# The People Versus > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/The_People_Versus > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/The_People_Versus.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_People_Versus > Source revision: 1345994296 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 2000 British television series For the 2005 album by Trick Trick, see [The People vs.](/source/The_People_vs.) The People Versus Genre Game show Created by David Briggs Steven Knight Mike Whitehill Presented by Kirsty Young Kaye Adams Composer Keith Strachan Country of origin United Kingdom Original language English No. of series 2 No. of episodes 125 Production Running time 30 minutes (inc. adverts) Production company Celador Original release Network ITV Release 13 August 2000 (2000-08-13) – 18 June 2002 (2002-06-18) ***The People Versus*** is a British game show that aired on [ITV](/source/ITV_(TV_network)) from 13 August 2000 to 18 June 2002. Series 1 was hosted by [Kirsty Young](/source/Kirsty_Young) and Series 2 by [Kaye Adams](/source/Kaye_Adams_(presenter)). The central format was that the questions were sent in by the viewers. ## Formats ### Series 1 For every question the contestants got correct, they won £5,000. The rules were: In each round the players were shown five questions from one of their specialist subjects. In Round One, each contestant had to attempt and answer correctly one of those five questions - "one of five to stay alive". In Round Two, on a different subject they had to answer two correctly to stay in, Round Three, three, Round Four, four and finally in Round Five, they had to answer all five. In each round, the player could, if they wanted, earn more cash by answering more questions than the quota required, again for £5,000 a piece. To help, each player was shown all five questions at the start. Each player was also given three 'flips'. If a player wanted to use a flip, they could substitute any of the five given questions for another one. Also, if they had the cash, they could elect to 'buy' answers to questions at £10,000 a time. Finishing Round 5 meant the contestant would begin again at Round 1. There was no limit on the amount of money someone could win which theoretically meant someone could win more than a million pounds, the top prize of *[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?](/source/Who_Wants_to_Be_a_Millionaire%3F)*, although no contestant ever won anywhere near this amount of money. If a person got their question wrong, they lost all money in that round and their seat in the game went to the person who set the question. ### Series 2 Studio contestants were asked general knowledge questions set by the public. The rounds were as follows: - Round one: one question worth £100, and four passes - Round two: two questions worth £250, and three passes - Round three: three questions worth £500, and two passes - Round four: four questions worth £1,000, and one pass - Round five: five questions worth £3,000, and no passes The contestant had a four-minute time limit to finish the rounds. Running out of time meant they lost. If the contestant was stuck on a question, he or she could pass (which discards the question for good), but if they cannot pass any more, they must use a 'Flip'. A contestant had three flips at their disposal. These substituted the question for an alternative one on their specialist subject. Finishing Round 5 meant that the contestant would bank the £3,000 and have the chance to restart from Round 1 again with their Flips restored. As in the first series there is an unlimited amount of money to be won. The highest sum of money won on the daytime version was £15,900. If a contestant answered a question incorrectly or could not give an answer within the time limit, then they were knocked out of the game. The person who set the question won £100. (Later in the series this changed to £50 for a Round 1 knockout, with no money being awarded for an elimination in a later round.) The [Bong Game](/source/Bong_Game) was then played. The studio contestant had the choice of 3 Bong games. One of these three games did not have a bong in it all and went all the way to the money he had in play. An automated voice read out increasing amounts of money. The aim was to stop the voice before the bong sounded. The contestant had to press a button to stop the voice and win whatever was shown on the screen. If the contestant managed to beat the bong, the rest of the money in play went to the person who caught the studio contestant out. If the studio player failed to beat the bong, then they would win nothing and the member of the public won all of the money in play. The contestant then found out where the bong would have come in. ## Transmissions Series Start date End date Episodes Presenter 1 13 August 2000 4 September 2000 10 Kirsty Young 2 25 June 2001 18 June 2002 115 Kaye Adams Series 1 was broadcast each weekday around 20.30. From Series 2 the series was moved to early evening broadcasting each weekday around 17.00 until 2 November. From 5 November 2001 the series was broadcast on a Monday and Friday with episodes of [Night and Day](/source/Night_and_Day_(TV_series)) being shown on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Two episodes were never broadcast until [Challenge](/source/Challenge_(TV_channel)) aired them in 2007. ## International versions This section does not cite any sources. