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

invicta · 07-03-2018 09:09PM

Anyone remember sale of the century, with Nicolas Parsons?

not yet · 07-03-2018 10:02PM

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 · 07-03-2018 10:04PM

Hot Milk and Pepper, presented by Brendan O'Carroll

pawdee · 07-03-2018 10:06PM

Cross Country Quiz

Capt'n Midnight · 07-03-2018 10:12PM

The one with Velcro Girl

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

branie2 · 07-03-2018 10:17PM

Dodge the Question, presented by Jonathan Philbin Bowman

Frankie_Jaeger · 07-03-2018 10:23PM

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 · 07-03-2018 10:32PM

Harry Palmr wrote: »

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

...stop the lights.

tombliboo83 · 07-03-2018 10:33PM

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

drillyeye · 07-03-2018 10:33PM

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 · 07-03-2018 11:25PM

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 · 07-03-2018 11:40PM

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

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suicide_circus · 08-03-2018 12:49AM

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

byte · 08-03-2018 12:52AM

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 · 08-03-2018 12:56AM

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 · 08-03-2018 12:58AM

invicta wrote: »

Anyone remember sale of the century, with Nicolas Parsons?

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

harry Bailey esq · 08-03-2018 01:24AM

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 · 08-03-2018 01:31AM

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 · 08-03-2018 10:57AM

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! · 08-03-2018 11:09AM

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.

WHIP IT! · 08-03-2018 01:53PM

This thread needs wayyyyyy more Catch Phrase!

harry Bailey esq · 08-03-2018 02:14PM

JohnnyFlash wrote: »

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.

They did John, but after the media got their few pounds of flesh and an inquest was carried out he was cleared out he was cleared of any wrongdoing. In fairness, if it was a woman found in the pool in that state the police would probably have your good self high up on the list of 'persons of interest'

Challenging times was great, my da God rest him loved it. What was the one with Bob Holness, blockbusters was it?
'gimme an E please bob'

razorblunt · 08-03-2018 02:33PM

I have a begrudging admiration for Deal or No Deal and the fact they dragged it out for 1 hour, 5 days a week.
I have more than a begrudging admiration for the fella who would cut the show to just the box opening and Dealer conversations on YT an hour after the show. I think condensed it was at the 5 min total mark.

Badly Drunk Boy · 08-03-2018 02:42PM

harry Bailey esq wrote: »

Challenging times was great, my da God rest him loved it. What was the one with Bob Holness, blockbusters was it?
'gimme an E please bob'

Yeah, I liked Blockbusters back in my teenage years. Did you know that Bob Holness was one of the people to play James Bond? It was a South African radio adaptation of Moonraker, in 1956.

Boom_Bap · 08-03-2018 02:42PM

The best game show by far is Come Dine With Me.
I've been mulling it over and trying to convince myself that it's a game show, and it is.
I could watch Come Dine With Me all day.

harry Bailey esq · 08-03-2018 03:35PM

Badly Drunk Boy wrote: »

Yeah, I liked Blockbusters back in my teenage years. Did you know that Bob Holness was one of the people to play James Bond? It was a South African radio adaptation of Moonraker, in 1956.

Brilliant! I love drunken wisdom, I'll win many a pub bet with that.

Hector Bellend · 08-03-2018 03:45PM

Fifteen to One was the best quiz ever.

Its not the same with yer wan Sandi Toksvig though.

It's William G.Stewart all the way

08-03-2018 05:08PM

Who wants to be a millionaire circa 1999 - 2002. I can remember when the rumour got out a few days beforehand that Judith Keppel would be the first person to win a million pounds and everyone was watching the night she was on. It was just massive leap up from the gameshows that were around a few years beforehand as far as prizes were concerned, and the fact it was a players raw knowledge that won them the prizes made it far more watchable than any other gameshow. Even the £250,000 prize just seemed like head-spinning money back then, never mind the two highest prizes.

We had our own version with Gay Byrne around 2001. I remember when I would watch it I had the feeling that, unlike in the uk version, the Irish version couldn't really afford big payouts (soooo "father ted-esque" and typical of Ireland of that era!) and so they would hope that only a few people would win big prizes!

w/s/p/c/ · 08-03-2018 05:24PM

No mention of Play your Cards Right with Brucie? Classic show!

storker · 08-03-2018 10:21PM

JohnnyFlash wrote: »

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.

I'm a fan of University Challenge but the RTE version was (predictably) awful. The set was cheap-looking, and Myers waffled far too much. The worst thing I saw was when a contestant didn't know what TCP/IP was. "If I could give you points for not knowing that, I would" said Myers, showing that he couldn't tell the difference between a critical piece of technology that enabled the creation of and still underpins the Internet, and some kind of online fad like Bebo.

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

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