Should Golden Balls come back? RadioTimes.com readers have had their say!
With a number of game show revivals hitting our screens recently, fans have called for ITV to bring back Golden Balls.
The show, which ran between 2007 and 2009 hosted by Jasper Carrott, saw contestants attempt to convince their fellow players they had the most money in their balls in an effort to get to the final round, where two contestants could choose to either split or steal the overall prize money for themselves.
In an exclusive RadioTimes.com poll, users of X, previously known as Twitter, said they would want ITV to bring the show back – although it was far from unanimous.
Of the respondents to the poll, 50.7 per cent said they would like to see a revival, while 49.3 per cent disagreed.
I absolutely loved this game. The tense, drama and slight arguments about Split / Steal made the great quiz. Shame ITV didn’t keep making more. I wonder who they’ll have to host it? Jasper Carrot doesn’t do much TV anymore. Someone like @RobbieRinder or @LeeMack would be great!
— Peter H Todd (@Peter_H_Todd) January 5, 2024
Of those responding, one X user said that they “absolutely loved” the game, and suggested either Robert Rinder or Lee Mack could take over as host if Carrott didn’t return.
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Meanwhile, one of the respondents who didn’t want the show back said that we already have “more than enough revivals on our plates”.
Recent game show revivals to have arrived on ITV include Deal or No Deal, Wheel of Fortune, Jeopardy! and Big Brother, while the BBC has aired a new season of Survivor and is about to bring back Gladiators.
Alex Horne, creator and star of Taskmaster, recently suggested he would like to see Jasper Carrott come on the Channel 4 show, saying: “There are a few old-school people who I’d love to have, like Jasper Carrott.
“He’s not chasing things [career-wise], but I think Joe Pasquale would do it and I think he would be great. But it’s a big conversation, because if you’re having Pasquale, you’re not having someone else and it’s 10 episodes.”
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