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It will feature a “massive interactive bridge” that players will dare to cross by stepping on the correct answers to challenging trivia questions, STV said.
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The Scottish broadcaster added: “Every step forward puts money in the team’s bank, with bonus money for every successful cross. However, the team only gets to keep the money if they can ‘beat the bridge’ by returning one of their players back across before time runs out in an exciting final game.”
STV said: “Bridge of Lies, hosted by Ross Kemp, has been popular with UK audiences since it was first commissioned by BBC Daytime in 2021 as part of a competitive initiative to find new quiz formats made in Scotland. It has since been recommissioned twice, with two prime-time series featuring celebrity contestants also commissioned for BBC One.”
The program is currently broadcast in 16 territories, with a local version in Spain – El peunte de las mentiras – a hit for public broadcaster La 1 in 2023, the Scottish broadcaster said. .
Beat the Bridge is a Game Show Enterprises Studios production with Ed Egan as executive producer and Sabrina Hybel Snow as co-executive producer. Josephine Brassey, Gary Chippington and David Mortimer serve as executive producers for STV Studios.
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The US deal was brokered by STV Studios, which retained the rights to format sales in the US and Australia. International format sales elsewhere are handled by BBC Studios Distribution.
David Mortimer, managing director of STV Studios and executive producer of Beat the Bridge, said: “We’re so excited that our popular UK quiz format has found a home across the pond, and we’re delighted that Game Show Network has such faith. in the world. the show to place an order of this size.
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“Beat the Bridge has all the ingredients that have made the format so popular in other territories: bite-sized gameplay, enthusiastic competitors, and a great host in Cameron Mathison. Bringing Bridge of Lies to America is just the latest step in the format’s international success, and I look forward to seeing the response to Beat the Bridge from US audiences when it launches in June.”
