Play 'Let's Commission'

A new game for you, to bring some levity to Friday - and to BBC1 screens on Saturday evenings.

Imagine you are a BBC tv commissioner. Production company Zeppotron come to you with this pitch - a show called First and Last, which they have already sold to Brazil, Ukraine, Italy and China.

"First and Last starts with eleven contestants competing in several challenging games. Their objective is not to end up first or last or they face immediate elimination. After four rounds, the three remaining contestants battle it out in the final game, where they are handed a briefcase of cash lots of cash! Our three finalists are placed in a secret booth where they have two minutes to decide how much money they are prepared to leave behind and how much they want to walk away with. But, just like every other round, they must not try to take the least or the most. The person that exits with the middle amount of cash is the winner and walks home with that sum."

Whadya think, eh ? 

Well, the BBC gave it a green light back in April and have now decided that cuddly Jason Manford is just the sort of family man to host it. He says "As I get older I try not to be involved in any show that I 100% wouldn’t watch myself, and this to me is classic early Saturday evening telly." Six 45 minute shows are on their way. It ran for two series in Italy, from 2008. If anyone can find a video, I'll happily link.