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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 4 · 22 episodes · 1974

  1. Episode 121 Sep 19741h 0m

    Series 4, Show 1

  2. Episode 228 Sep 19741h 0m

    Series 4, Show 2

  3. Episode 35 Oct 19741h 0m

    Series 4, Show 3

  4. Episode 412 Oct 19741h 0m

    Series 4, Show 4

  5. Episode 519 Oct 19741h 0m

    Series 4, Show 5

  6. Episode 626 Oct 19741h 0m

    Series 4, Show 6

  7. Episode 72 Nov 19741h 0m

    Series 4, Show 7

  8. Episode 89 Nov 19741h 0m

    Series 4, Show 8

  9. Episode 916 Nov 19741h 0m

    Series 4, Show 9

  10. Episode 1023 Nov 19741h 0m

    Series 4, Show 10

  11. Episode 1130 Nov 19741h 0m

    Series 4, Show 11

  12. Episode 127 Dec 19741h 0m

    Series 4, Show 12

  13. Episode 1314 Dec 19741h 0m

    Series 4, Show 13

  14. Episode 1421 Dec 19741h 0m

    Series 4, Show 14

  15. Episode 1525 Dec 19741h 0m

    Christmas Special 1974

  16. Episode 1628 Dec 19741h 0m

    Series 4 Highlights

  17. Episode 174 Jan 19751h 0m

    Series 4, Show 15

  18. Episode 1811 Jan 19751h 0m

    Series 4, Show 16

  19. Episode 1918 Jan 19751h 0m

    Series 4, Show 17

  20. Episode 2025 Jan 19751h 0m

    Series 4, Show 18

  21. Episode 211 Feb 19751h 0m

    Series 4, Show 19

  22. Episode 2220 Sep 197545m

    Series 4 Highlights

Cast

Jim Davidson

Jim Davidson
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