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (March 2019) (Learn how and when to remove this message) Country Name Host Channel The values of each round Year aired Georgia[1][2] ხალხის პირისპირ Khalkhis p'irisp'ir Natia Abramia Rustavi 2 Round 1: ლ50 Round 2: ლ100 Round 3: ლ200 Round 4: ლ400 Round 5: ლ1,000 2002–2004 Hong Kong 各出其謀 Gok ceot kei mau Meg Lam ATV Round 1: HK$5,000 Round 2: HK$10,000 Round 3: HK$20,000 Round 4: HK$40,000 Round 5: HK$100,000 1 January 2002 – 29 March 2002 Russia Народ против Narod protiv Dmitry Dibrov Channel One Round 1: ₽1,000 Round 2: ₽2,500 Round 3: ₽5,000 Round 4: ₽15,000 Round 5: ₽50,000 26 February 2002 – 30 August 2002 Alexander Miloserdov REN TV 7 April 2003 – 3 September 2003 Serbia Сам против свих Sam protiv svih Ivan Bauer RTS 1 Round 1: din 1,000 Round 2: din 5,000 Round 3: din 10,000 Round 4: din 30,000 Round 5: din 100,000 20 December 2002 – 3 October 2005 Narod protiv Miloš Milovanović B92 17 February 2009 – 10 July 2009 Spain Madrid Reta Javier Capitán Telemadrid Round 1: €100 Round 2: €250 Round 3: €500 Round 4: €1,000 Round 5: €3,000 2003 Euskadi Reta Jorge Fernández ETB 2 Round 1: €50 Round 2: €100 Round 3: €200 Round 4: €400 Round 5: €1,000 2004 Turkey Türkiye Yarışıyor Osmantan Erkır TRT Round 1: TL 100,000,000 Round 2: TL 250,000,000 Round 3: TL 500,000,000 Round 4: TL 1,500,000,000 Round 5: TL 5,000,000,000 2003–2004 United Kingdom The People Versus Kirsty Young ITV 13 August 2000 – 4 September 2000 Kaye Adams Round 1: £100 Round 2: £250 Round 3: £500 Round 4: £1,000 Round 5: £3,000 25 June 2001 – 18 June 2002 ### Georgia Called **ხალხის პირისპირ** (Khalkhis P'irisp'ir, lit. in front of people). The show was originally aired on [Rustavi 2](/source/Rustavi_2) between 2002 and 2004. The values of each round were 50 [lari](/source/Georgian_lari), 100 lari, 200 lari, 400 lari and 1,000 lari respectively. ### Hong Kong Broadcast on [ATV](/source/Asia_Television), called **[各出其謀](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%90%84%E5%87%BA%E5%85%B6%E8%AC%80)** (lit. everyone gives his strategies) and hosted by Meg Lam ([林建明](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9E%97%E5%BB%BA%E6%98%8E)). On 31 December 2001, on the last episode of the first series of *[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?](/source/Baak_Maan_Fu_Yung)*, the last contestant(Paul Yip) was invited to play the game, but he failed to finish Round 5 and he lost the Bong Game. The first regular episode was aired on 1 January 2002 and the last was on 29 March 2002. The values of each round were [HK$](/source/HK%24)5,000, HK$10,000, HK$20,000, HK$40,000 and HK$100,000 (about £6,451) respectively. ### Russia Called **[Народ против](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B4_%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B2_(%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B8%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0))** (Narod Protiv, lit. people against). The show was originally aired on [Channel One](/source/Channel_One_(Russia)), then a new series aired on [REN TV](/source/REN_TV). Hosted by [Dmitry Dibrov](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%94%D0%B8%D0%B1%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2) and Alexander Miloserdov. The values of each round were 1,000 [rubles](/source/Russian_ruble), 2,500 rubles, 5,000 rubles, 15,000 rubles and 50,000 rubles (about £1,029) respectively. ### Serbia In Serbia, The People Versus aired on [RTS 1](/source/Radio_Television_of_Serbia) (between 2002 and 2005) as **[Сам против свих](https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B4_%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B2_(%D0%BA%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B7))** (Sam protiv svih, lit. Alone vs. all) . In 2009, [B92](/source/B92) and Advantage bought rights and will air it as **Narod protiv** / **Народ против** (lit. people against). The new season began airing on 19 February 2009. ### Spain In Spain, it was aired on Telemadrid as **Madrid Reta** in 2003, hosted by Javier Capitán. #### [Basque Country](/source/Basque_Country_(autonomous_community)) In Basque Country, it was aired on ETB2 as **Euskadi Reta** in 2004, hosted by Jorge Fernández. ### Turkey In the Republic of [Turkey](/source/Turkey), it was produced by STR was titled **Türkiye Yarışıyor** airing on [TRT](/source/Turkish_Radio_and_Television_Corporation) between 2003 and 2004 and was hosted by Osmantan Erkır. The values of each round were 100,000,000 [lira](/source/Turkish_lira), 250,000,000 [lira](/source/Turkish_lira), 500,000,000 [lira](/source/Lira), 1,500,000,000 [lira](/source/Lira) and 5,000,000,000 [lira](/source/Lira) respectively. ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["24 საათი"](http://dspace.nplg.gov.ge/bitstream/1234/38430/1/24Saati_2002_N103.pdf) [24 hours] (PDF). *dspace.nplg.gov.ge* (in Georgian).[*[not specific enough to verify](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability)*] 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["24 საათი"](http://www.dspace.nplg.gov.ge/bitstream/1234/40268/1/24Saati_2004_N191(740).pdf) [24 hours] (PDF). *dspace.nplg.gov.ge* (in Georgian).[*[not specific enough to verify](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability)*] ## External links - [*The People Versus*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0256567/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) - [*The People Versus*](http://www.ukgameshows.com/ukgs/The_People_Versus) at [UKGameshows.com](/source/UKGameshows.com) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [The People Versus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_People_Versus) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_People_Versus?action=history)). 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