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Bullionaire

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Host

Trey Farley

Broadcast

Initial for Channel 5, 13 June 2000

Synopsis

Smirnoff-sponsored contest, in which twelve contestants were whittled down to two over a series of four knockout rounds. These were variously daft, one including a pole dancing competition. At the end, the remaining duo were asked to choose between a real 24-carat gold bar worth £20,000 and a worthless imitation. Probably devised as a cheeky alternative to Millionaire, and the end game has more than a sniff of Midas Touch shurely?, but otherwise a rather forgettable one-off.

Inventor

Royston Mayoh

Theme music

Provided by Dime A Dozen.