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BBC National Programme / Home Service, 3 January 1938 to 1950? (successively part of ''Monday at Seven'', ''Monday Night at Eight'' and ''Family Hour'', and sometimes as a standalone programme) | BBC National Programme / Home Service, 3 January 1938 to 1950? (successively part of ''Monday at Seven'', ''Monday Night at Eight'' and ''Family Hour'', and sometimes as a standalone programme) | ||
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BBC-tv, 1950-2 (as part of ''Kaleidoscope'') | BBC-tv, 1950-2 (as part of ''Kaleidoscope'') | ||
BBC-tv, 1953-6 | BBC-tv, 1953-6 | ||
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== Synopsis == | == Synopsis == | ||
Revision as of 12:51, 7 February 2009
Host
Richard Murdoch (radio)
Ronnie Waldman (TV)
Broadcast
BBC National Programme / Home Service, 3 January 1938 to 1950? (successively part of Monday at Seven, Monday Night at Eight and Family Hour, and sometimes as a standalone programme)
Cinema shorts, 1950-9 (23 films)
BBC-tv, 1950-2 (as part of Kaleidoscope)
BBC-tv, 1953-6
Synopsis
Playalong quiz which was a popular feature in a succession of wireless variety formats throughout the 1940s.
When the quiz transferred to television, it was conducted by telephone. Contestants were chosen in an unusual manner - a town would be announced in advance, and people in that town would have to put the Radio Times in their window if they wanted to take part.
A popular part of the show was a write-in competition to spot a deliberate mistake, which produced literally sackfuls of responses every week.
