''And They're Off!'' (also known as ''And They're Off!... for Sport Relief'') is a British television programme hosted by
Ore Oduba
Ore Oduba (born 17 November 1985) is a British television and radio presenter who has also worked as an actor. From 2008 until 2013, he presented the CBBC news programme '' Newsround''. In 2018 he hosted the game show ''And They're Off!'' in a ...
with commentary from
Dave Lamb and demonstrations from
Daryll Neita and is shown on
BBC One
BBC One is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by the BBC. It is the corporation's oldest and flagship channel, and is known for broadcasting mainstream programming, which includes BBC News television b ...
, featuring contestants predicting which celebrity will win a physical challenge to raise money for
Sport Relief
''Sport Relief'' was a wikt:biennial, biennial charity event from Comic Relief, in association with BBC Sport, established in 2002.
It was the idea of Kevin Cahill, CBE, who had joined Comic Relief in 1991 to establish a new department as Dire ...
. The show features contestants in the
BBC Pacific Quay studio answering questions to bet on which celebrity will win in a physical challenge. If their celebrity loses, they go home. The winner wins a prize donated to Sport Relief, for example:
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tickets.
Format
There are five contestants. To start, they are given a series of questions. If they answer correctly, they get to choose which celebrity they think will win a physical challenge. If their celebrity loses, both the contestant and the celebrity leave. This repeats with different challenges until the final.
In the final, all 5 celebrities return for a final challenge. The remaining contestant must answer four questions and for every question they get correct, they can choose another celebrity they think will win. If one of the celebrities they choose wins, the contestant wins a prize.
Episodes
References
External links
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''And They're Off!''@
UKGameshows.com
{{Comic Relief
2010s British sports television series
2010s British game shows
2018 British television series debuts
2018 British television series endings
BBC television game shows
Charity fundraisers
British English-language television shows
Sport Relief
Television series by STV Studios