In the first, the letters reveal themselves every second automatically and it’s up to the contestants to buzz in to complete the puzzle. There are two central round types within the main game mode. Although there are some differences between rounds, each is roughly based around uncovering a name or phrase, letter by letter, until the whole thing can be worked out. The game itself is not far removed from hangman, big spinning wheel aside.
And there are two words sufficient to put anyone off a UK Wheel of Fortune re-birth though: 'Vernon', and 'Kay'. Even the title sounds better delivered in a trans-Atlantic tongue. However, there’s something about Wheel of Fortune that can’t help but feel all-American. Just slap in an irritating presenter, iron out any national quirks and the viewers will all assume it came from their country in the first place anyway.
TV gameshows are generally not too hard to translate for other countries.
