Space (3-2-1)
Saturday evening light entertainment featuring a game show interspersed with comedy sketches with special guests and a celebrity dustbin.
Every week 3-2-1 had a theme, for this show sketches, music and dance on the theme of ‘space’. Hosted by comedian Ted Rogers, the game show element features three couples competing for a big prize; a holiday, a television and the star prize – a car! After two rounds the remaining couple are left with a series of objects, each with a cryptic clue, representing a prize. The couple has to solve the clues to discard objects (hopefully the booby prize, Dusty Bin) and be left with one object remaining. As each object is discarded Ted reads out the solution to the clue revealing which prize they had rejected. The somewhat complicated solutions would often lead to quite baffled expressions on the part of the contestants as to what exactly the prize was.
Special guests on the show are Pat Coombs, Roy Kinnear and Neil Innes.
TV Game and Quiz Shows
Fingers on buzzers, your starter for ten…
Often a staple of the television schedules, quiz and game shows have always been popular with viewers. Formats and themes of quiz and game shows have changed over time; from the educational and cerebral to tests of physical and mental strength.
Far from trivial, game shows can give us an insight into what was regarded as general knowledge at the time. These are episodes filled with once-familiar faces offering prizes reflecting the then latest sought-after consumer goods. Enjoy this selection of some familiar and lesser known TV game and quiz shows over the years.
Get ready to play along and pit your wits against players of the past!
31 videos in this collection
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Crystal Maze [21/03/91]
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Blockbusters [01/11/88]
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Bruce Forsyth's Play Your Cards Right [18/09/83]
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Double Your Money [22/11/66]
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Family Fortunes [27/12/91]
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Game for a Laugh [03/03/85]
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The Golden Shot [18/11/73]
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The Krypton Factor [07/09/77]
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The Pyramid Game [31/10/81]
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Through the Keyhole [12/07/91]
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Criss cross Quiz [03/03/66]
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Calendar Countdown (Pilot)
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Calendar Countdown (Pilot 2)
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Junior Sunday Quiz [13/08/78]
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Schools Challenge [10/07/97]
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Space
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Follow Your Nose [01/07/92]
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Spot the Tune [22/05/61]
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Puzzle Party Christmas Show
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Schools Challenge [16/10/97]
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Knightmare [21/09/90]
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Think Tank [17/08/81]
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The Visual Quiz
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Winner Takes All [22/07/77]
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Those Wonderful TV Times [03/06/77]
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Finders Keepers [23/03/93]
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Passport Quiz [26/02/98]
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Try For Ten" Quiz Show (Rx 2.5.68)
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Gladiators [28/11/92]
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