Well, there isn't really all that much I can truly say about Sitting on a Fortune other than this was basically Gary Lineker's attempt at a rival quiz show to what his footballer mate Ian Wright was doing around this time with Moneyball (kind of similar, in a way, to the ratings rivalry between two certain quiz shows hosted by Alexander Armstrong, Richard Osman and Bradley Walsh) and that clearly ITV were rather unsurprisingly capitalising/cashing in on this rivalry just for the sake of making money.
The format is okay and not at all a bad idea on paper, plus Lineker makes for a rather passable host at best.
The only great thing to come out of this show that I can personally think of is just this one brilliant moment in the first episode of Series 2 involving one of the contestants knowing firsthand everything there is to know about the Carry On films (and in particular Kenneth Williams), that just legitimately cracked me up.
In conclusion, Sitting on a Fortune is just okay.
My overall rating for Sitting on a Fortune: 5/10.
The format is okay and not at all a bad idea on paper, plus Lineker makes for a rather passable host at best.
The only great thing to come out of this show that I can personally think of is just this one brilliant moment in the first episode of Series 2 involving one of the contestants knowing firsthand everything there is to know about the Carry On films (and in particular Kenneth Williams), that just legitimately cracked me up.
In conclusion, Sitting on a Fortune is just okay.
My overall rating for Sitting on a Fortune: 5/10.