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''Lingo'' was a short lived British game show that originally aired as a regional programme for Central in 1987, then it became networked for all ITV regions in 1988. The Thames series was produced to fill the summer gap in the ITV schedule in 1988 while long-running police drama ''The Bill'' was off air for the year. ''Lingo'' became a popular programme with ITV viewers, and was expected to return the following year. At the end of the gap, ''The Bill'' was returned to the schedule as normal, but from here, ''The Bill'' was broadcast continually without a series break; as a result, ''Lingo'' was dropped after just one series, also in part due to ITV launching another popular game show in ''Wheel of Fortune'' that year. ==Rules== The game is played between two teams of two players each. At the start of the game, each team is given a "Lingo" card with 25 spaces on it. One team's card contains even numbers and the other contains odd numbers. Seven numbers on each card are automatically covered at the start of the game. The team in control is shown the first letter of a five-letter mystery word, after which, one team member must try to guess the word and then spell it out. Otherwise, the other team member takes a guess, then, the first team member takes the third guess and so on. If the team fails to identify the word within five guesses, fails to answer at any time within the five-second time limit, or gives a misspelled or nonexistent word, or a word that does not fit, the other team gets a chance to guess. If there is more than one letter unrevealed, one of those letters is revealed and the team is given five seconds to make a guess. If there is only one unrevealed letter in the word, it is not revealed, but during the five seconds of thinking time, the team is allowed to confer – this is the only time when conferring between teammates is allowed. The team that correctly guesses the mystery word earns £50, then gets a chance to pull two Lingo balls out of a hopper in front of them. Eighteen of the balls are labeled with numbers corresponding to the numbers on their Lingo board; when a numbered ball is drawn, the corresponding space on the Lingo card is covered. Also, in the hopper, are two prize balls; when one of them is drawn, it is put aside and the contestant who drew it gets to pick again. Normally, after drawing their balls, the team keeps control and may guess at the next mystery word. However, the hopper contains three red balls as well; a team drawing one of these balls must immediately stop drawing and loses control (the opposing team gets to guess at the next mystery word). Once balls are drawn, they are discarded, so the same ball cannot be drawn twice in one game. A team that cover numbers on their board that form a Lingo – five numbers in a vertical, horizontal or diagonal row – earns £100. The team with the most money wins the game and the right to play in the "No Lingo" bonus round. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lingo (UK game show)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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