Jet Set (game show)

For other uses, see Jet set (disambiguation).

Jet Set
Genre	Game show
Created by	David Young
Presented by	Eamonn Holmes
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	8
No. of episodes	116
Production
Running time	35 minutes
Original release
Network	BBC One
Release	20 January 2001 (2001-01-20) – 8 August 2007 (2007-08-08)
Related
The National Lottery Draws

Jet Set is a BBC National Lottery game show which was broadcast on BBC One from 20 January 2001 to 8 August 2007. It was hosted by Eamonn Holmes.

Format

Six studio contestants compete against one another for a chance to face off against the previous week's champion, with a week's luxury vacation for two at stake.

Round One: In the Red

Each contestant in turn is given a category and must decide whether to play it or pass to an opponent. A question is then asked; a contestant who answers incorrectly, or who passes to an opponent who answers correctly, is put "in the red." Only one contestant can be in the red at any given time; this contestant is skipped in the order of play, but can have questions passed to them.

This round is played four times, lasting approximately 75 seconds per playing. When time runs out, the contestant in the red is eliminated from play. A lottery draw is held after the fourth playing.

Round Two: Play or Pass

As in round one, each contestant in turn is given a category and may either play it or pass to the opponent. A correct answer scores one point, while a miss awards the point to the opponent. The first contestant to score four points advances to the final, after which two more lottery draws are held.

When the show was broadcast live on Saturdays, a buzzer question about the location visited by the previous week's winner was asked to determine initial control. Following the move to Wednesdays, the contestant who had missed fewer questions in round one played first.

Round Three: The Final

Both the remaining studio contestant and the previous week's champion (playing via satellite from their latest vacation site) don blindfolds and headphones during the second draw at the end of round two, so that they cannot see or hear the numbers drawn. They are then shown the first number, and the studio contestant must guess whether the next number was higher or lower. A correct guess allows them to select a category from a list of six, while a miss allows the champion to select instead. The studio contestant is then asked a question in that category, scoring one point for a correct answer or awarding one to the champion for a miss.

Control alternates between the two participants, with the one in control making the high/low guess based on the last revealed number and then answering a question. The first to score three points wins the vacation and takes/keeps the championship. If the studio contestant loses in this round, they are invited back to compete on the following week's episode.

Jet Set 2012

Jet Set returned to BBC One on 20 June 2007 under the new name of Jet Set 2012, with all the destinations being previous Olympic venues (since London would be hosting the 2012 Summer Olympics). This was announced by Eamonn Holmes on the Midweek Draws with Scott Mills on 16 May 2007. It was filmed at BBC Pacific Quay in Glasgow.

Transmissions

Series	Start date	End date	Episodes
1	20 January 2001	21 April 2001	14
2	1 December 2001	11 May 2002	23
3	9 November 2002	8 March 2003	18
4	20 December 2003	24 April 2004	19
5	15 January 2005	16 April 2005	14
6	22 October 2005	26 November 2005	6
7	11 March 2006	17 June 2006	14
8	20 June 2007	8 August 2007	8

Ratings

Episode Viewing figures from BARB.

Series 1

Episode No.	Airdate	Total Viewers	BBC One Weekly Ranking
1	20 January 2001	7,190,000	17
2	27 January 2001	7,780,000	14
3	3 February 2001	8,270,000	8
4	10 February 2001	7,780,000	11
5	17 February 2001	7,620,000	13
6	24 February 2001	8,040,000	7
7	3 March 2001	7,660,000	14
8	10 March 2001	8,110,000	12
9	17 March 2001	8,560,000	7
10	24 March 2001	8,470,000	10
11	31 March 2001	7,570,000	12
12	7 April 2001	7,680,000	10
13	14 April 2001	7,950,000	6
14	21 April 2001	7,570,000	12

Series 2

Episode No.	Airdate	Total Viewers	BBC One Weekly Ranking
1	1 December 2001	7,930,000	10
2	8 December 2001	7,780,000	10
3	15 December 2001	7,460,000	11
4	22 December 2001	7,130,000	13
5	29 December 2001	7,460,000	19
6	5 January 2002	7,070,000	10
7	12 January 2002	5,940,000	18
8	19 January 2002	5,840,000	18
9	26 January 2002	6,680,000	9
10	2 February 2002	6,680,000	10
11	9 February 2002	4,680,000	28
12	16 February 2002	6,950,000	8
13	23 February 2002	6,570,000	12
14	2 March 2002	6,410,000	12
15	9 March 2002	7,010,000	8
16	16 March 2002	6,490,000	12
17	23 March 2002	5,550,000	11
18	6 April 2002	4,840,000	21
19	13 April 2002	5,850,000	14
20	20 April 2002	5,670,000	15
21	27 April 2002	4,960,000	21
22	4 May 2002	5,920,000	15
23	11 May 2002	5,700,000	19

