Odd One Out was a weekly quiz programme that was hosted by Paul Daniels

Paul Daniels

Paul Daniels, born Newton Edward Daniels on 6 April 1938, is a British magician and television performer. He achieved international fame through his television series The Paul Daniels Magic Show, which ran on the BBC from 1979 to 1994.-Early life:...

 and was broadcast on BBC1 from 16 April 1982 to 19 April 1985.

Gameplay

The object of Odd One Out is to guess which one of four items does not belong & why it doesn't belong. After the player had successfully identify the odd one out, he/she can either guess the explanation or challenge his/her opponents to guess. Choosing the correct item was worth two points, and figuring out why it doesn't belong by guessing the common bond of the other three was worth three points more, for a total of five points.

Six contestants appeared each week with 3 contestants playing in the first half and the other 3 playing in the second half of the programme. The leader at the end of each game won a chance to play a bonus game for a nice prize.

Bonus Game

In the bonus game, the winning player was given up to three clues within which to guess the common bond between them. A correct answer won a prize according to how many clues were used; using all three clues won a small prize, using two won a medium prize, and using just the first clue won a grand prize.

After both winners played their bonus round, they face off in the final game.

The Final Game

In the final game, pictures, sounds, and words were played in each question. Scoring remained the same. When time runs out, the player with the most points goes on to play the end game for a grand prize.

The End Game

The End Game was played the same as the bonus games, except for the fact that the winning player only gets one clue. The player can choose to see clue from the top, middle, or bottom; then host Daniels tells the player that the clue is easy, medium, or hard. After that, the player had five seconds to think it over and then guess the common bond. If he/she was correct, the winning player won the grand prize.

Champion's Rule

Originally, players can stay on the show as long as they can win (ala Jeopardy!

Jeopardy!

Griffin's first conception of the game used a board comprising ten categories with ten clues each, but after finding that this board could not be shown on camera easily, he reduced it to two rounds of thirty clues each, with five clues in each of six categories...

 today). Later, it was changed to having all champions stay for maximum of three shows.

Trivia

This show was based on a short-lived American game show produced by Ralph Edwards

Ralph Edwards

Ralph Livingstone Edwards was an American radio and television host and television producer.-Early career:Born in Merino, Colorado , Edwards worked for KROW-AM in Oakland, California while he was still in high school...

 called Knockout

Knockout (game show)

Knockout is an NBC game show that aired from October 3, 1977 to April 21, 1978. A Ralph Edwards production, it was hosted by Arte Johnson, with announcing duties handled first by Jay Stewart and later by John Harlan...

, hosted by Arte Johnson

Arte Johnson

Arthur Stanton Eric "Arte" Johnson is an American comic actor. Johnson was a regular on Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In. His best-remembered "character" was that of a German soldier with the catchphrase: "Verrrry interesting, but...['stupid', 'not very funny', and other variations]".-Early life:Johnson...

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Transmissions

Series	Start date	End date	Episodes
1	16 April 1982	18 June 1982	10
2	22 April 1983	8 July 1983	12
3	6 April 1984	29 June 1984	12
4	24 January 1985	19 April 1985	12