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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Grampian (also Scottish one year), 1987-96 | Grampian (also Scottish one year), 1987-96 | ||
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== Synopsis == | == 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. | + | 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. | ||
== Devisor == | == Devisor == | ||
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== Video == | == Video == | ||
| - | <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> | + | <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> |
[[Category:Regional]] | [[Category:Regional]] | ||
[[Category:Scotland]] | [[Category:Scotland]] | ||
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[[Category:Grampian Productions]] | [[Category:Grampian Productions]] | ||
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Revision as of 17:23, 5 October 2008
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
