Hosted by comedian Jason Manford, First And Last (6x45') is a brand new game show that will put contestants through a succession of ingenious rounds, all of which have one golden rule - players mustn’t come first or last in any game. If they do, they will be eliminated.

Eleven contestants start each show and compete across a range of five downright daft, stupidly funny, play-along-at-home games that will see one of them leave with a cash prize of up to £10,000. The first and last players are eliminated from each round. To triumph, they’ll need to judge every round to perfection and hold their nerve in the nail-biting endgame - contested by the remaining three players.

First And Last was created by Peter Holmes and has been commissioned by Charlotte Moore, Director BBC Content and Kate Phillips, Controller, Entertainment. The Commissioning Editors for the BBC are Pinki Chambers and Katie Taylor. The Executive Producers for Zeppotron are Peter Holmes, Ruth Phillips and Karen Murdoch. The Series Producer is Keith Cotton.

The format

Round one
The show opens to reveal eleven contestants either hidden inside boxes or holding buckets down over their heads. All the contestants have to do is choose their moment to jump out of their box or let go of their bucket. The first and last contestants to make their appearance will be eliminated.

Round two
The remaining nine contestants are given a category and asked to secretly write something within that category. The goal is to offer an answer which gives neither the most nor least successful result. The game will vary each time. Categories will include various search engines.

Pre-round three
Prior to round three, the seven remaining contestants always play Weigh To Go.

This isn’t a game in itself, but a way to decide the order in which the contestants will play the next game. It’s our version of drawing straws! The contestants will all be asked to bring a vegetable, such as a potato, into the studio. Amidst OTT dramatic lighting, they will then be asked to reveal their potato and place it on the podium.

The potatoes are weighed, and the contestant who brought in the potato of the middling weight will pick first in the next game.

Round three
In round three our seven contestants will always pick from one of seven things. They might be represented by props, pictures or people in the studio.

They must try not to pick the thing that is first or last in a given category.

Examples include: Marathon runners and their running times, song streams on Spotify, celebrities and their numbers of Twitter followers.

Round four
In round four the remaining five contestants face a range of games. Examples include: Your Mum’s On The Phone, where each contestant asks their mum to telephone Jason within a specified time window - but the contestants whose mums call Jason first and last will be eliminated. Or the five contestants must head out into the audience and pick someone who they think will be neither the oldest nor the youngest. Or a game where contestants must pick audience members who are currently carrying neither the most nor least amount of cash.

Round five
The final three contestants are told that there is £10,000 up for grabs. But how do they win it? We could tell you, but then we’d have to kill you.