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 Grade asked for a pilot for LWT. Grade liked it and five further shows were recorded, which became his first TV series, "An Audience with Jasper Carrott", in 1978, this partnership with LWT lasted until 1981, "The Unrecorded Jasper Carrott" (1979) and "Beat the Carrott" (1981) are the best known live stand-up performances from his time with LWT. Carrott often appeared alongside comedy legend Sammy 'Shinpads' Higgins during his rise to fame. He moved to the BBC for "Carrott's Lib", a Saturday night comedy broadcast live, and then a string of BBC shows. The most notable were "Carrott's Commercial Breakdown",