Pick a Number

(Apparently, the show started off on Border before being transfered to Grampian (source: Phil McKay interview in News and Star))
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== Broadcast ==
== Broadcast ==
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Border, 1984-6
Grampian (also Scottish one year), 1987-96
Grampian (also Scottish one year), 1987-96
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== Synopsis ==
== Synopsis ==
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Schools quiz involving two teams. In the first round, Pick A Pop, they had to run to the wall and pick a pop star then answer a question on that person. The second round was Pick A Number (hence the name). At the end, the team with the least points had to pick someone in their team to get gunged. It only lasted one series on Scottish Televison but Grampian kept it until 1996.
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Schools quiz involving two teams. In the first round, Pick A Pop, they had to run to the wall and pick a pop star then answer a question on that person. The second round was Pick A Number (hence the name). At the end, the team with the least points had to pick someone in their team to get gunged.  
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After an inital three-year stay at Border Television, the show was transferred to Grampian Television. Whilst at GTV, it was picked up by Scottish for a solitary series. Grampian kept it until 1996.
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== Devisor ==
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== Video ==
== Video ==
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<div class="video"><embed style="width:400px; height:326px;" id="VideoPlayback" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=4465713757643669049&hl=en-GB" flashvars=""> </embed>''A generous 9-minute portion of Pick A Number from 1987''</div>
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<div class="video"><embed style="width:400px; height:326px;" id="VideoPlayback" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=4465713757643669049&hl=en-GB" flashvars=""> </embed>''A generous 9-minute portion of Pick A Number (the Grampian version) from 1987''</div>
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Revision as of 17:23, 5 October 2008

Contents

Host

Phil McKay

Broadcast

Border, 1984-6

Grampian (also Scottish one year), 1987-96

Synopsis

Schools quiz involving two teams. In the first round, Pick A Pop, they had to run to the wall and pick a pop star then answer a question on that person. The second round was Pick A Number (hence the name). At the end, the team with the least points had to pick someone in their team to get gunged.

After an inital three-year stay at Border Television, the show was transferred to Grampian Television. Whilst at GTV, it was picked up by Scottish for a solitary series. Grampian kept it until 1996.

Devisor

Phil McKay himself.

Trivia

Had a clever scoring device. Yellow balls were put in a wiggly scoring track, a bit like a more tortuous version of Runaround, and this enabled you to read the black numbers that were stuck to the front glass.

Video

A generous 9-minute portion of Pick A Number (the Grampian version) from 1987

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