Tucked away just after 1pm on a weekday for the past week has been the latest daytime quiz from BBC 1 - The Link. This is another one of those shows that seems to have advanced quickly from a contestant call to making it onto TV. Hosted by Mark Williams, who does a cracking job, this is quite an interesting little show that I become quite fond of.
The show is very similar to the game Linkee if you have ever played that (either the app or the board game which featured on Dragons Den). The opening rounds involves four questions on the buzzer, each correct answers provides a clue to the link (or connection) between the 4 answers in that round. First one to get the link wins "chains" depending on how early the connection was guessed correctly. Its much simpler watching this than me trying to explain it...
The questions have been a mixed bag so far with some questions obvious from the first link whereas others have had me stumped even with all four connections on the board.
The second round is similar but takes the form of Who Am I? etc where you can select up to 4 clues to reveal the identity of a person, place or object. Very tactical but from a contestants point of view this can be massively imbalanced and would be much much better if it was in the style of Only Connect whereby contestants could buzz in at any point. Instead you have to select an amount BEFORE the clues how many you want meaning if the first one is a giveaway then I imagine its frustrating.
The last round puts the pressure on the individual with a series of 10 clues given to find the link. Each player takes it in turns to get as many links in 60 seconds but add into the fact that if you "play on" and loose the money is wiped out and you have a game with doesn't encourage risks.
Although there are a few downsides with the formatting of the show and the tempo, 45 minutes could easily be half an hour, I have been enjoying following this on iplayer over the last few weeks and fully intend to keep watching.
Any readers have opinions on The Link?
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