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Remembering London Weekend Television – Part 7

Play Your Cards Right, 1980 Well it did air on a Friday night, so for the final pat of our look back at LWT we come to Brucie. Another game show classic from the longest serving British Entertainer, Bruce Forsyth.  …

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New Faces

New Faces - 1973

New Faces was the popular talent show that originally ran in the 1970's on a Saturday night for six series.  Screened on ITV the show

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Family Fortunes

Family Fortunes - 1980 - Present

Long running game show Family Fortunes was originally played with real people, before a revived version launched with the now popular trend of

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Blankety Blank 1979 - 2002

Blankety Blank was a legendary comedy game show that sent itself and other game shows up playing up at every opportunity how cheap it

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Celebrity Squares – 1975

Bob Monkhouse Hosts A Game Of Celebrity Noughts And Crosses

It was prime time Saturday night viewing at it's peak as one of Britain's best loved comics (Bob Monkhouse)

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Bullseye – 1981

Remember Sunday evenings, Jim Bowen and his famous catchphrase, "You can't beat a bit of Bully" Bullseye was the hugely popular game show that originally ran from 1981 -

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Say What You See….

Catchphrase, 1986 - present

The popular Saturday teatime game show originally hosted by Roy Walker of The Comedians fame.  It was based on a short-lived US game show of

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Another Comedian, Another Game Show……

3-2-1, 1978

Remember this one? It was prime time viewing on a Saturday night for ten years, with impressive viewing figures that never fell below twelve million. It had all

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Jim Davidson’s Generation Game, 1995 – 2002

During Bruce Forsyth's final season on the show he was unable to make 1 week due to ill health so Jim Davidson stood in for that week.  Davidson

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Bruce Forsyth’s Generation Game -1990 – 1994

As we've previously seen the BBC caught on as to the low cost and high popularity of the gameshow in the 1970's and Bruce Forsyth hosted one of

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