History Trivia / StrikeItLucky

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Much like ''Series/BreakTheBank1985'', Creator/{{Disney}} holds the rights to the American version, as an aftereffect of Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox[='=]s acquisition of New World Communications in 1997; they had merged with Storer Communications in 1993, who owned Blair Entertainment, which distributed ''BTB'' and this show. Averted for the UK version, which has been rerun plenty of times on Challenge TV, with the exceptions of the 89/90 seasons.
** However, it has recently been averted for the American version, as Buzzr-- owned by Fremantle, producers of the UK counterpart-- managed to get the licensing rights to the American version and has uploaded a selection of episodes to Amazon Prime.

* SimilarlyNamedWorks: The United States also had a game show called ''Strike it Rich'', which aired on radio and television from 1947-1958. It was kinda like ''Series/QueenForADay'' (contestants tell their sob stories in the hopes of winning money), except somehow more crass.

** Originally called ''Strike It Rich'' in America, but changed to ''Strike It Lucky'' upon its trip to Britain as the lower stakes forced by the IBA's GameShowWinningsCap of the era meant it couldn't be considered "rich" by any means. The 1996 version was re-named ''[[InCaseYouForgotWhoWroteIt Michael Barrymore's Strike It Rich]]'' because Thames Television (which had recently lost its ITV franchise to Carlton) wouldn't let its 2½ days a week only ex-rival, London Weekend Television, use the old name (LWT and [[Creator/FremantleMedia Fremantle]] were co-producing). Although, the name change was also justified due to a larger prize budget, as the IBA and its cap had been abolished. Fremantle's British subsidiary Talkback Productions acquired Thames' assets and library in 2002, hence later merchandise (such as the DVD game) returned to the old title.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Much like ''Series/BreakTheBank1985'', Creator/{{Fox}} holds the rights to the American version, as an aftereffect of their acquisition of New World Communications in 1997; they had merged with Storer Communications in 1993, who owned Blair Entertainment, which distributed ''BTB'' and this show. Averted for the UK version, which has been rerun plenty of times on Challenge TV, with the exceptions of the 89/90 seasons.

** However, it has recently been averted for the American version, as Buzzr-- owned by Fremantle, producers of the UK counterpart-- managed to get the rights (apparently Fremantle has acquired the entire franchise, including the American version) and has uploaded a selection of episodes to Amazon Prime.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Much like ''Series/BreakTheBank1985'', Creator/{{Fox}} holds the rights to the American version, as an aftereffect of their acquisition of New World Communications in 1997; they had merged with Storer Communications in 1993, who owned Blair Entertainment, which distributed ''BTB'' and this show. Averted for the UK version, which has been rerun plenty of times on Challenge TV.

* NamesTheSame: The United States previously had an infamous game show, also called ''Strike it Rich'', which aired on radio and television from 1947-1958. It was kinda like ''Series/QueenForADay'' (contestants tell their sob stories in the hopes of winning money), except somehow more crass.

* PropRecycling: For the American version, the computer graphics used on the archway monitors were programmed by one of the [[Creator/JackBarry Barry-Enright]] staffers who joined Kline in leaving that company, and hence used graphics similar to that of the monitors seen on ''Series/HotPotato'' and ''Series/BreakTheBank1985''. A few years later, the "spinning diamond" seen in the intro was reused as part of the bonus round during the first season of ''Series/MastersOfTheMaze''
* WorkingTitle: The American version was originally titled ''Arch Rivals''; Richard S. Kline changed the name because he feared it wouldn't sell if it didn't have an established name.

* PropRecycling: For the American version, the computer graphics used on the archway monitors were programmed by one of the [[Creator/JackBarry Barry-Enright]] staffers who joined Kline in leaving that company, and hence used graphics similar to that of the monitors seen on ''Series/HotPotato'' and ''Series/BreakTheBank1985''. A few years later, the "spinning diamond" seen in the intro was reused as part of the bonus round during the first season of ''Masters of the Maze'', a game show on [[Creator/ABCFamily The Family Channel]] which was kinda like an American equivalent to ''Series/{{Knightmare}}''.

