Trivia
Each show begins with Arnold at the safes saying, "Ten steps, six safes and the chance to play for up to £50,000. It's all about making the right choice at the right time. Would you have the nerve to take it or leave it?"
Take it or leave it? was originally meant to be fronted by Michael Barrymore, but Arnold was settled upon. The show was hailed as the next Deal or no deal?, but has not found the same success. It was filmed in the famous Pinewood Studios, where the popular James Bond movies have been filmed.
During its original run, the show aired weekday nights at 21:00 on Challenge. Before the first two breaks, Arnold would give the details for a viewers' competition, much like Challenge's version of The Pyramid Game. This was during the first two series only and did not return for the afternoon repeats.
One of the questions shown in the game was actually incorrect. The question being 'What part of the tongue tastes bitterness?', when in fact, no part of the tongue specifically tastes bitterness. The 'correct' answer was 'The rear'.
The claim that you can win up to £50,000 on the show was originally wrong; the ten most valuable safes only contained £48,750. From series 3, some of the amounts of money were changed and the promised £50,000 could be won, but it never was. The highest amount won was £49,300.50 by Joakim and Chioma. They got every question correct, including the first ten in the main game and the last five in the final. They then correctly guessed the safe with the jackpot inside on a 50/50 gamble, as they did not play the fifth question.
The Channel 4 game show The Bank Job borrows some of the format of Take it or leave it?.
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