Raise the Roof was an unsuccessful
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which ran from 2 September, 1995 to 13 January, 1996, produced by
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for
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and hosted by
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Raise the Roof was one of the first game shows to exploit the lifting of the
Independent Broadcasting AuthorityThe Independent Broadcasting Authority was the regulatory body in the United Kingdom for commercial television - and commercial/independent radio broadcasts...
's prize limits, by giving away a large, valuable house as the star prize. The show debuted on September 2, 1995 and lasted twelve episodes, with the final broadcast on January 13, 1996.
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Raise the Roof was an unsuccessful
BritishThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe. It is an island country, spanning an archipelago including Great Britain, the northeastern part of Ireland, and many small islands...
televisionTelevision is a widely used telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images, either monochromatic or color, usually accompanied by sound. "Television" may also refer specifically to a television set, television programming or television transmission...
game showA game show is a type of television program in which members of the public or celebrities, sometimes as part of a team, play a game which involves answering questions or solving problems usually for money and/or prizes. On some shows contestants compete against other players or another team while...
which ran from 2 September, 1995 to 13 January, 1996, produced by
Yorkshire TelevisionYorkshire Television is the ITV contractor for the Yorkshire franchise. Up until 1974, this was primarily the three Ridings of Yorkshire and associated areas served by the Emley Moor television transmitter...
for
ITVITV is a public service network of British commercial television broadcasters, set up under the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC. ITV is the oldest commercial television network in the UK...
and hosted by
Bob HolnessRobert Wentworth John Holness is an English actor and presenter.Shortly after his birth in South Africa, he moved to Ashford, Kent, in the UK with his parents...
.
History and gameplay
Raise the Roof was one of the first game shows to exploit the lifting of the
Independent Broadcasting AuthorityThe Independent Broadcasting Authority was the regulatory body in the United Kingdom for commercial television - and commercial/independent radio broadcasts...
's prize limits, by giving away a large, valuable house as the star prize. The show debuted on September 2, 1995 and lasted twelve episodes, with the final broadcast on January 13, 1996. The format featured several rounds of questions which progressively whittled the contestant pool from six to one. The final round offered the house as the grand prize, with cash amounts awarded as consolation prizes at each stage of the competition.
The program made little impact with the public and was not recommissioned. A typical audience was 6.1 million viewers as opposed to 13.8 million for
BBC One's
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Raise the Roof has since been described as the last example of the era when it was seen as "vulgar" to give away large sums of money and more appropriate to give away prizes of the same value instead. Another criticism was that the questions were too easy to generate real suspense, and the pacing was too slow to keep viewers interested.
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