When the program is founded field of miracles. The history of the legendary game Field of Miracles

Today, October 25, one of the most popular programs on Russian television, “Field of Miracles,” celebrates its 26th birthday.

On October 25, 1990, the television program was broadcast for the first time "Field of Dreams"– just like today, the capital show was released on the “first button”. The authors of the program were Vladislav Listyev, who from the beginning until his death played the game, and Alexey Murmulev. The first director of the project was Ivan Demidov. The program is produced by the television company "VID" to this day.

The TV game “Field of Miracles” is the Russian analogue of the American television program "Wheel of Fortune". Vladislav Listyev took the name for the capital show from a fairy tale Alexei Tolstoy "The Golden Key, or the Adventures of Pinocchio."

Today the permanent presenter of “Field of Miracles” is Leonid Yakubovich, who has held this post since November 1, 1991, becoming one of the symbols of the project. Thus, Leonid Yakubovich’s phrases at the “Field of Miracles” game: “Prize to the studio!” or “The main prize is a car” have become popular, as has the recognizable manner of pronouncing them - stretching out the consonants and deliberately solemnly. The presenter also has assistants, for example, girls who open letters on the scoreboard, whose names viewers do not know.

RULES

The rules of the game are very simple: three people participate in three rounds each, the winners of the rounds compete in the final game, and its winner, if he wins the super game, receives Grand Prize. It’s very simple to become a participant in the “Field of Miracles” game: to do this, you need to send some original crossword puzzle to the editor of the program. The game is played by both adults and children, firefighters, milkmaids, police officers, teachers, war veterans, artists - everyone who knows Russian letters and words.

Watch “Field of Miracles” on Channel One every Friday at 20:00

DATA

• In 1992, when the program was already hosted by Yakubovich, in one of the episodes, when the game with the audience was about to begin, Vlad Listyev appeared with a message about the theft of the film. This is the only program in which only the first, second and third rounds were recorded.
• On January 6, 2009, a record was set: the participant scored 13,654 points, and she won the super game.
• On May 8, 2015, in a special episode dedicated to the 70th anniversary of Victory in the Second World War, the player scored 0 points, but Yakubovich gave him 9000 points. The participant took all the prizes in the price list, agreed to play a super game and won a car by guessing all three words.
• In one of the 1992 episodes, a participant won a super game by naming the letter O from the possible letters. As a result, the word OOOO was revealed - Gogol’s first pseudonym.
• Interestingly, the recording of one episode of "Field of Dreams", which lasts 52 minutes, usually lasts more than three hours. During one shooting day, several “Field of Miracles” programs are usually filmed.
• “Field of Miracles” received two statuettes “ "- in 1995 in the nomination “Best Host of an Entertainment Program” and in 1999 – in the nomination “Host of an Entertainment Program”.
• In 2015, for the 25th anniversary of the television program, it was filmed documentary"There is such a letter", which was shown on October 25, 2015.

BECOME A MEMBER

Players from all over Russia and neighboring countries take part in the filming. To become a participant, you first need to register on the program website and also fill out questionnaire .

All these years, “Field of Miracles” remains one of the most beloved spectacles of Russians, invariably earning high ratings. The game comes out at a very favorable time for rotation - prime time, Friday evening. Despite the fact that today the project is becoming the butt of jokes among Internet users, “Field of Miracles” continues its story on the pages of television, proving that the project is still interesting to the public.

TV game "Field of Dreams"- one of the first programs of the VID television company (the domestic version of the American program “Wheel of Fortune”) first appeared on Channel One (at that time ORT) on Thursday, October 25, 1990.

The first host of the game show " Field of Dreams“was Vladislav Listyev (one of the creators of the “Field of Miracles” project). The creators borrowed the name of the show “Field of Miracles” from the fairy tale about Buratino by Alexei Tolstoy.

Since November 1, 1991, he became the host of the “Field of Miracles” show Leonid Yakubovich. Models (girls and men) act as Yakubovich’s assistants.

Rules of the TV game Field of Miracles

The rules of the “Field of Miracles” show are quite simple and have remained virtually unchanged for a long time. The host of the “Field of Miracles” show, Leonid Yakubovich, thinks of a word (hidden on the scoreboard) and gives clues to the participants as the game progresses.

Players take turns spinning the reel, the arrow of which can stop not only on the number of points, but also on a special sector (prize, plus, million, chance - calling a friend, etc.) in each of the three rounds, three people participate, and then three winners compete with each other in the final game, and its winner, if he wins the super game, receives the main prize from the “Field of Miracles” show.

Changes in the studio of the TV game Field of Miracles

Over the 19 seasons of the show “Field of Miracles,” the studio has undergone changes more than once.

In 1990, the studio of the “Field of Miracles” show was dark blue, the drum was of a simple, unpretentious shape, with external handles that looked like hooks and with arrows indicating sectors, a scoreboard with black letters.

In 1991, the inscription “ Field of Dreams", and on the scoreboard there are blue letters.

From 1993 to 1995 - the drum has become a little smaller, with an arrow like a compass and several vertical handles, the maximum number of points on the drum is 750 and also - the music has changed. The scenery of the studio for the “Field of Miracles” show was bluish, with multi-colored splashes.

In 1995, when the screensavers and logo of Channel One changed, the scenery of the “Field of Miracles” show changed again: the stairs along which the participants went down to the studio were blinking, on the sides of the steps there were televisions showing a spinning drum, and the music during the rotation of the drum became different. . On the sides of the scoreboard were installed two images of St. Basil's Cathedral.

Since 2001, due to a change in the image of the program " Field of Dreams", the studio was improved again, making it more modern, a new drum was installed, followed by a plasma TV showing a drum with sectors. In 2005, the drum was replaced with a more patterned one, the music was changed during its rotation, and the design of the studio was not changed anymore.

