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Bob Monkhouse Plays Cupid….

Game Shows
Bob's Your Uncle, 1991 Produced by Central for ITV, madcap game show Bob's Your Uncle, ran for two series of twelve episodes each.  The contestants were newlyweds and the host of course Bob Monkhouse, assisted...

Blankety Blank Special

Game Shows
Blankety Blank, Allo, Allo Special, 1987 A special episode of the popular game show aired during the Les Dawson era of the show featuring the cast of the hit sitcom Allo! Allo!.SummaryContestants compe...

Looks Familiar

Game Shows
Looks Familiar, 1972 Dennis Norden was a brilliant script writer and best known on TV for his work on It'll Be Alright On The Night.However there are a couple of almost forgotten TV shows he hosted.  Proba...

Game For A Laugh

Game Shows
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'...

What’s My Line?

Game Shows
What's My Line? 1951 Now here's a panel show that's had a few outings over the years.  What's My Line? was a panel game based on the US version of the same name.There have been 12 series with over 400 epis...

It’s Nice To See Him Back, To See Him…Nice

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Bruce Forsyth's Generation Game, 1990 It was in 1990 that Bruce Forsyth brought back the popular Genearation Game.  Initially it was broadcast on a Friday night, but by series two it was back in it's rightful ...

Holed In One – Full Swing

Game Shows
Full Swing, 1996 Full Swing was a golf based game show hosted by Jimmy Tarbuck that was quite literally holed in one: one series of eight episodes.Taking it's influence from successful shows Bullseye and B...
bruce forsyth takes his turn with a celebrity audience in an audience with bruce forsyth

Takeover Bid

Game Shows
Takeover Bid, 1990 Thirty years ago today Bruce Forsyth returned to the BBC.  It would have been Bank Holiday Monday at the time.He was to host a revived version of The Generation Game, but before that it ...