What's is the best game show we have/ have had?

greentea is just wrong

Starting this off the back of the "worst game show we have" thread ..

It's Wednesday, hump day, we don't need negativity.. let's reminisce instead !

My favorite was definitely Gladiators!! One quality theme tune & I always wanted to do that gauntlet.

Saturday night tele just hasn't been the same since the golden era of Baywatch followed by Gladiators & then Blind Date with aul Cilla !

Boom_Bap

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and here's what you could have won. A speedboat.

diomed

That one with Bruce Forsythe where stuff went by on a moving belt: a toaster; a cuddly toy; transistor radio ...

El Weirdo

The correct answer is Numberwang.

jimgoose

The correct answer is "Murphy’s Micro Quiz-M". Observe:

http://www.rte.ie/archives/2013/1009/479266-murphys-micro-quiz-m-1983/

The Backwards Man

Blackboard Jungle.

Alicano

diomed wrote: »

That one with Bruce Forsythe where stuff went by on a moving belt: a toaster; a cuddly toy; transistor radio ...

generation game?

piplip87

Pointless

Lorelli!

jimgoose wrote: »

The correct answer is "Murphy’s Micro Quiz-M". Observe:

http://www.rte.ie/archives/2013/1009/479266-murphys-micro-quiz-m-1983/

jimgoose

Lorelli! wrote: »

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Bah!!

Alicano

For me,
Home grown : Where in the world. The Lyrics board. Secrets with Gerry Ryan. (not really a game show?)
UK : Strike it lucky (Barrymore) Blankety Blank. Krypton Factor. Going for Gold (Jesus I loved that!) You Bet. +1 for Gladiators. And original Crystal Maze.. Bullseye was class too. "Settle in now settle down.. Plenty of time now plenty of time"

DEFTLEFTHAND

I remember Jim Bowan saying years later that nobody would ever take the Star Prize on Bullseye unless maybe it was an exotic holiday or something.

Instead the production company would offer them the cash equivalent for the car, speedboat or whatever and the contestants would split the money between them.

They were using the same bloody speedboat for years.

He also said if a team gambled and lost their cash it would be given back to them regardless once off air.

thelad95

There was a show on ITV for a few years called Golden Balls, which was based off game theory and the classical prisoners dilemma. If ever a TV show displayed how cruel and greedy human beings could be, it was this show. Take a look at the prize b&tch in this video:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tBtr8-VMj0E

Grayson

Countdown, followed closely by supermarket sweep.

steddyeddy

Big Break was excellent. John Virgo and Jim Davidson made great hosts.

thebull85

Blackboard jungle

uch

QuickSilver

branie2

Murphy's Micro-quiz-m

Harry Palmr

Quicksilver obviously - "I'll have a 1p question, Bunny"

Badly Drunk Boy

Number One, the music quiz with Dave Fanning, Gerry Ryan, Dave Heffernan and then Joe Elliott. A friend of mine appeared on it as one of the guest contestants.

ectoraige

Has to be Where in the World?

For bonus points, the best on the radio: Larry Gogan's Just a Minute quiz.

FTA69

Where in the World

FrKurtFahrt

Harry Palmr wrote: »

Quicksilver obviously - "I'll have a 1p question, Bunny"

Bunny: "Your 1 shilling question is....What sort of fruit is a Mandarin?'

Contestant: "Is it a fish??"

Gunmonkey

El Weirdo wrote: »

The correct answer is Numberwang.

But in all seriousness, The Crystal Maze.

JohnnyFlash

15 to 1 and University Challenge for the quiz purist. Bullseye for the sheer entertainment.

amtc

My dad won Quicksilver. Spent all the money on good carpet for the house. Still in the 1970s...

The Rape of Lucretia

Cant believe nobody has mentioned Bamboozled. Nothing to touch it in my opinion.
Anyone for Wicked Wango Card ?

humberklog

steddyeddy wrote: »

Big Break was excellent. John Virgo and Jim Davidson made great hosts.

Are you Eddie Charlton?


I'm liking Only Connect nowadays.

Childhood favoutlrite was Runaround! Hosted bizarrely by Mike Reid.

Clonmel1000

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Blackboard Jungle.

Ray Darcy though

facehugger99

Blockbusters.

