The Cube is a British television game that premiered on August 22, 2009 on ITV1 , in which participants perform various tests inside the cube . For successful completion of the task, the participant receives a cash prize. Grand prize - £ 250,000 . The Russian analogue of this television game was broadcast on Channel One from March 30, 2013 to August 24, 2014. The program was led by Dmitry Kharatyan . [one]
| Cube | |
|---|---|
| The cube | |
| Genre | TV game , quiz , TV show |
| Authors) | Adam Adler |
| Director (s) | Richard Van Riet (2009—2011) Orly Bartlett (2011) |
| Production | Objective Productions |
| Presenter (s) | Phillip Schofield |
| Voiced | Colin McFarlane |
| Composer | Ken Bolam Nick Foster |
| Country of Origin |  United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Number of seasons | 9 |
| Number of issues | 79 (on 08/07/2015) |
| Production | |
| Producer (s) | Hannah Dodson (2011) |
| Executive Producer (s) | Adam Adler (2009—2011) Nathan Eastwood (2009—2011) Andrew Newman (2011) Andrew O'Connor (2011) Justin Gorman |
| Location | The fountain studios |
| Camera | Multi Camera |
| Duration | 45 minutes |
| Status | closed |
| Broadcasting | |
| TV Channel (s) | ITV , STV , UTV |
| Image format | 576i ( SDTV ) 1080i ( HDTV ) |
| Broadcast Period | August 22, 2009 - August 8, 2015 |
| Premiere Impressions | August 22, 2009 - August 8, 2015 ITV |
| Repeat impressions | October 27, 2014 - n. at. Questions and answers |
| References | |
Since October 27, 2014, the channel “Questions and Answers” has been broadcasting the British version with a Russian translation. [2]
Content
- 1 Rules of the game
- 2 Studio
- 3 Versions of the game in different countries of the world
- 4 facts
- 5 notes
- 6 References
Game Rules
The participant has 9 lives to overcome 7 challenges. Each test passed brings a certain amount of money:
| Test | Cost |
|---|---|
| one | £ 1,000 |
| 2 | £ 2,000 |
| 3 | £ 10,000 |
| four | £ 20,000 |
| 5 | £ 50,000 |
| 6 | £ 100,000 |
| 7 | £ 250,000 |
Failing the test, the participant loses one life. Losing the last life, the participant leaves the game with nothing. However, before each test, the participant can decide whether to play further or to withdraw money. He makes this decision after the next game is demonstrated.
In addition to lives, a participant can use:
- Simplify ( simplification ) - the current test in some way simplified. If the participant uses this option before the game, then he is obliged to play and can no longer take the money.
- Trial Run ( trial attempt ) - the participant can try to complete the test and decide whether he will continue the game or take the money. The result of the test approach itself is not taken into account. This opportunity appears in the player only after completing the first test.
Studio
The leader and the player are on a small round platform. A bridge that revolves around it approaches the site. On it, the player leaves the audience and also passes into the cube.
In the center of the studio is a large cube (4 × 4 × 4 meters), the edges of which are made of glass. The participant passes all the tests inside this cube: the wall closest to the player opens like a door and the participant passes inside, after which the door closes.
Around are the spectator stands, on one of which the player’s fans are sitting.
Versions of the game around the world
| A country | Title | Leading | Channel | Grand Prize | First broadcast | The last broadcast |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arab world [3] | The cube | Zafer Abdin | Dubai tv | 250 000 Dh | February 2, 2014 | April 27, 2014 |
| United Kingdom | The cube | Philip Scofield | ITV1 | £ 250,000 | August 22, 2009 | August 8, 2015 |
| Hungary | A kocka | Nóra Ördög | Tv2 | 10,000,000 Ft | November 23, 2015 | December 23, 2015 |
| Germany | The Cube - Besiege den Würfel! | Nazan Eskes | RTL | 250 000 € | April 29, 2011 | June 10, 2011 |
| Spain | El cubo | Rackwell Sanchez Silva | Cuatro | 150 000 € | February 8, 2012 | August 13, 2012 |
| 250 000 € | ||||||
| Italy | The Cube - La Sfida | Theo Mammukari | Italia 1 | 100 000 € | September 7, 2011 | September 28, 2011 |
| China | 梦 立方 | Chang lei | Dragon tv | Fulfillment of a participant's dream | May 13, 2012 | September 4, 2013 |
| 250,000 yuan | ||||||
| Portugal | O cubo | Jorge Gabriel | RTP | 30 000 € | April 11, 2010 | July 11, 2010 |
| Russia | Cube | Dmitry Kharatyan | First channel | 3 000 000 rubles | March 30, 2013 | November 30, 2013 |
| Saudi Arabia | Al moukaab | Faisal Al Issa | Saudi tv 1 | 250,000 riyal | March 24, 2010 | July 13, 2011 |
| USA | The cube | Neil Patrick Harris | Cbs | $ 500,000 | was not (in 2010 a pilot release was shot) | did not have |
| Ukraine | Cube | Maxim Chmerkovsky [4] | STB | 250 000 hryvnia | November 21, 2011 | December 24, 2012 |
| Dmitry Tankovich [5] | 500 000 hryvnia [5] | August 26, 2013 | December 29, 2014 [6] | |||
| France | Le cube | Nagui Fam | France 2 | 50 000 € | July 1, 2013 | August 30, 2013 |
So: the game is being produced in 13 countries.
- countries where the game is planned to be shown,
- countries in which the game is currently broadcast,
- countries where the game is closed and no longer goes on the air.
Facts
- For each test, a demonstration is shown in which a human expert, stylized as a robot, performs this task. This person’s name is “The Body”.
- The “Cube” can talk - the game is embodied in such a way that the cube has its own voice (the human voice is filtered so that the conversation looks like a robot). This voice comments on the entire process of the game, as well as the demonstrations before each test. The cube is voiced by Colin MacFrailn.
- The game uses slow motion (slo-mo), which looks very impressive on the screen.
- At the end of the second season, there were three special issues in which famous people took part. As their winnings went to charity, a sum of £ 1,000 was fireproof.
- At the moment, of all the participants in the British version, only seven managed to get to the seventh game. Six took the money, and only Olympic champion Mohammed Farah (issue of July 14, 2012) managed to get through all 7 games.
- The maximum number of lives lost in one trial is 8 (“Descent”, “Time-Split”, “Cylinder”, “Pendulum”, “Dead Stop”).
Notes
- ↑ “Cube” on the Channel One website
- ↑ In October - premiere cycles on the channel "Questions and Answers"
- ↑ Dubai TV
- ↑ Show "Cube". Chmerkovsky fights off fans - an article about the filming of the first season.
- ↑ 1 2 Conquer the glass monster: Dmitry Tankovich now hosts the KUB show on STB Archived on October 29, 2013. - An article about the filming of the fourth season.
- ↑ Dzherelo: STB bendsє “Cube” (inaccessible link) . Date of treatment December 29, 2016. Archived December 30, 2016.