"Bullseye (UK game show) Bullseye is a British game show television programme, with a darts theme. It was first made for the ITV network by ATV in 1981, then by Central from 1982 until 1995, and was hosted by comedian and TV presenter Jim Bowen. The show had an animated mascot named Bully - an anthropomorphic, large, brown bull - who wore a red/white striped shirt and blue trousers. ""Bullseye"" was created and owned by Andrew Wood (with comedian Norman Vaughan), who came up with the idea after research into aspects of game shows with mass appeal. Programme associates on"
"setting for the top-rated ITV variety show ""Sunday Night at the London Palladium"" hosted first by Tommy Trinder, followed by Bruce Forsyth, Norman Vaughan, and Jimmy Tarbuck. The programme was broadcast live every week by ATV, which was owned by the famous theatrical impresario Lew Grade. Production was by Val Parnell. Six programmes aired as special episodes in the United States between May and August 1966 on NBC. Val Parnell became associated with a property development company and began to sell Moss Empires' theatres for redevelopment. When it became known in 1966 that this fate awaited the London Palladium, The"
"for the game show was ""Sunday Night at the London Palladium"" on ATV, which had a game called Beat the Clock, taken from an American game show of the same name. It featured married couples playing silly games within a certain time to win prize money. This was hosted by Bruce Forsyth from 1958, and he took the idea with him when he went over to the BBC. During the 1970s, game shows became more popular and started to replace expensive variety shows. Creating new studio shows was cheaper than hiring a theatre and paying for long rehearsals and a"
"Tonight at the London Palladium Tonight at the London Palladium is a British television variety show that is hosted from the London Palladium theatre in London's West End. Originally produced by ATV for the ITV network from 1955 to 1969, it went by its original name ""Sunday Night at the London Palladium"" from 25 September 1955 until the name was changed to ""The London Palladium Show"" from 1966 to 2 February 1969. It underwent three revivals, first from 28 October 1973 to 28 October 1974 where it retained its ""Sunday Night at the London Palladium"" title, second in 2000 under"
"shoes to host ""Sunday Night at the London Palladium"". The show was broadcast live and was a national institution, often reaching 20 million viewers. Vaughan used catch-phrases like 'swinging!' and 'dodgy!', which were accompanied by thumbs-up or thumbs-down gestures. He was a popular host for the long-running television programme (1962–1965). He also hosted ""The Golden Shot"" (during 1972 and 1973), taking over from Bob Monkhouse. Vaughan appeared in a 1960s TV advertising campaign for Cadbury's Roses chocolates which included the slogan 'Roses Grow On You'. On television, he was also a regular guest on variety and quiz shows, including ""Celebrity"
"he was a schoolmate of John Lennon. His first television show was ""It's Tarbuck '65!"" on ITV in 1964, though he had been introduced at the London Palladium on 27 October 1963, and he was the last original host of ""Sunday Night at the London Palladium"" from 1965. He has also hosted numerous quiz shows, including ""Winner Takes All"", ""Full Swing"", and ""Tarby's Frame Game"". In the 1980s, he hosted similar Sunday night variety shows, ""Live From Her Majesty's"", ""Live from the Piccadilly"" and finally ""Live from the Palladium"", which were produced by London Weekend Television for ITV. Nicknamed Tarby,"
"the 1973–74 revival. (For a general overview of the potential reasons for this, see Wiping.) Tonight at the London Palladium Tonight at the London Palladium is a British television variety show that is hosted from the London Palladium theatre in London's West End. Originally produced by ATV for the ITV network from 1955 to 1969, it went by its original name ""Sunday Night at the London Palladium"" from 25 September 1955 until the name was changed to ""The London Palladium Show"" from 1966 to 2 February 1969. It underwent three revivals, first from 28 October 1973 to 28 October 1974"
"Palladium"" and was fronted by Bruce Forsyth. It was pre-recorded and aired on Friday evenings. The series was not a ratings success. A revived series of ""Tonight at the London Palladium"" began airing on 13 April 2016. Episodes air on Wednesday evenings and are presented by Bradley Walsh. This series also features comedian Joe Pasquale who chooses a member of the audience to play the game ""Who's in the Box?"", in which the chosen audience member has to guess who is the celebrity guest in the Royal Box. If they are correct, they spend the rest of the show in"
"ITV series called ""Come on Down! The Game Show Story"", which looks back on the history of British game shows. On 26 October 2014, after two successful pilots, Walsh began hosting the first series of ""Keep It in the Family"". He returned to host a second series in 2015. In 2014 Walsh presented an episode of ""Sunday Night at the Palladium"". He returned to the show to present another episode in 2015. In 2016 he presented eight episodes of ""Tonight at the London Palladium"", a spin-off from the Sunday night series. A second series began airing in April 2017. On"