Can I have a P please Bob?

Liam McPoyle

Anyone remember RTE's Play the Game?

A celebrity charades show with IIRC Ronan Collins hosting.

Also, the music quiz show Number 1 involving Dave Fanning and Joe Elliot from Def Lepard.

invicta

Anyone remember sale of the century, with Nicolas Parsons?

not yet

Alicano wrote: »

For me,
Home grown : Where in the world. The Lyrics board. Secrets with Gerry Ryan. (not really a game show?)
UK : Strike it lucky (Barrymore) Blankety Blank. Krypton Factor. Going for Gold (Jesus I loved that!) You Bet. +1 for Gladiators. And original Crystal Maze.. Bullseye was class too. "Settle in now settle down.. Plenty of time now plenty of time"

Was on this back in the day, won a bed for our troubles..

branie2

Hot Milk and Pepper, presented by Brendan O'Carroll

pawdee

Cross Country Quiz

Capt'n Midnight

The one with Velcro Girl

or Dave Fanning's one with yer man from Blind Tiger

branie2

Dodge the Question, presented by Jonathan Philbin Bowman

Frankie_Jaeger

The Rape of Lucretia wrote: »

Cant believe nobody has mentioned Bamboozled. Nothing to touch it in my opinion.
Anyone for Wicked Wango Card ?

Is bamboozled the quiz from teletext?

Poor Uncle Tom

Harry Palmr wrote: »

Quicksilver obviously - "I'll have a 1p question, Bunny"

...stop the lights.

tombliboo83

Strike it lucky. Loved it, Michael Barrymore before the dead guy in the pool

drillyeye

I'll go with winning streak too.

Its a 30 minute slice of entertainment for the handful of people directly involved. No skill, no questions, just flipping coins to see if you won 4 grand or 5, a Toyota car or a holiday.

There is no entertainment for anyone outside the families playing the thing.

Nothing!

ohnonotgmail

invicta wrote: »

Anyone remember sale of the century, with Nicolas Parsons?

"Tonight, from Norwich, its the quiz of the week"

how the hell do i still remember that after nearly 40 years?

yermanoffthetv

KF was Pure gold, dont make em like that any more.

suicide_circus

I haven't sat down and actually watched a game show in about 15 years

byte

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

The one with Velcro Girl

or Dave Fanning's one with yer man from Blind Tiger

2phat, I think that was called.

Meanwhile, what about this game show.. :pac:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxSBih09YE4

Harry Palmr

Business Cat wrote: »

Anyone remember RTE's Play the Game?

A celebrity charades show with IIRC Ronan Collins hosting.

Ah the RTE mature women-a-thon, as it became over time.

https://stillslibrary.rte.ie/indexplus/image/2163/045.html

https://stillslibrary.rte.ie/indexplus/image/2276/011.html

storker

invicta wrote: »

Anyone remember sale of the century, with Nicolas Parsons?

Yes. Fast-moving, plenty of questions. It was great.

harry Bailey esq

tombliboo83 wrote: »

Strike it lucky. Loved it, Michael Barrymore before the dead guy in the pool

Strangely enough, Barrymore is a fully qualified lifeguard. He was a butlins redcoat and it would have been part of standard training. I think he was dealt a very unfair hand by the tabloids. A really funny guy. On topic, Where in the world with the lovely Theresa Lowe.

JohnnyFlash

harry Bailey esq wrote: »

Strangely enough, Barrymore is a fully qualified lifeguard. He was a butlins redcoat and it would have been part of standard training. I think he was dealt a very unfair hand by the tabloids. A really funny guy. On topic, Where in the world with the lovely Theresa Lowe.

Didn't they find a lad floating in his swimming pool with an arse on him like the Jack Lynch tunnel?

Kevin Myers presented a quiz show called Challenging Times. Ireland's answer to University Challenge. The fúcker had more drink taken than most of the people watching it.

branie2

byte wrote: »

2phat, I think that was called.

Meanwhile, what about this game show.. :pac:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxSBih09YE4

Henry Kelly also presented a game show for RTÉ called Flashback

Lorelli!

I liked Family Fortunes. The end part was always good although I don't like it with Vernon Kay.

Wrong thread but I inexplicably can't stand him.