Treble Chance

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== Synopsis ==
== Synopsis ==
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The radio replacement for [[Sporting Chance]] was a general knowledge quiz, in which the panel toured seaside resorts, and hoped to beat the local brainboxes.
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The radio replacement for [[Sporting Chance]] was a general knowledge quiz, in which the panel toured seaside resorts, and hoped to beat the local brainboxes. After 1967, the seaside theme was dropped and the series toured universities instead. ''Forces Chance'' was the same format, but travelled internationally to pit the resident panel against members of the armed forces.
== Inventor ==
== Inventor ==

Revision as of 12:23, 28 August 2006

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Host

Brian Johnston

Co-hosts

Regular panel included: Nan Winton, Charles Gardner, Wynford Vaughan-Thomas

Broadcast

BBC Home Service / Radio 4, 1962 - early 70s

Forces Chance 1964 to late 1970s

Synopsis

The radio replacement for Sporting Chance was a general knowledge quiz, in which the panel toured seaside resorts, and hoped to beat the local brainboxes. After 1967, the seaside theme was dropped and the series toured universities instead. Forces Chance was the same format, but travelled internationally to pit the resident panel against members of the armed forces.

Inventor

Michael Tuke-Hastings

See also

Sporting Chance

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