"Band Show Wakey! Wakey! he devised, Ask Pickles, British television's first request series, which he also devised, and Bathnight with Braden, starring Bernard Braden and written by Muir and Norden, which was BBC Television's first weekly comedy series, such shows until then only being broadcast fortnightly. At ATV from 1957 to 1960 he took over Sunday Night at the London Palladium, produced specials built round such international artistes as Rosemary Clooney and Johnnie Ray, devised and produced series of Val Parnell's Saturday Spectaculars with Max Bygraves, Dickie Henderson, Arthur Askey, Harry Secombe and Dave King, and devised and produced New"
"The resident astrologer would then explain the correct answer to the competitors and to the audience as well. The Zodiac Game The Zodiac Game was a quiz programme devised by Ron Bareham that was produced by Anglia Television and aired on the ITV network from 1984 until 1986 and was hosted by Tom O'Connor. Russell Grant also made frequent appearances on the show. The first resident astrologer was Bernard Fitzwalter. The format of the game was a pair of contestants, one a celebrity and the other not, each answering questions about the other based on what the other's zodiac sign"
"Blankety Blank Blankety Blank (later called Lily Savage's Blankety Blank) is a British comedy game show based on the 1977–79 Australian game show ""Blankety Blanks"" (which was in turn based on the American game show ""Match Game""). The British version ran from 18 January 1979 to 12 March 1990 on BBC One, hosted first by Terry Wogan from 1979 until 1983 followed by Les Dawson from 1984 until 1990. Regular members of the celebrity panel on this version included Kenny Everett, Lorraine Chase, Gareth Hunt, Gary Davies, Paul Daniels and Cheryl Baker. A revival hosted by Paul O'Grady (as Lily"
"night, with some new segments, under the title ""Late Night Games""). ""Prime Games"" was a similarly formatted show aired weeknights and hosted by Peter Tomarken. ""Wide World of Games"" was a Saturday night block of four shows built around a common theme. After a few years, these shows were replaced by ""Game TV"" (a half-hour interview show hosted by Nancy Sullivan and Dave Nemeth), ""Game World"" (which showed highlights of current game shows from around the world), and standalone 30-minute call-in games like ""Super Decades"" and ""Trivia Track"". Later, the channel attempted a ""Gong Show"" remake called ""Extreme Gong"" (hosted"
"Jimmy Tarbuck James Joseph Tarbuck, OBE (born 6 February 1940) is an English comedian. He was a host of ""Sunday Night at the London Palladium"" in the mid 1960s, and is also known for his numerous hostings of game and quiz shows on ITV during the 1970s, '80s and early '90s. He is also known for leading ITV's ""Live From Her Majesty's"" and its subsequent incarnations during the 1980s. His daughter is actress and television and radio presenter Liza Tarbuck. Tarbuck was born in Wavertree, Liverpool, on 6 February 1940. Growing up, he attended Dovedale Primary School in Liverpool where"
"The BBC usually staged the show in a West End theatre, and ITV in regional theatres outside London. From 2011, ITV have exclusive rights to televise the show. The show has been frequently staged in the London Palladium theatre, and in the 1950s and 1960s a television show based on the same idea, called ""Sunday Night at the London Palladium"" and hosted by many entertainers, including Bruce Forsyth, ran for over 20 years. A wide range of acts has performed at the Royal Variety Performance, including Laurel and Hardy in 1947, the Beatles in 1963, the Supremes in 1968 and"
"a player could return for up to five shows, for maximum possible winnings of £15,000. The Pyramid Game The (£1,000) Pyramid Game was a United Kingdom game show based on the American format of the same name that was originally shown on ITV from 1981 to 1984 then 1989 to 1990 hosted by Steve Jones, then revived by Challenge in 2007 hosted by Donny Osmond. The show first appeared in 1978 as a segment of ""Bruce Forsyth's Big Night"", then was a segment on ""The Steve Jones Games Show"" in 1979, before becoming a series in its own right in"
"the title ""Tonight at the London Palladium"", and third from 2014 until 2015 under the title ""Sunday Night at the Palladium"", dropping ""London"". From 2016, the show is called ""Tonight at the London Palladium"" and is presented by Bradley Walsh. A one-off ""Sunday Night at the London Palladium"" was screened to mark Bruce Forsyth's 70th birthday in February 1998. The regular hosts of the show were Tommy Trinder (1955–58), Bruce Forsyth (1958–60 and 1961–64), Don Arrol (1960–61), Norman Vaughan (1962–65, 1974), Jimmy Tarbuck (1965–67), Jim Dale (1973–74) and Ted Rogers (1974). Other guest comperes were: Hughie Green, Alfred Marks, Robert"
"The Zodiac Game The Zodiac Game was a quiz programme devised by Ron Bareham that was produced by Anglia Television and aired on the ITV network from 1984 until 1986 and was hosted by Tom O'Connor. Russell Grant also made frequent appearances on the show. The first resident astrologer was Bernard Fitzwalter. The format of the game was a pair of contestants, one a celebrity and the other not, each answering questions about the other based on what the other's zodiac sign says they should answer. (For example, a gemini would never go into a bar and choose X drink)."
