The Colour of Money: About the Show

The most stressful game on TV has arrived

Chris Tarrant hosts a brand new prime-time game show on ITV1 featuring specially designed cash machines which can deliver huge sums of money - but only if contestants can keep their nerve.

Life-changing amounts of cash are at stake for each contender in this unique high-pressure game of skill and strategy.

Twenty multi-coloured cash machines are all pre-programmed to issue a set maximum amount of money between £1000 and £20,000, with no two machines containing the same amount.  As the seconds ticks by, the figure displayed increases by £1000 - but remember a second is a long time on The Colour of Money. 

The longer you hold your nerve, the greater the amount available to withdraw.  But get too greedy and the machine is locked down, and you get nothing. 

Each player has ten chances to withdraw enough money to take them to their target - but play the game carelessly and they'll walk away empty handed. 

Chris Tarrant is joined by glamorous side-kick Millie Clode, who will be on hand in the studio to help the contestants with facts and figures which will aid them in playing the nerve racking cash machines.