Waffle (game show)

Waffle is a British game show that aired on ITV from 24 March to 18 June 1998. It was hosted by Nick Weir and was Weir's first national game show.

The guests in the first episode were Lisa Riley, then-host of fellow Granada-produced show You've Been Framed!, and Jonathan Kerrigan from Casualty. Other contestants over the run of the series included Claudia Winkleman, Michael Willson (A.K.A. Cobra) from Gladiators and actor Kevin Lloyd from The Bill who died in 1998 whilst both shows were still running. He was a contestant in several episodes. Cheryl Andrews and comedian John Martin also appeared as contestants.

Game

The concept behind the game is that contestants identify individual words through rebuses, rather than well-known phrases like Catchphrase. Although there are six rounds, they are similar in game play and UKGameshows.com noted that they are "are all so similar there might as well be two - the beginning and the end."

The prizes on the show are comically cheap and humorous, with the winning prize being a waffle toaster and the consolation prize being waffles themselves. The set features a large rotating "W" in the background, this being the "W" from the Waffle logo. The audience are seated at either end of the desk that the first round is played on, although it has been noted that with this set up, some the audience appear to have not been able to see the game very clearly. Nick Weir introduces the show as "the show that celebrates the great British art of waffle".

Transmissions

External links

• Waffle at the Internet Movie Database
• Waffle at UKGameshows.com