Larry Grayson's Generation Game, 1978
Doesn't time fly, it's 45 years since Larry Grayson stepped into Bruce Forsyth's shoes and took the popular game show to new heights.Bruce had left to host ‘The Big Ni...
The Masterspy, 1977
Here's a real forgotten piece of TV. A game show that tapped into the popular James Bond spy genre.The show ran on ITV for four series. It came to an unfortunate end when creator Ronn...
Game For A Laugh, 1981
Remember the catchphrase? "Watching you, watching us, watching you!"Yes folks it's the London Weekend Television "Light Entertainment" show that was reputably the reason for the BBC'...
Les Dawson's Fast Friends, 1991
A forgotten game showLes Dawson was a huge success on Blankety Blank but had less success with this sort lived game show.Les Dawson's Fast Friends was an adaptation of a...
The Golden Shot, 1967
A hugely popular Sunday afternoon game show in it's time and commonly associated with Bob Monkhouse. Based on the German TV show Der goldene Schuss, over it's nine year run it has one of...
Plank Of The Week, 2022
When Talk Radio moved to a proper TV channel in 2022, this popular You Tube show got a makeover and moved to TV.SummaryRenowned Journalist turned TV and Radio presenter Mike Gra...
Bruce Forsyth and The Generation Game - Christmas Special - 1973
Sadly they don't make shows like they used to. For this post the much missed Bruce Forsyth and Anthea Redfurn present a Christmas edition of th...
It's Only TV ...But I Like It, 1999
A perhaps forgotten panel show from the BBC all about TV.It's Only TV ...But I Like It, ran for 32 episodes over 4 series between 1999 and 2002. It made a one off retur...
Sticky Moments, 1989
Sticky Moments was a satirical game show that probably lent itself more as a vehicle for Julian Clary's unique brand of humour than an actual game show. However the show ran for twenty ep...
Whodunnit ? - 1972
Many years ago (well 50 to be exact) through the mists of time there was a popular talent show called Opportunity Knocks (we've covered it). When Opp Knocks was off the air during the summe...