Connect 4
Synopsis
Not sure how this got through the regulations in the early 1990s given the none-too-subtle product placement going on, but there you go - so let's fire up a big "P" in the corner just to make sure and plough on, because this really was a television adaptation of the Milton Bradley boxed game. But presumably without your younger brother accidentally knocking the keeper bar and scattering the red and yellow discs all over the floor.
Schools competed against each other. The questions were standard general knowledge: if you answered correctly, one of your team mates would drop either a red or yellow counter into a giant replica of the standard Connect 4 game.
To win a game you'd have to get four in a row as per usual, and to win the match it was the best of five games.
We're told that the prize was probably materials for the school. Sports kit and art supplies rather than roof lead and ready-mix concrete, we're guessing.
Trivia
Former contestant Gareth Taylor informs us that the contestants got "Children's Channel merchandise and £10 for grub".
