Epic Win is a British game show that aired on BBC One from 20 August to 24 September 2011 and was hosted by Alexander Armstrong.

Epic Win
GenreComedy
Created byAndrew Brereton
Jamie Ormerod
Written byGary Delaney
Henry Paker
Paul Powell
David Reilly
Directed byJim Hickey
Gemma Rawcliffe
Richard Van't Riet
Barbara Lee
Presented byAlexander Armstrong
Voices ofJoe Lycett
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes6
Production
Executive producerAntonia Hurford-Jones
ProducersJim Hickey
Gemma Rawcliffe
Sarah Church
Gemma Nightingale
Lucie Rake
Richard Grocock
Production locationBBC Television Centre
EditorsSteve Charles
Crispin Holland
Dan Mellow
Nick Peto
Running time35 minutes
Production companyUnique
Original release
NetworkBBC One
Release20 August (2011-08-20) –
24 September 2011 (2011-09-24)

Format

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In the programme, contestants complete individual challenges such as trying to dress whilst bouncing a football or cycling whilst trying to inflate hot water bottles. Those who complete their challenge win the Epic Win trophy and go to the "Epic Centre" to have the opportunity to win between £3 and £3,000, depending on what the celebrity panelists think this is worth. Those who fail a challenge have to exit through the "fail door".

When playing for the cash, the panel members each note down an amount between £1 and £1,000 depending on how impressed they are with somebody's skill. Successful contestants can then potentially win an amount up to the total that the panelists pledged. The contestant is then given a sequence of increasing amounts, with the option to stop at any time by pressing the red button. If the last amount announced before the button was pressed is equal to or lower than the panel's total, they win the cash (and Joe Lycett announces "EPIC WIN!"). If the contestant's total is higher than the panel's total, Joe Lycett announces "zero pounds" and they leave with nothing but the trophy and go through the fail door.[1]

Celebrity guests

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Show Celebrities Original air date
1 Micky Flanagan, Jason Manford and Nina Wadia 20 August 2011
2 Micky Flanagan, Katy Brand and Rita Simons 27 August 2011
3 Micky Flanagan, Ed Byrne and Sunetra Sarker 3 September 2011
4 Micky Flanagan, Kevin Bridges and Alex Jones 10 September 2011
5 Patrick Kielty, Stephen K. Amos and Ann Widdecombe 17 September 2011
6 Micky Flanagan, Jason Byrne and Joe Swash 24 September 2011

References

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  1. ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Vikki Vile on Epic Win (3.9.11) – via YouTube.
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