Saturday, 26 August 2017

Forgotten panel shows

In the wake of the BBC saying it wants to cut down on the number of panel shows that are their channel here are 3 forgotten examples.

Bygones

Shown for just 1 series in 1994 and hosted by Danny Baker, this nostliga based quiz show had 2 teams compete over rounds on what they could remeber many years back. One round had panel members trying to pop hits on the obscure Stylophone instrument to see if anyone could recongise what they were playing, regular team captain (and keyboard wizard) Rick Wakeman used 8 and was guessed right  away.

If I Ruled the World

Devised by Pointless co-host Richard Osman and hosted by Clive Anderson, this was a politics based show. One round saw panel members make groveling appeals for votes to audience members. While an other saw panel members ask rivals what seemed resonable only for them to be rebuffed, one such example saw Tim  Brooke-Taylor ask (fellow Goodie) Grame Garden that it should be time for the Goodies to repeated which Garden responds with 'No I disagree The Goodies should have been repeated a long time ago'.

It's only TV .... But I Like It

Hosted by Jonathan Ross this was a show in which 2 teams competed over an number of TV based rounds. One saw panel members act out TV shows, an example of which saw Peter Davison putting his hand up the back end of a fake cow, pull out some custard and put some in his mouth. Between rounds Ross would banter with panel members, one such exchange was with Terry Wogan who talked about his feud with the Danish host of the 2001 Eurovison song contest who may have called him a c********r.

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