TV Gameshows
TV Gameshows we love from the past!
Top Banana
Top Banana was another children’s TV show which aired really early on a Saturday morning, on ITV in the UK.
It was a gameshow set in a jungle, and you could get an easy question by asking for “a piece of cake” – the kicker being that you would have to answer while eating a piece [...]
Blockbusters (UK)
“I’ll have a ‘P’ please, Bob!”
“I’ll have an ‘E’ please, Bob!”
Oh, how we laughed.
Seriously, though, Blockbusters was great TV. Students would play for weeks, in pairs, or solo, and would always be accompanied by a furry mascot, eventually, they would win a budget prize, like a “Steam Iron” or a trip to Bognor Regis, if [...]
Gladiators
Remember being scared of the big bad wolf? Did you want to date /look like Jet? Remember when Shadow got done for using steroids? and the wonder of people fighting with giant cotton buds on elevated platforms?
Gladiators was a phenomenon of family viewing. Everyone knew someone who’s teacher’s friend’s brother’s babysitter had been a contestant [...]
