Golden Balls Golden Balls Golden Balls is a British daytime game show which was presented by Jasper Carrott. It was broadcast on the ITV network from 18 June 2007 to 18 December 2009. It was filmed at the BBC Television Centre. Golden Balls Ltd licensed their name to Endemol for the game show and merchandise. At the back of the studio is the "Golden Bank," a giant contraption like a lottery machine. Inside are 100 golden balls, containing cash values that range from £10 to £75,000. Twelve of these balls are randomly drawn from the Golden Bank and put into a mixer,
Jasper Carrott He also wrote a novel called "Shop! or a Store is Born". Also of interest is a book by Carrott's former manager John Starkey, "Jasper and Me" (1993; Etsiketsi Books). He once said, "Ringo isn't the best drummer in the world. He isn't even the best drummer in the Beatles." This quote was credited to John Lennon until Mark Lewisjohn discovered, in 1983, that it was Mr Carrott who said it. Carrott was part-owner of the production company Celador, makers of "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?" In 2006, he and wife Hazel sold their shares for £10m as part