Quiz Ball

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== Trivia ==
== Trivia ==
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According to [http://www.lostshows.com/default.aspx?programme=fea87262-bdab-4592-8f20-a25aaf8c6cb3 Lostshows.com], nearly every single one of the 72 episodes have been wiped from the archives. Only 6 of them survived, which were Episode 1 of Series 1 (which can be viewed on the [http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p02mbcy7/quiz-ball-22121966 BBC iPlayer]), Episode 11 of Series 2, Episode 6 of Series 3, The 1970 Challenge Match, Episode 5 of Series 5 and Episode 4 of Series 8.
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[http://www.lostshows.com/default.aspx?programme=fea87262-bdab-4592-8f20-a25aaf8c6cb3 Lostshows.com tells us] that nearly all of the episodes have been wiped from the archives with only 6 of them surviving. These are the episodes that survived:
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Series 1: Episode 1 (which can be viewed on the [http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p02mbcy7/quiz-ball-22121966 BBC iPlayer])<br>
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Series 2: Episode 11<br>
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Series 3: Episode 6<br>
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The 1970 Challenge Match<br>
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Series 5: Episode 5<br>
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Series 8: Episode 4
== Web site ==
== Web site ==

Revision as of 21:34, 18 January 2017

Contents

Host

David Vine (1966-8)

Stuart Hall (1970-2)

Frank Skinner (non-broadcast pilot)

Broadcast

BBC1, 22 December 1966 to 23 December 1972 (72 episodes in 8 series)

Synopsis

Two teams consisting of players from a top flight football club and a celebrity supporter have a football match in the form of a general knowledge quiz. Teams chose whether to take four easy questions, three medium questions, two hard questions or one tough question to score a goal. The opposition can opt to take a tackle question a limited number of times in order to block the run, but a wrong answer meant conceding a goal. Whoever had the most goals at the end of the show was the winner.

Inventor

George Woolley

Trivia

Lostshows.com tells us that nearly all of the episodes have been wiped from the archives with only 6 of them surviving. These are the episodes that survived:

Series 1: Episode 1 (which can be viewed on the BBC iPlayer)
Series 2: Episode 11
Series 3: Episode 6
The 1970 Challenge Match
Series 5: Episode 5
Series 8: Episode 4

Web site

Fan page giving every show result via archive.org

IMDb entry

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