of the formats, questions and prizes

 

PITCH SUMMARY – OUTLINE THE MAIN FEATURES OF YOUR OWN TV GAME SHOW:

 

My game show is called: Beat the Pleb

 

The Target Audience is:

Age: 12+    Location: Studio in Norwich   Ethnicity: N/A    Gender: Both

 

Demographic: C1-A

 

Psychographics – Reformers and Aspirers

 

The contestants will be: A panel of celebrities and one regular person who has very good trivia knowledge.

 

Demographic: C1-A

 

Psychographics – Explorers and Succeeders

 

Host – who will I audition and why? 
Jack Whitehall, because we need a well-known celebrity that will react comically to the knowledge of the “Pleb”, and the ignorance of the celebrities.

 

Any other use of celebrities?

A panel of 4 B-list celebrities with one well known one as the team captain is set up.

 

What type of games / questions / rounds will you have?

There will be a selection of trivia questions which are catered towards the “Pleb” winning, and making the celebrities look ignorant. They are asked and the first to buzz in with the correct answer wins a point. If they get it wrong the answer passes to the other team. If they get it wrong, then no-one gets points and the next question is asked. This is round one. In round two there will be a team based game for the celebrities, where they have to compete as a team against the “Pleb” e.g. they have to dodge the “Pleb” firing eggs at them from an egg cannon for a minute. Whichever side wins gets 5 points. In the third round, the “Pleb” answers questions for points whilst the celebrities compete in a team based task for points. The final round has a random one of the celebrities go head to head with the “Pleb”. There is a random, completely pointless task that they have to complete to earn a massive 15 points. This gives the trailing team a chance to redeem themselves. It could be anything from who can drink a litre of undiluted orange squash the quickest, or scoop the most baked beans out of a tray into a bucket using their fingers. The team with the most points at the end of the show wins. The “Pleb” will win £5000, and the celebrity team gets a joke prize, like a pack of rice and some chopsticks.

USP

The USP of the show is that a normal person gets to compete against celebrities which makes the show unique because most game shows only put celebrities against celebrities or the public against the public.

Synergy

The show could work with other companies as the celebrity team could be made of actors in new TV shows or films to advertise both shows. If a celebrity released a new product they could also talk about it when being asked questions. Some of the questions being asked could also be about certain brands.