Bygones
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Host
Co-hosts
Team captains: Rick Wakeman and Craig Ferguson
Broadcast
BBC, 13 May to 10 June 1994
Synopsis
One of Danny Baker's more anonymous shows, this was yet another two-teams-of-three affair.
The games were all nostalgia based, and revolved around products which are no longer made (maybe it should have been called Buygones, then?)
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In the first round the teams have to guess which product is being described by people stopped in the street. 3 or 4 people say something about the item and if the team guesses correctly they get 2 points. If not, some more clips are shown, with easier clues but only 1 point available.
Round 2 is "guess the celebrity". The teams are shown a waxwork head of an "Ex-celebrity" provided by the Great Yarmouth House of Wax. They get 3 questions to guess who the person is. Example heads might be Lord Kitchener or Jimmy Carter.
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Round 3 is the "Stylophone" round. Each team are given a Stylophone (musical pen-operated gadget) and a series of notes, which if played correctly should reveal a well known hit of yesterday. This is accompanied by footage of Pans' People dancing to the hit.
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And so to Round 4, where each team is played a piece of music from a bygone show. All the teams have to do is name the show.
The final round is a quick-fire round. The trailing team goes first and can choose from two categories. They are then played a short piece of film on the subject. The first question is based on the film but the rest are to do with the selected topic.
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In the event of a tie, a Danny sings a theme tune and the first team to guess wins. The show ends with a performance from a Bygone group, such as the Nolans.
Nostalgia's a good subject for a quiz such as this, but somehow this didn't seem to gel in the timeslot and style used here. A case of nostalgia not being as good as it used to be. Guffaw.
Inventor
Devised by Associated Rediffusion Television Ltd.
Pictures
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