The recording of 52 minutes of airtime for the game “Field of Miracles” most often lasts more than three hours. In one shooting day, as a rule, four episodes of the game “Field of Miracles” are filmed.

Leonid Yakubovich's phrase at the "Field of Miracles" game: "Prize to the studio!" has already become popular.

Number of game participants " Field of Dreams", who convey greetings to family, friends and sponsors, give Leonid Yakubovich various gifts, tell jokes, read poetry, dance or play musical instruments increases every year.

In 2015, the “Field of Miracles” program celebrated its 25th anniversary!

As a rule, stars participate in holiday or anniversary episodes of the show “Field of Miracles” Russian television, theater, cinema and stage.

From 1997 to 2002 the game " Field of Dreams"(except for the usual Friday evening) was released in repeats on Mondays at 10 am.

“Field of Miracles” airs on Channel One every Friday at 20.00

In the early nineties, viewers, not yet spoiled by the variety of television programs, young and old sat in front of their screens on Friday evenings to watch a program in which the most ordinary people from Russian cities and villages competed in intelligence and erudition, spinning the drum, spelling out the hidden word and taking home the joy of winning or the bitterness of defeat. How old is “Field of Miracles,” a program that has been on television for generations? And could its creators have imagined that it would stay on the air for so long and continue to be at the top of the ratings even after the appearance of new, more popular TV shows?

Making a game show

So how old is “Field of Miracles,” a program familiar to us since childhood? This TV show was first released in 1990, or more precisely on October 26th. It is on this day, Friday, at 20.00, that one of the longest and most popular TV games begins. Young, talented and ambitious Vladislav Listyev together with Anatoly Lysenko, who was then the head of the youth editorial office Central television, reworked and adapted the script of the American game “Wheel of Fortune”, invented and implemented by Merv Griffin. One of the main differences was that Wheel of Fortune had several presenters, while Field of Dreams had only one. Listyev himself became it. Having conceived and realized “Field of Miracles,” he enthusiastically carried out the first issue himself. And this enthusiasm was enough for a year. Despite the fact that the popularity of the show was very high and the interest of the audience only grew over time, Listyev wanted to expand his horizons. Therefore, he set out to implement new projects, handing over the reins to Leonid Yakubovich.

The essence of the game is quite simple: there are three trios of players playing in turns, then the winners from each trio play among themselves, and then a super game follows, which the finalist has the right to refuse and take the prizes or play it and also receive a super prize. Each player spins the now famous black and white reel and, depending on the value rolled, either guesses the letter or the move moves on. There are, of course, a lot of exceptions - this is the “Prize” sector, and the “Zero” sector, and “Bankrupt”, and two boxes for three correctly guessed letters... But the main essence of the game is to guess the word before your rivals. During the process, the players express themselves as best they can - they say hello to their relatives, perform dance or circus acts, sing, recite poems and, of course, give gifts to the presenter. Gifts from players are one of the main traditions of the game. Souvenirs can be anything, but it is desirable that they have the flavor of the area where the guest came from, or that they are made or prepared with your own hands. All gifts are sent to the Capital Show Museum.

First presenter - Vlad Listyev

The creator of the game show also became its first presenter. Vladislav Listyev was born in Moscow in 1956. He was a talented journalist, presenter, and entrepreneur with business acumen. He was one of those who stood at the origins of the creation of the VID television company, whose emblem, appearing on the screen, often frightened children. Listyev remained the host of his brainchild for only a short time, from 1990 to 1991. At that time he was already known thanks to the socio-political program “Vzglyad”, and after “Field of Miracles” he went to conquer new heights. He created such programs as “Theme” and “Rush Hour”, he was successful, popular and loved by the audience. He was often invited to KVN as a member of the jury. Then came the peak of his career at the VID television company - he became its president. And again he decided to go further, in 1995 he was appointed to the post general director ORT channel. And just a month after the appointment, on March 1, 1995, a tragedy occurred - Vladislav Listyev was killed.

Second and permanent presenter - Leonid Yakubovich

Almost as old as “Field of Miracles” is, it has been led by the cheerful Leonid Arkadyevich Yakubovich. He became leading capital show after Listyev left him. According to the presenter himself, he was very worried when he came to the casting for “Field of Miracles.” He spent the first graduation very nervous and was sure that he would not be accepted. However, they took it, and it was he who led the program to success and popular love. And some of Yakubovich’s phrases even became catchphrases, for example, “And now there’s a commercial break!” Leonid Arkadyevich is happily married and has a daughter, Varvara. And our favorite brainchild, the “Field of Miracles” program, has been delighting viewers for 25 years. Yes, in 2015 the TV game celebrated its anniversary - a quarter of a century on screens!

In the archives of the game you can find many interesting and unusual moments. For example, not all filming was in the studio. The hundredth anniversary edition of the show took place at the circus arena on Tsvetnoy Boulevard. And one of the Christmas episodes is in Spain. There was also a super final on board an ocean liner. And the participants were not always ordinary. They made games with the participation of celebrities, with puppets in the place of the players, there was a program with four presenters and even an episode stylized as Africa - all the spectators in the hall were Africans.

Museum of Capital Show "Field of Miracles"

How old is the “Field of Miracles”, the same age is the museum. The museum was not initially planned as part of the show, but people brought and brought gifts to the presenter... Then they organized an exhibition of these gifts in the lobby of the television studio, but during the existence of the TV game their number increased incredibly. After all, since what year has “Field of Miracles” been on? Since 1990! Over so many years, a whole mountain of gifts has accumulated there. As a result, in 2002 it was decided to create a permanent museum exhibition at the All-Russian Exhibition Center. The Fields of Miracles museum is now located there.

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