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The Generation Game

Jim Davidson
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2 Oct 1971First aired
23Seasons

The series

The Generation Game was a British game show produced by the BBC in which four teams of two competed to win prizes. The programme was first broadcast in 1971 under the title Bruce Forsyth and the Generation Game and ran until 1982, and again from 1990 until 2002. The show was based on the Dutch TV show Een van de acht, "One of the Eight", the format devised in 1969 by Theo Uittenbogaard for VARA Television. Mrs. Mies Bouwman - a popular Dutch talk show host and presenter of the show - came up with the idea of the conveyor belt. She had seen it on a German programme and wanted to incorporate it into the show. Another antecedent for the gameshow was 'Sunday Night at the London Palladium' on ATV, which had a game called Beat the Clock, taken from an American gameshow. It featured married couples playing silly games within a certain time to win prize money. This was hosted by Bruce Forsyth from 1958, and he took the idea with him when he went over to the BBC.

Episodes

Season 23 · 19 episodes · 2001

  1. Episode 18 Sep 20011h 0m

    Series 23, Show 1

  2. Episode 215 Sep 20011h 0m

    Series 23, Show 2

  3. Episode 322 Sep 20011h 0m

    Series 23, Show 3

  4. Episode 429 Sep 20011h 0m

    Series 23, Show 4

  5. Episode 56 Oct 20011h 0m

    Series 23, Show 5

  6. Episode 613 Oct 20011h 0m

    Series 23, Show 6

  7. Episode 727 Oct 20011h 0m

    Series 23, Show 7

  8. Episode 83 Nov 20011h 0m

    Series 23, Show 8

  9. Episode 923 Dec 20011h 0m

    Series 23, Show 9 (Christmas Special)

  10. Episode 105 Jan 20021h 0m

    Series 23, Show 10

  11. Episode 1112 Jan 20021h 0m

    Series 23, Show 11

  12. Episode 1219 Jan 20021h 0m

    Series 23, Show 12

  13. Episode 1326 Jan 20021h 0m

    Series 23, Show 13

  14. Episode 149 Feb 20021h 0m

    Series 23, Show 14

  15. Episode 1516 Feb 20021h 0m

    Series 23, Show 15

  16. Episode 1623 Feb 20021h 0m

    Series 23, Show 16

  17. Episode 1716 Mar 20021h 0m

    Series 23, Show 17

  18. Episode 186 Apr 20021h 0m

    Series 23, Show 18

  19. Episode 1913 Apr 20021h 0m

    Series 23, Show 19

Cast

Jim Davidson

Jim Davidson
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