Sign up to The Irish Times Archive (1859 - 2008)My Account »
Fri 07 Jul 2009Big prize for Godless contestants seeing light
IT SOUNDS like the beginning of a joke: what do you get when you put a Muslim imam, a Greek Orthodox priest, a rabbi, a Buddhist monk and 10 atheists in the same room? Viewers of Turkish television will soon get the punchline when a new gameshow begins that offers a prize arguably greater than that offered by Who Wants to be a Millionaire?
Contestants will ponder whether to believe or not to believe when they pit their godless convictions against the possibilities of a new relationship with the Almighty on Penitents Compete(Tovbekarlar Yarisiyor in Turkish), to be broadcast by the Kanal T station.
Choose a Subscription type - required