Series 3

Episode No.	Airdate	Total Viewers	BBC One Weekly Ranking
1	9 November 2002	6,760,000	12
2	16 November 2002	6,270,000	12
3	23 November 2002	6,330,000	13
4	30 November 2002	7,030,000	9
5	7 December 2002	6,800,000	9
6	14 December 2002	7,770,000	10
7	21 December 2002	7,160,000	9
8	28 December 2002	7,420,000	22
9	4 January 2003	7,330,000	9
10	11 January 2003	7,330,000	12
11	18 January 2003	6,790,000	10
12	25 January 2003	7,740,000	7
13	1 February 2003	7,050,000	13
14	8 February 2003	6,910,000	13
15	15 February 2003	8,060,000	7
16	22 February 2003	5,730,000	30
17	1 March 2003	6,480,000	15
18	8 March 2003	7,940,000	10

Series 4

Episode No.	Airdate	Total Viewers	BBC One Weekly Ranking
1	20 December 2003	5,630,000	22
2	27 December 2003	Under 5,880,000	Outside Top 30
3	3 January 2004	6,430,000	16
4	10 January 2004	6,260,000	19
5	17 January 2004	7,290,000	10
6	24 January 2004	7,190,000	11
7	31 January 2004	7,100,000	10
8	7 February 2004	6,930,000	9
9	14 February 2004	6,830,000	10
10	21 February 2004	8,290,000	7
11	28 February 2004	7,250,000	9
12	6 March 2004	7,110,000	8
13	13 March 2004	6,570,000	10
14	20 March 2004	5,950,000	10
15	27 March 2004	4,870,000	26
16	3 April 2004	6,340,000	12
17	10 April 2004	5,310,000	12
18	17 April 2004	6,680,000	8
19	24 April 2004	5,560,000	9

Series 5

Episode No.	Airdate	Total Viewers	BBC One Weekly Ranking
1	15 January 2005	6,490,000	8
2	22 January 2005	6,070,000	10
3	29 January 2005	6,690,000	10
4	5 February 2005	6,600,000	10
5	12 February 2005	4,980,000	21
6	19 February 2005	5,270,000	18
7	26 February 2005	6,220,000	10
8	5 March 2005	6,720,000	11
9	12 March 2005	5,200,000	23
10	19 March 2005	6,170,000	10
11	26 March 2005	6,300,000	10
12	2 April 2005	6,220,000	12
13	9 April 2005	7,470,000	8
14	16 April 2005	6,670,000	8

Series 6

Episode No.	Airdate	Total Viewers	BBC One Weekly Ranking
1	22 October 2005	6,500,000	12
2	29 October 2005	6,060,000	14
3	5 November 2005	6,280,000	11
4	12 November 2005	7,150,000	9
5	19 November 2005	7,280,000	12
6	26 November 2005	7,930,000	6

Series 7

Episode No.	Airdate	Total Viewers	BBC One Weekly Ranking
1	11 March 2006	5,170,000	18
2	18 March 2006	5,590,000	14
3	25 March 2006	5,460,000	13
4	1 April 2006	5,700,000	13
5	8 April 2006	5,850,000	12
6	15 April 2006	6,400,000	10
7	29 April 2006	6,360,000	8
8	6 May 2006	6,120,000	10
9	13 May 2006	7,080,000	8
10	20 May 2006	5,370,000	10
11	27 May 2006	5,000,000	13
12	3 June 2006	5,650,000	9
13	10 June 2006	5,280,000	12
14	17 June 2006	4,410,000	19

Series 8

Episode No.	Airdate	Total Viewers	BBC One Weekly Ranking
1	20 June 2007	Under 4,010,000	Outside Top 30
2	27 June 2007	Under 3,450,000	Outside Top 30
3	4 July 2007	Under 3,320,000	Outside Top 30
4	11 July 2007	Under 3,220,000	Outside Top 30
5	18 July 2007	Under 3,100,000	Outside Top 30
6	25 July 2007	Under 3,400,000	Outside Top 30
7	1 August 2007	Under 2,910,000	Outside Top 30
8	8 August 2007	Under 3,330,000	Outside Top 30

External links

• Jet Set at BBC Online
• Jet Set at UKGameshows.com