Now You See It
Revision as of 14:04, 19 October 2005
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Host
Johnny Beattie
Jack McLachlan(?)
Fred MacAulay
Broadcast
Scottish Television: 1980s?, networked for ITV: 1981
Kids version: STV, late 80s?
Synopsis
Quite enoyable word game which migrated south of the Border after a few successful seasons in Celticland. If memory serves, part 1 involved players answering questions which were hidden in a string of letters like so:
SCOTLANDISCOVERYEARWORM
You had to identify the numbered square of the first letter and name the answer.
In part 2, they repeated this for a board with several lines of letters. The board was electronic and not dissimilar to Mr Babbage of Family Fortunes fame. Contestants took away engraved crystal decanters for turning up.
Inventor
Based on a Talbot Television format.
Quite a few years later, it returned in a kids version for Scottish TV hosted by Fred MacAulay. The board was replaced by computer graphics.
