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  • Cheesy daytime quiz shows

    I can think of a few, usually filling the 9:30 slot after breakfast telly or in the early afternoon.

    Win, lose or draw - Bob Mills
    Chain letters - ?Jeremy Beadle
    Keynotes - Alistair Duvall (always remember him because he had a funny face and clearly a fake showbiz name)
    Crosswits - Tom O'Connor
    Going for Gold - Henry Kelly
    Lucky Ladders - Lennie Bennett
    Supermarket Sweep - Dale Winton (how could we forget!)

    any others?
    1976 Vintage

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    I remember quite enjoying 'Win, Lose or Draw'. Liza Tarbuck hosted it for a while and I thought she was very goord. If I recall correctly, the show was originally called 'Quick on the Draw' and Danny Baker was the host.

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    • #3
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      Turnabout. I only really remember the theme music and sphere game. 15 to 1 I also remember quite fondly, mainly because that was the time my mum used to let me read digitiser on teletext. I'm pretty sure that show could send a glass eye to sleep.

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      • #4
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        Gambit with Fred Dineage. I was about seven or eight at the time it started, and familiar with the picture board on Question of Sport... Gambit had a similar game board of 12 numbers that opened to reveal pictures, the disappointment being that it was cards and not sports stars in unusual action poses.

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        • #5
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          Runway with Richard Madeley, oddly before This Morning came on with him and Judy.

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          • #6
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            I remember the Pyramid Game where a person had to describe what the tile said to the other person - so if the square was "things they say on xfactor" the other person would be saying things like " you were born to do this,you owned the stage" until the other person said things they say on xfactor.

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            • #7
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              Originally posted by Sly View Post
              Turnabout. I only really remember the theme music and sphere game...
              When I read this, Sly, I thought; Oh I remember that. Andrew O'Connor used to present it. I went over to Wiki and found I was actually thinking of 'Talk About'. I think this was another quiz that went out in the daytime.

              (Re my last post, I actually meant Liza was good, not goord, obviously. lol)

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              • #8
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                I too thought 'Win Lose Or Draw' was actually pretty good, there were certainly much worse quiz shows out there at the time. Does anybody else remember a quiz show from the early days of Channel 5, hosted by punchline extraordinaire Tim Vine? I think it was called something like Whittle/Wittle and there was a mask that contestants would have to put on which was basically just a round bit of cardboard with two eyeholes and the letter 'W' on it, it was pretty awful stuff. I can also vaguely recall the show's theme tune as I type this, cheesy isn't the word.

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                • #9
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                  Originally posted by Palazzo View Post
                  I too thought 'Win Lose Or Draw' was actually pretty good, there were certainly much worse quiz shows out there at the time. Does anybody else remember a quiz show from the early days of Channel 5, hosted by punchline extraordinaire Tim Vine? I think it was called something like Whittle/Wittle and there was a mask that contestants would have to put on which was basically just a round bit of cardboard with two eyeholes and the letter 'W' on it, it was pretty awful stuff. I can also vaguely recall the show's theme tune as I type this, cheesy isn't the word.
                  yes i remember that one with tim vine.
                  i really thought it very good.

                  every round more people would be eliminated until it got down to just one.
                  FOR THE HONOUR OF GRAYSKULL

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                  • #10
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                    It was indeed Tim Vine and it was indeed called whittle
                    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whittle_(UK_game_show)
                    Heather

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                    • #11
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                      What was that stupid one where they had to give the answer as a question? Something like "What is...whatever". I have Jeopardy in my mind but I might be thinking of something else.

                      I was also a fan of win, lose or draw. So simple yet so entertaining! I was a student when it was on so I often saw it.
                      1976 Vintage

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                      • #12
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                        Most of the ones I remember have already been mentioned.

                        They could never have made a Tourette's edition of 'Going For Gold' - "What 'C' am I?......" (Instant buzzer noises).
                        I think 'The Pyramid Game' was hosted by Steve Jones (complete with the regulation '80s big glasses).
                        Don't forget Tom O'Connor's sign-off on 'Crosswits' - "Never a cross word!"
                        "We're the Sweeney son, and we haven't had any dinner!"

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                        • #13
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                          hmm... Going for Gold, the show where the foreign contestants really didnt have a clue what was going on! or perhaps they couldnt understand Henry Kelly!

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                          • #14
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                            Originally posted by Marine Boy View Post
                            When I read this, Sly, I thought; Oh I remember that. Andrew O'Connor used to present it. I went over to Wiki and found I was actually thinking of 'Talk About'. I think this was another quiz that went out in the daytime.

                            (Re my last post, I actually meant Liza was good, not goord, obviously. lol)
                            I vaguely remember Talk About too.

                            What about all the cookery shows that used to be on on a morning? They were well rubbish. So bland that it used to make me want to nap when they came on.

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                            • #15
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                              Originally posted by Austin Maxi View Post
                              Most of the ones I remember have already been mentioned.

                              They could never have made a Tourette's edition of 'Going For Gold' - "What 'C' am I?......" (Instant buzzer noises).
                              I think 'The Pyramid Game' was hosted by Steve Jones (complete with the regulation '80s big glasses).
                              Don't forget Tom O'Connor's sign-off on 'Crosswits' - "Never a cross word!"
                              As soon as I saw 'Steve Jones' and 'big glasses' I could picture this guy. He hosted Jeopardy too.
                              1976 Vintage

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