BBC launches new interactive show

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The BBC is set to launch a new interactive TV show where contestants in the studio would be confronted with armchair viewers competing for a money prize.

Participants at home will be able to use iTV, the internet and Java-enabled mobile phones to answer the same questions at the same time as the studio teams to try to win a prize of £30,000 (E42,000) "or more". The show – titled Come And Have A Go … If You Think You're Smart Enough – launches on Saturday, April 3, on BBC One.

The BBC explained: "Come And Have A Go… offers viewers the chance to challenge the studio winners head to head. Playing on interactive TV, Java, or web, teams at home answer the same questions as the studio teams. At the end of the first part of the show a satellite camera is whisked off to join the top scoring home team - wherever they are in the UK. In the second part of the show, the home team competes live against the studio team for the cash prize. The show is split into two parts with a 90 minute break in between."

"In the final round the home team will answer multiple-choice questions live on national TV as they compete against the studio team. There can only be one winner - either the home team pockets the cash and comes back to the studio the following week, or the studio team wins the money and returns."