* NamesTheSame: The United States previously had an infamous game show, also called ''Strike it Rich'', which aired on radio from 1947-1950 and on television from 1951-1958. It was kinda like ''Series/QueenForADay'' (contestants tell their sob stories in the hopes of winning money), except somehow more crass.

* NamesTheSame: The United States previously had an infamous game show, also called ''Strike it Rich'', which aired on radio from 1947-1950 and on television from 1951-1958.

** Originally called ''Strike It Rich'' in America, but changed to ''Strike It Lucky'' upon its trip to Britain as the lower stakes forced by the IBA's GameShowWinningsCap of the era meant it couldn't be considered "rich" by any means. The 1996 version was re-named ''[[InCaseYouForgotWhoWroteIt Michael Barrymore's Strike It Rich]]'' because Thames Television (at that point, an independent production firm) wouldn't let its 2½ days a week only ex-rival, London Weekend Television, use the old name (LWT and [[Creator/FremantleMedia Fremantle]] were co-producing). Although, the name change was also justified due to a larger prize budget, as the IBA and its cap had been abolished. Fremantle's British subsidiary Talkback Productions acquired Thames' assets and library in 2002, hence later merchandise (such as the DVD game) returned to the old title.

* PropRecycling: The computer graphics used on the archway monitors were programmed by one of the [[Creator/JackBarry Barry-Enright]] staffers who joined Kline in leaving that company, and hence used graphics similar to that of the monitors seen on ''Series/HotPotato'' and ''Series/BreakTheBank1985''. A few years later, the "spinning diamond" seen in the intro was reused as part of the bonus round during the first season of ''Masters of the Maze'', a game show on [[Creator/ABCFamily The Family Channel]] which was kinda like an American equivalent to ''Series/{{Knightmare}}''.

* MarketBasedTitle: Originally called ''Strike It Rich'' in America, but changed to ''Strike It Lucky'' upon its trip to Britain as the lower stakes forced by the IBA's GameShowWinningsCap of the era couldn't be considered "rich" by any means. The 1996 version was re-named ''Michael Barrymore's Strike It Rich'' because Thames Television (at that point, an independent production firm) wouldn't let its 2½ days a week only ex-rival, London Weekend Television, use the old name (LWT and [[Creator/FremantleMedia Fremantle]] were co-producing). Although, the name change was also justified due to a larger prize budget, as the IBA and its cap had been abolished. Fremantle's British subsidiary Talkback Productions acquired Thames' assets and library in 2002, hence later merchandise (such as the DVD game) returned to the old title.

* HeyItsThatGuy: For the American version, Joe Garagiola was best known as a baseball player and a commentator for baseball on TV; he also hosted the 70s version of ''Series/SaleOfTheCentury'' and the final syndicated season of ''Series/ToTellTheTruth''.
* HeyItsThatVoice: Bob Hilton voiced a variety of games and pilots over the years; his most-known one was the Bill Cullen run of ''Series/{{Blockbusters}}'' (also a show that, while short-lived in the US, went on to huge success in the UK).

* WorkingTitle: The American version was originally titled ''Arch Rivals''; Richard S. Kline changed the name because he feared it wouldn't sell if it didn't have an established name.

* WorkingTitle: The pilot of the American version was titled ''Arch Rivals''; Richard S. Kline changed the name because he feared it wouldn't sell if it didn't have an established name.

* WorkingTitle: The pilot of the American version was titled ''Arch Rivals''; Richard S. Kline changed the name because he feared it wouldn't sell if it wasn't already connected to something from earlier.

* WorkingTitle: The pilot of the American version was titled ''Arch Rivals''.

* NamesTheSame: The United States previously had an infamous game show, also called ''Strike it Rich'' which aired on radio from 1947-1950 and on television from 1951-1958.

* NamesTheSame: The United States previously had an infamous game show called ''Strike it Rich'' which aired on radio from 1947-1950 and on television from 1951-1958.