Interception

Interception is a British game show based on a format by Jacques Antoine, Jean Jacques Pasquier and Malcolm Heyworth. The game is based on a classic show from the 80s entitled Interceptor which was shown on ITV. The show was hosted by Genix host Anna White and featuring the eponymous Interceptor played by Shaun Davis.

Format
Each episode is based in a different location in the UK where a contestent is blindfolded and sent via helicopter to a random location. They are equipped with a backpack with one of them containing £1000 in cash the other containing nothing but some weights. Both backpacks had 5 infer-red receptors on the back. The challenge was for both contestants, under radio guidance from White, to obtain the key to their opposite number's backpack - usually, some distance away from their start point - and meet up, all within a 40-minute time limit.

Though the challenge seems easy, there are obstacles along the way. Principal among these was the titular Interceptor, a tall man dressed in black, armed with an infra-red projector mounted on his left forearm (the technology for which was procured from the British Army), and possessed of an intimidating fish-eagle screech and a catchphrase, "I LIKE IT!" whenever he spotted a contestant from his helicopter or if he won at the end of an episode. His role to pursue the contestants and - to the accompaniment of post-production sound effects - 'zap' the receptors on their backpacks, causing the locks to jam. Thus, if the contestant carrying the money is 'zapped', neither contestant wins. (Although not declared in the programme, The Interceptor was only allowed a maximum of 20 "zaps" per show, and had a digital readout on his laser projector which informed him of how many shots he had left)

Airing
Seven episodes were filmed in late August 2012 and shown one year and one month later, a Christmas special was filmed in November of 2012. The first seven episodes were shown on a Monday at 8:00pm, the only exception being the Christmas special which shown on Wednesday because of the Christmas Day timings.

Cancellation
The cancellation of Interception were fairly similar to the cancellation of Interceptor. There were money issues, the helicopter, land permissions and filming times. Murro was persistent on a second series but quickly denied it due to those money issues. In January of 2014, Murro announced that they had cancelled Interception due to high costs.

Repeats
Murro2 has regularly shown repeats of the show, as well as the original Interceptor.