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15.02.2022 - 14:59 / deadline.com
EXCLUSIVE: Channel 4’s Craig Charles-hosted daytime format Moneybags has become the network’s first show from its £30M ($40.6M) Global Format Fund to be recommissioned for a second season.
The fund is intended for international-facing formats that will appeal to both UK and global audiences and can be sold around the world.
Four have been commissioned so far, of which Moneybags, from former Endemol execs Lucas Church and David Flynn’s Youngest Media’s northern English hub, is the first to be given a second series and will air another 30 episodes later this year.
The high-stakes quiz tests contestants’ ability to think quickly as they answer each question by grabbing a moneybag with the correct answer when it passes along a conveyor belt. Those who grab the right answer earn that bag’s value, which can be anything from £1,000 ($1,350) to £100,000 ($135,000). Contestants risk losing everything if they pick up the wrong bag. Charles, the flamboyant host, is a UK cult favorite, having presented Robot Wars for many years and starred in Red Dwarf and Coronation Street.
The other shows to have been commissioned from the Global Format Fund are Joel Dommett-hosted dating format The Love Trap and quiz shows Open (working title) and One And Six Zeros, the latter two of which are yet to air.
“After such a well-received first series we’re so glad to be bringing the drama, fun and jeopardy of Moneybags back to Channel 4,” said Flynn. “With £1M ($1.35M) on the line once again every week, Craig Charles will challenge more contestants to grab themselves a fortune and change their lives.”
The Fund is a priority for Channel 4 Chief Content Officer Ian Katz and has been used as evidence by the broadcaster that it shouldn’t be privatized, as it
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Prince Charles couldn’t be happier that Queen Elizabeth wants Camilla Parker Bowles to be called “Queen Consort” when he takes over the throne one day.
Queen Elizabeth II’s rule on Sunday, the queen looked to the future of the monarchy.In remarks delivered in time for Sunday morning’s front pages, the queen expressed a “sincere wish’’ that Prince Charles’ wife, Camilla, should be known as “Queen Consort” when her son succeeds her as expected. With those words the monarch sought to answer once and for all questions about the status of Camilla, who was initially shunned by fans of the late Princess Diana, Charles’ first wife.“The queen is such a realist and, you know, she’s got a business to run,’’ historian Robert Lacey said.
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