"[5] After a three-year, hiatus the series returned in a daily afternoon slot in May 2018 but with a reduced prize fund of £100,000 and with a new name, namely The £100K Drop, and McCall reprising her role.

The time limit and number of answers per question vary over the course of the game as follows: For the 2010 Christmas specials, any contestants who lost all their money and would otherwise have left empty-handed were presented with multiple doors corresponding to bonus prizes.

Additionally, a counter was added to the display screen for each drop to indicate how much money had been placed on it, eliminating the need for manual counting.

A miss on the Final Drop forfeits all winnings, while a correct answer doubles the total for a maximum potential prize of £2,000,000.

On 14 July 2017, it was announced that the programme would be returning in the daily afternoon slot of 2018, but with a lower prize fund of £100,000 in £10 notes (40 bundles of £2,500 each), and with the name of the show changing to The £100K Drop.

They must also sign a non-disclosure agreement and turn in possessions such as mobile phones and small bags, to be returned after taping is complete.

Security officers are present in the studio to safeguard the bundles used in the game, which contain actual cash obtained from an undisclosed bank within the United Kingdom.

As the show is broadcast live, viewers are encouraged to play along on their smartphones via the iOS and Android apps, or on the Channel 4 website.

[citation needed] In 2011, The Million Pound Drop became the first TV show to serve a second screen advert to the online playing audience.

The full advert was watched by 20% of the online playing audience according to Dean Donaldson, Global Head of Media Innovation at DG, responsible for the technology.

This special edition was not broadcast live, as the show usually is, but instead was shown in three pre-recorded 20 minute chunks spread throughout the 'mash-up night' at 18:35, 19:55 and 21:40.

McCall switched back and forth between the live telethon, hosted alongside Alan Carr and Dr Christian Jessen, and the two Drop segments.

The celebrity relay banked £200,000 for Stand Up to Cancer, with the final four pairs wagering the entire amount on a single answer on each question.

The game is led by a live host and is designed to look and feel like the original Channel 4 show, featuring official branding.

Players are first tasked with betting on the outcome of a 54-segment wheel of fortune, if they guess correctly they will receive a cash prize which they must then risk by spreading it across four trapdoors.

[14] During an episode on 5 November 2010, contestants Johnny and Dee were faced with the options Sylvester McCoy, Paul McGann, Christopher Eccleston and David Tennant.

Channel 4 then announced that Johnny and Dee were allowed to return to the show to continue with the £325,000 that would have remained on an episode aired on 12 November 2010;[16] they would go on to win £25,000.