Shafted

Shafted was a British game show that aired on ITV from 5 to 26 November 2001 and was hosted by Robert Kilroy-Silk.

In each of the next three rounds, the host reads the first few words of a question and invites the players to wager a portion of their totals.

Once the host has asked as many questions as there are players still in the game, the leader chooses one opponent to eliminate with no winnings.

A brief snippet of a backstage interview with each player is shown to the audience, after which both of them must secretly decide to "share" or "shaft."

Their choices are revealed to the home viewers, but not to the audience, host, or players, and they are then given a chance to discuss the situation and change their decisions if they wish.

[3] On 26 March 2012, Pointless co-presenter Richard Osman, writing for The Guardian named Shafted among four of UK TV's worst ever game shows.

[4] An Australian version of the show starring Red Symons ran between 11 February to 5 April 2002 on the Nine Network.

From round two onwards, the current player with the highest amount picks one of the four topics where a set of questions are given out for the contestants to answer.

Pilots for Shafted were made for seven other European countries, including Italy, Poland, Spain, Germany and Sweden as well as in the United States for CBS but none of them got picked up apart from the Russian version, of which there were two, Ставка and Искушение, and the Dutch version, Deelt Iet of Deelt Iet Niet.