"was the answer to the problems to the show. Each show also featured a game of ""The £1,000 Pyramid"", hosted by Steve Jones, which was the first UK adaption of the popular American game show ""Pyramid"". This show later became a standalone programme on ITV, with Jones remaining as host. In addition, Jones would go on to be one of the hosts of the UK adaptation of ""Jeopardy!"" Bruce Forsyth's Big Night Bruce Forsyth's Big Night was a TV show screened on ITV on Saturday nights throughout the autumn and winter of 1978. It starred Bruce Forsyth. A total of"
"the show, co-written by & starring Johnny Vegas. Blankety Blank Blankety Blank (later called Lily Savage's Blankety Blank) is a British comedy game show based on the 1977–79 Australian game show ""Blankety Blanks"" (which was in turn based on the American game show ""Match Game""). The British version ran from 18 January 1979 to 12 March 1990 on BBC One, hosted first by Terry Wogan from 1979 until 1983 followed by Les Dawson from 1984 until 1990. Regular members of the celebrity panel on this version included Kenny Everett, Lorraine Chase, Gareth Hunt, Gary Davies, Paul Daniels and Cheryl Baker."
"theatre as a one-off commemorative show for the centenary of the Palladium. A further revival in 2014, called ""Sunday Night at the Palladium"" began airing on ITV from 14 September 2014. The series aired for six episodes. On 19 October 2014, it was announced that the show had been recommissioned for a second revived series. This series began airing on 3 May 2015 for five episodes. Presenters of the revived series have included Bradley Walsh, Jimmy Carr and Alexander Armstrong. 2014 2015 The format of ""Sunday Night at the London Palladium"" was revived in 2000 as ""Tonight at the London"
"the London Palladium and Casson was again the judges choice. Following this, and a winning slot on Hughie Green's ""Opportunity Knocks"", he decided it was time to break from The Cresters, and went on the road as a solo stand-up comedian. 1987 ITV ""Summer Time Special"" 1992 ITV ""The New Comedians"" (Featured in all five shows); ITV ""Celebrity Squares"" 1993 BBC1 ""Rock With Laughter""; ITV ""Comedians Christmas Cracker"" 1995 ITV ""Talking Telephone Numbers""; GRANADA/LWT ""Live From The Lillydrome""; SKY ONE ""Stand & Deliver""; 1996 BBC 1 ""Gag-Tag""; SKY ONE ""Stand & Deliver""; ITV ""Des O'Connor Tonight"", ""Talking Telephone Numbers"" 1998"
"Stumpers (game show) Stumpers! is a game show hosted by Allen Ludden that aired on NBC from October 4 to December 31, 1976. Lin Bolen, former head of NBC Daytime Programming, developed the show. Bill Armstrong was the program's regular announcer, with Charlie O'Donnell filling in for several episodes. The show featured game play similar to ""Password"", with two teams (consisting of one celebrity and one contestant) attempting to guess the subject of puzzles based on clues provided by their opponents. The series premiered and ended on the same dates as ""50 Grand Slam"", which immediately followed ""Stumpers!"" on the"
"Stumpers (game show) Stumpers! is a game show hosted by Allen Ludden that aired on NBC from October 4 to December 31, 1976. Lin Bolen, former head of NBC Daytime Programming, developed the show. Bill Armstrong was the program's regular announcer, with Charlie O'Donnell filling in for several episodes. The show featured game play similar to ""Password"", with two teams (consisting of one celebrity and one contestant) attempting to guess the subject of puzzles based on clues provided by their opponents. The series premiered and ended on the same dates as ""50 Grand Slam"", which immediately followed ""Stumpers!"" on the"
"The Pyramid Game The (£1,000) Pyramid Game was a United Kingdom game show based on the American format of the same name that was originally shown on ITV from 1981 to 1984 then 1989 to 1990 hosted by Steve Jones, then revived by Challenge in 2007 hosted by Donny Osmond. The show first appeared in 1978 as a segment of ""Bruce Forsyth's Big Night"", then was a segment on ""The Steve Jones Games Show"" in 1979, before becoming a series in its own right in 1981. The Pyramid's game boards, both in the main game and in the Winner's Circle"
"Oliver Callan Oliver Callan (born 27 December 1980) is an Irish vocal and performance satirist and impressionist known as the creator of ""Callan's Kicks"", ""Nob Nation"" and for frequent appearances on ""The Saturday Night Show"". He rose to fame during the 2000s when his daily ""Nob Nation"" slots aired on RTÉ Radio. His ""Callan's Kicks"" creation on RTÉ Radio 1 has been described by ""The Sunday Independent"" as ""the best comedy show the national broadcaster has ever produced"". ""Nob Nation"" and ""Callan's Kicks"" parody political, social and cultural personalities, with Callan performing as the characters featured on the show. His"
