Moneybags coming to Channel 4

Craig Charles is to host a new daytime TV show for Channel 4.

In Moneybags, contestants face a series of questions with the answers on bags that pass along a conveyor belt. Right answers could contain anything from £1,000 to £100,000, but the wrong bag could cost players everything.

Charles said: ‘I’ve always wanted to host a quiz show but this is the first one that’s felt perfect for me. With a million pounds at stake each week you never know what’s going to happen.

‘I’m looking forward to having fun with our contestants as they make life-changing decisions.’

He will initially be filming 30 hour-long specials for production company Youngest North.

Executive producer David Flynn previously created The Million Pound Drop, Pointless and Small Fortune. He said: ‘The jeopardy of big money quizzing is back in daytime. You never know what the next bag holds on Moneybags so every grab matters.’

Jo Street, Channel 4’s head of daytime, added: ‘Moneybags is a really innovative format that will be injecting quick-fire quizzing and edge-of-your-seat tension into the afternoon schedule.’

The show will be filmed in Manchester this month, and is still open to entrants.

Published: 6 Jul 2021