George Lamb to host The Bank Job

5 December 2011

-          Gripping new event game show launching first week of January on Channel 4

-          Week long, nail biting event to broadcast live on Channel 4 from a real bank in London

-          Compelling online game launched giving the nation the chance to apply for the show

Hosted by George Lamb, The Bank Job is a TV event giving contestants the chance to pull off the ultimate heist and walk away with a life changing sum of money.  Last week an online game launched based on the TV game. Playing the game is the only way to unlock an exclusive application form for the show, and have a chance to play for real money live on Channel 4.

Across six nights, four rivals are taken to a real bank and enter a bank vault filled with hundreds of thousands of pounds of cash. They play a high jeopardy, competitive game of knowledge, judgement and luck. By the end of the night one victor will be leaving with a briefcase full of money - the other three will be going home empty-handed. Which one will get rich - and get out?

This is just the beginning; on the final night the five winners from the five live shows will return with the money they've won, pooling it together to compete against each other in a suspenseful, winner-takes-all final. It's the ultimate showdown with a huge twist that could see one player walk out of the bank with the entire prize pot - a life-changing fortune.

Host George Lamb said: "I'm super happy to be back at Channel 4, working on such an exciting and ground-breaking live show. If you cross an edge-of-your-seat game show with Ocean's Eleven and add a twist of real-time viewing then you've got The Bank Job."

Both the live television show and online game requires players to showcase nerve and knowledge.  In each timed round, twenty-five safety deposit boxes contain different amounts of cash.  Players answer general knowledge questions and a correct answer allows them to pick a safety deposit box and keep the money inside.

Time in the vault is limited so players face a major dilemma.  Stay in the vault to get more cash and they might be left inside when the time runs out - but bail out early and they risk being left with the least money, and also being eliminated.

The only way to become a contestant is to play the online game that has launched on www.channel4.com/bankjob to unlock the exclusive application form. The game will be a tense online experience that mirrors the high- stakes, high- risk TV programme. Contestants playing the online game in the early episodes of the series could find themselves, just days later, competing for real, live on Channel 4.

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The Bank Job is produced by Remarkable Television, an Endemol company. The Executive Producers are David Flynn and Tom Blakeson and the Series Producer is James Fox. The Bank Job was commissioned for Channel 4 by Commissioning Editor Madeleine Knight and Justin Gorman with the online game commissioned by Jody Smith.

The Bank Job will air on Channel 4 in week one - full TX details to be confirmed by December 8th. It promises tension and drama during a week of high rolling head-to-head action, and is set to offer one of the most gripping TV moments of 2012.

 

For more information please contact:

The Bank Job team at House PR on

thebankjob@housepr.com  or 020 7291 3000