"gameplay and lifelines provided. The creation of the game show was led by David Briggs, assisted by Mike Whitehill and Steven Knight, who had helped him before with creating a number of promotional games for Chris Tarrant's morning show on Capital FM radio. The basic premise for the show was a twist on the conventional game-show genre of the time, with a focus towards the setup used in radio quizzes, in that the programme would have one contestant taking on the game and answering questions, but with the ability to pull out at any time, to have certain points in"
"Bruce Forsyth Sir Bruce Joseph Forsyth-Johnson (22 February 1928 – 18 August 2017) was a British presenter, actor, comedian, singer, dancer, and screenwriter whose career spanned more than 75 years. In 2012, ""Guinness World Records"" recognised Forsyth as having the longest television career for a male entertainer. Forsyth came to national attention from the mid-1950s through the ITV series ""Sunday Night at the London Palladium"". He went on to host several game shows, including ""The Generation Game"", ""Play Your Cards Right"", ""The Price Is Right"" and ""You Bet!"". He co-presented ""Strictly Come Dancing"" from 2004 to 2013. Forsyth was born"
"itself as the set. All six series of ""Whodunnit?"" have been released on DVD by Network Distributing. Whodunnit? (UK game show) Whodunnit? was a British television game show that originally aired on ITV as a pilot on 15 August 1972, hosted by Shaw Taylor, and then became a full series, which ran from 25 June 1973 to 26 June 1978. The series was first hosted by Edward Woodward in 1973 and then, following his departure from ""Doctor Who"", hosted by Jon Pertwee from 1974 to 1978. Each week it featured a short murder-mystery drama enacted in front of a panel"
"Palladium in ""The British Record Show"", and in January 1957 they appeared on ITV's ""Sunday Night at the London Palladium"". Later in 1957 Vaughan appeared in that year's ""Royal Variety Show"" alongside other 1950s stars, including Ronnie Hilton, Dickie Valentine and David Whitfield. In 1960 he took part in the national preselection to represent the United Kingdom in that year's Eurovision Song Contest, singing ""Each Tomorrow"", but he was beaten by Bryan Johnson, whose ""Looking High, High, High"" went on to finish in second place. In 1961 Vaughan was inducted into the exclusive entertainment fraternity, the Grand Order of Water"
"two shows were hosted for many years by ITV's main football commentator Brian Moore. Major programmes on LWT included most of ITV's weekend line-up, which included gameshows and comedys like Friday and Saturday night favourites ""Play Your Cards Right"", ""The Two of Us"", ""Close to Home"", ""The Piglet Files"", ""Second Thoughts"", ""Faith in the Future"", """", ""Surprise Surprise"", ""You Bet!"", ""The Moment of Truth"", ""Blind Date"", ""Gladiators"", ""Barrymore"", ""My Kind of Music"" and ""Don't Try This at Home"", and long-running Sunday night drama series ""Agatha Christie's Poirot"", ""Forever Green"", ""The Knock"" and ""London's Burning"". Nigel Lythgoe, who won infamy as"
"audience to that of these two shows. The format of ""Night Network"" was similar to Channel 4's ""Network 7"", or even a late night adult version of Saturday morning kids TV, as it was a mixture of quizzes, celebrity guests, imported serials and bands. Feature segments included ""Street Cred"" with Paul Thompson, ""Video View"" with Steve Allen and Kate Davies, Rowland Rivron in ""The Bunker Show"", Tim Westwood's ""N-Sign Radio"", Emma Freud's chat segment ""Pillow Talk"", Geoffrey Cantor's video segment ""The Axeman"", Barbie Wilde's video review for ""The Small Screen"", and quiz show ""The Alphabet Game"" hosted by Nicholas Parsons,"
"presenter, hosting the popular 1980s Saturday morning programme ""Saturday Superstore"", as well as the Saturday Night music game show ""Pop Quiz"", which regularly got audiences of 10 million and featured rock and pop stars answering music trivia questions. The show spawned board game and computer game spin-offs. The penultimate episode of ""Pop Quiz"" in 1984 featured a face-off between pop bands Spandau Ballet and Duran Duran, and in 1994 he returned to host a one-off special of the show for the anniversary of ""Top of the Pops"". The format was revived twice, firstly in 1994 by the BBC with Chris"