Try for Ten
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== Host == | == Host == | ||
| - | [[Alan Taylor]] - | + | [[Alan Taylor]] - TWW |
[[David Hamilton]] - Anglia | [[David Hamilton]] - Anglia | ||
[[Derek Batey]] - Border | [[Derek Batey]] - Border | ||
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| + | [[Jack McLaughlin]] - Grampian | ||
==Co-hosts== | ==Co-hosts== | ||
| - | + | Hostesses (''incomplete''): Carol Dilworth (Anglia, 1968), Patricia Turnbull (Border,1968-?), Roz Early (Anglia, 1969) | |
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| + | Announcer (Anglia version): Dick Graham | ||
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| + | Organist (Anglia version): Peter Fenn | ||
== Broadcast == | == Broadcast == | ||
| - | ''Taro Deg'': TWW | + | ''Taro Deg'': TWW, 13 June 1962 to c. October 1963 |
| - | ''Try for Ten'': TWW | + | ''Try for Ten'': TWW, 17 September 1962 to c. September 1963 |
| - | Grampian, | + | Grampian, 1968-9 |
| - | Anglia, | + | Anglia, 1967-9 |
| - | Border, 1972-84 (networked from 1974) | + | Border, 1968-9, 1972-84 (networked from 1974) |
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== Synopsis == | == Synopsis == | ||
| - | + | Contestants try to give ten consecutive correct True or False answers to a series of statements. A contestant is eliminated if they give three wrong answers in a row, or a total of ten wrong answers. | |
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| + | If the game ends early, they win £1 per answer for their best run of correct responses. If they reach their target of ten, they win a rolling jackpot that increases by £25 per failure. | ||
== Inventor == | == Inventor == | ||
| - | Based on a Welsh format called ''Taro Deg''. | + | Based on a Welsh format called ''Taro Deg'' by [[Roy Ward Dickson]]. |
== Trivia == | == Trivia == | ||
| - | A children's version was also made in the Grampian region | + | A children's version was also made in the Grampian region. |
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| + | The Anglia version was a touring outside broadcast series recorded at town venues. The last episode - one of the few surviving archived examples of ''Try for Ten'' by any means - was recorded in Bury St Edmunds. | ||
[[Category:General Knowledge Quiz]] | [[Category:General Knowledge Quiz]] | ||
[[Category:Childrens]] | [[Category:Childrens]] | ||
[[Category:Long-Running]] | [[Category:Long-Running]] | ||
| + | [[Category:TWW Productions]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Anglia Productions]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Border Productions]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Grampian Productions]] | ||
Current revision as of 07:58, 9 February 2021
Contents |
Host
Alan Taylor - TWW
David Hamilton - Anglia
Derek Batey - Border
Jack McLaughlin - Grampian
Co-hosts
Hostesses (incomplete): Carol Dilworth (Anglia, 1968), Patricia Turnbull (Border,1968-?), Roz Early (Anglia, 1969)
Announcer (Anglia version): Dick Graham
Organist (Anglia version): Peter Fenn
Broadcast
Taro Deg: TWW, 13 June 1962 to c. October 1963
Try for Ten: TWW, 17 September 1962 to c. September 1963
Grampian, 1968-9
Anglia, 1967-9
Border, 1968-9, 1972-84 (networked from 1974)
Synopsis
Contestants try to give ten consecutive correct True or False answers to a series of statements. A contestant is eliminated if they give three wrong answers in a row, or a total of ten wrong answers.
If the game ends early, they win £1 per answer for their best run of correct responses. If they reach their target of ten, they win a rolling jackpot that increases by £25 per failure.
Inventor
Based on a Welsh format called Taro Deg by Roy Ward Dickson.
Trivia
A children's version was also made in the Grampian region.
The Anglia version was a touring outside broadcast series recorded at town venues. The last episode - one of the few surviving archived examples of Try for Ten by any means - was recorded in Bury St Edmunds.
