Bullseye (UK Game Show) - Category Round

Category Round

In round 1, the darts players threw one dart at a board in which each segment represented a different category of question (such as Faces, Places, Sport, Showbiz, Affairs, History, Books, Words, Britain, Spelling). The first set of questions were worth £30 each, the next set (more difficult) were worth £50, and the final set (more difficult still) were worth £100. The cash prize for hitting the board varied depending on what part of the board was hit; the easiest part of the board to hit won £30, a slightly harder part won £50, a narrow and difficult-to-reach part won £100, and hitting the bullseye won the maximum cash prize of £200 (£150 from 2006). If contestants hit a category which they had not chosen, they would win no money for the throw, and could only win money through answering the question if a question on the category had not already been asked. If a contestant hit a category which had already turned up on that programme, the host would say "The category's gone, so we can't ask the question" and carry on. Up to and including series 7, the lowest-scoring couple would be eliminated at the end of the first round, but from series 8 onward, all three couples would stay in the game for the second round.

Normally, Bowen would ask the audience what the dart player would win if he/she hit the bullseye, and the audience would chorus "£200!". In one outtake, on the first episode of a new series, Bowen accidentally said "What does the bullseye get if it hits the dart player?" and followed it up with "Bollocks, I got it wrong!"

In another, Bowen had difficulties asking the specific question, "Which pop duo split up in 1986 and gave their farewell concert at Wembley Stadium?", accidentally saying "conference" instead of "concert" more than once. Eventually, when Bowen finally asked the question correctly, nobody knew the answer (Wham!), and Bowen's response to the "Moo" noise was "Shut up, you up there!".