The Floor

The original "name that thing" programme comes to ITV.

A giant LED floor is split into 81 boxes, each representing its own field of knowledge. In each of the box is a player who thinks they're an expert in the field.

A contestant is picked, and challenges an adjacent opponent in a quiz duel. The opponent brings their category into the duel, so if you're challenged with the subject of "mythology", the duel is on mythology. Lots of categories on this show - famous athletes, action movies, chocolate bars, airport codes... the list is almost endless.

The first episode didn't mix things up very much - all of the duels took the form "name that picture", though the press release promised sound, open questions, multiple choices, and other quiz formats. Each duel has a 45 second chess clock for each player, no direct penalty for incorrect guesses but a three-second runoff for a pass. The challenger plays first, so the expert in a field has a further advantage.

Whoever runs out of time has lost the duel, and leaves the game. The winner gains the space on the board held by the loser, gaining more ground and more opponents on the grid. Each category is only played once through the series, so the winner may also inherit the loser's category - win on "knitting" and you could be defending "action movies". The winner can choose to attack another player, or retire to the grid and play again later.

Last person standing on the grid takes home £50,000, and whoever has the most territory at the end of each show is awarded £5000. There's also a three-second bonus for any player who wins three duels in a row.

There's something for all the family in The Floor; youngest viewers can shout out the answers they know, parents might anticipate their specialist category coming up in a later show, grandparents may surprise with their knowledge of pop culture.

John de Mol. This show is based on Dutch format The Floor, which first aired in 2023. The ITV version was the 25th international version to be commissioned.