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Typical rounds were based on origins of place names, local personalities, artefacts and the teams' home towns among other things. | Typical rounds were based on origins of place names, local personalities, artefacts and the teams' home towns among other things. | ||
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[https://www.youtube.com/@terrypearson7787/featured Most of the series] has been uploaded by cast member Terry Pearson - including [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TN9WcWy3vts the grand final]. | [https://www.youtube.com/@terrypearson7787/featured Most of the series] has been uploaded by cast member Terry Pearson - including [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TN9WcWy3vts the grand final]. | ||
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Current revision as of 18:33, 5 March 2024
Contents |
Host
Ian Brass
Co-hosts
"West Wise Players": Malcolm Stent and Terry Pearson (also announcer)
Broadcast
Westcountry (regional), 8 January to 23 April 1993 (15 episodes)
Synopsis
One of Westcountry's first regional programmes - a Friday night inter-town quiz tournament, which lasted only a single series, amid the cold reception by South West viewers after seeing TSW lose its franchise.
Typical rounds were based on origins of place names, local personalities, artefacts and the teams' home towns among other things.
The overall winners got a cut glass bowl from Westcountry's chairman.
Champions
Bodmin
Videos
Most of the series has been uploaded by cast member Terry Pearson - including the grand final.