Hitman (TV series)

Hitman was a quiz programme that was produced by Television South and aired on the ITV network for 1 series in 1989, the programme was hosted by Nick Owen.

Gameplay

At the start of the show 3 contestants watched a film clip then after the clip they are asked questions about the clip, each correct answer earned the contestant a 'Hitman' the first 2 contestants to light 5 hitmen won through to round 2 while the remaining contestant was eliminated from the show but left with a consolation prize of a bottle of champagne and some caviar.

The 2 remaining contestants then watched another film clip and after the clip ended there were more questions about the clip but this time each contestant had an army of hitmen, 9 for the contestant who got into round 2 first while the other contestant had 8 hitmen, each time a contestant answered a question correctly they eliminated a hitman from the other contestant and it was the first contestant to wipe out the opponent's hitmen who played in the final round for a chance to win £3000.

In the final round the winning contestant was faced with columns of hitmen but they did not know how many hitmen were in each column as the contestant was facing away from the board, the contestant had 60 seconds to clear 3 columns by answering questions based on the 2 clips that he/she watched during the show and each time they cleared a column they won £1000 but if they cleared all 3 columns within the time limit they won the £3000.

Miscellaneous

This is based on the US version on NBC in 1983 hosted by the late Peter Tomarken