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Impossible (game show)
Impossible (stylised as !mpossible) is a British television quiz show created by Hugh Rycroft and produced by Mighty Productions for BBC One. Hosted by Rick Edwards, the show has a maximum prize of £10,000 and features questions in which some answer choices are "impossible" or inconsistent with the given category.
Episodes of Impossible are also seen in the United States on the over-the-top internet television services Plex, Xumo and The Roku Channel, with each looping episodes 24 hours a day on its own dedicated streaming channel.
With the exception of Round 2 (see below), all questions used on the show are multiple-choice with at least one answer each of three different types: correct, wrong or "impossible". The impossible answers cannot be correct and are distinguished by being inconsistent with the premise of the question. For example, if the question was "Which city in Scotland is its capital?", the choices could be:
On each episode, a pool of contestants competes through two rounds until one is left to play for either the £10,000 jackpot or a smaller daily prize pot built up during the course of the game. Contestants leave the show after playing the £10,000 question once whether they win or not. With the exception of the last episode of each series, players who fail to reach the £10,000 question for any reason return on the next episode as long as they have not reached the end of their eligibility.
The size of the pool and the contestants' time on the show have occasionally changed. In Series 1, 30 contestants competed across all 15 episodes. The entire pool was replaced after every ten episodes in Series 2 and 3 and after every five episodes from Series 4 onward. The pool was 24 contestants in Series 2 through Series 4 and 21 in Series 5. Also, in Series 1, contestants remained on the show until either winning the £10,000 prize or making two unsuccessful attempts at it, rather than one as in all subsequent series. Series 8 had 12 contestants instead of 21 due the coronavirus pandemic social distancing guidelines.
During Series 1 to 3, contestants who left the show were replaced by new ones to keep the pool at a constant size. Starting with the Series 4, the departing contestant is not replaced, leaving their seat empty.
This round is played three times, with each playing split into two halves (Qualifier and Grid) to choose a contestant for the Final. The scores are set to zero at the beginning of each Qualifier.
In the Qualifier, the host asks five multiple-choice questions; each with three answer options. Contestants secretly lock in their guesses and earn one point for each correct answer. Wrong answers leave the score unaffected, but an impossible answer, or a failure to answer within the time limit, eliminates the contestant from the game. If exactly one player remains in play after a question, the Qualifier is immediately halted and that player advances to the Grid. However, if all remaining contestants are eliminated on a single question, the entire pool is brought back into play. After the fifth question, the high scorer advances to the Grid; any ties for high score are broken in favour of the contestant who took the shortest total time to lock in their answers.
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Impossible (game show)
Impossible (stylised as !mpossible) is a British television quiz show created by Hugh Rycroft and produced by Mighty Productions for BBC One. Hosted by Rick Edwards, the show has a maximum prize of £10,000 and features questions in which some answer choices are "impossible" or inconsistent with the given category.
Episodes of Impossible are also seen in the United States on the over-the-top internet television services Plex, Xumo and The Roku Channel, with each looping episodes 24 hours a day on its own dedicated streaming channel.
With the exception of Round 2 (see below), all questions used on the show are multiple-choice with at least one answer each of three different types: correct, wrong or "impossible". The impossible answers cannot be correct and are distinguished by being inconsistent with the premise of the question. For example, if the question was "Which city in Scotland is its capital?", the choices could be:
On each episode, a pool of contestants competes through two rounds until one is left to play for either the £10,000 jackpot or a smaller daily prize pot built up during the course of the game. Contestants leave the show after playing the £10,000 question once whether they win or not. With the exception of the last episode of each series, players who fail to reach the £10,000 question for any reason return on the next episode as long as they have not reached the end of their eligibility.
The size of the pool and the contestants' time on the show have occasionally changed. In Series 1, 30 contestants competed across all 15 episodes. The entire pool was replaced after every ten episodes in Series 2 and 3 and after every five episodes from Series 4 onward. The pool was 24 contestants in Series 2 through Series 4 and 21 in Series 5. Also, in Series 1, contestants remained on the show until either winning the £10,000 prize or making two unsuccessful attempts at it, rather than one as in all subsequent series. Series 8 had 12 contestants instead of 21 due the coronavirus pandemic social distancing guidelines.
During Series 1 to 3, contestants who left the show were replaced by new ones to keep the pool at a constant size. Starting with the Series 4, the departing contestant is not replaced, leaving their seat empty.
This round is played three times, with each playing split into two halves (Qualifier and Grid) to choose a contestant for the Final. The scores are set to zero at the beginning of each Qualifier.
In the Qualifier, the host asks five multiple-choice questions; each with three answer options. Contestants secretly lock in their guesses and earn one point for each correct answer. Wrong answers leave the score unaffected, but an impossible answer, or a failure to answer within the time limit, eliminates the contestant from the game. If exactly one player remains in play after a question, the Qualifier is immediately halted and that player advances to the Grid. However, if all remaining contestants are eliminated on a single question, the entire pool is brought back into play. After the fifth question, the high scorer advances to the Grid; any ties for high score are broken in favour of the contestant who took the shortest total time to lock in their answers.