Tack (Dale's Supermarket Sweep)

Member Name: polydeuces

Product:	Dale's Supermarket Sweep
Date:	15/06/08 (23 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: 23

Disadvantages: 23

Supermarket Sweep is naff and tacky. The entire ethos of the programme is to see people shop and win prizes by so doing. Now you may be forgiven for thinking that a programme which is basically seeing people shop would be dull but Supermarket Sweep has one special ingredient - Dale Winton.

There is a brief quiz element at the beginning which establishes how much time the contestants have to perform their supermarket dash. The contestants are all of the performing seal variety and clap inanely between each question. I know they are told to do this but it does look silly.
Once the quiz is over the final element involves a dash around the supermarket. As well as the value of the goods which are put in the trolley the contestants earn extra value for some special tasks which they have to do whilst they dash round. Whichever couple has the best value at the end of this round gets to go on a special dash to win a prize of £2000. In this dash they have to solve a few clues and find the related products.

Supermarket Sweep is made watchable by Dale Winton. He is the consummate professional. Contestants are put at their ease by his manner and when the quiz becomes a welter of rules of how to gain extra money it makes it all sound easy. It is impossible to dislike Dale and he seems genuinely to enjoy this programme which was what provided his break into television some years ago. It is hard to imagine anyone else doing it as well as he does.

Summary: 23