The Generation Game
1971 · 23 seasons · 422 episodes · Ended · BBC One
Reality, Comedy
TMDB 9.0 · 1 votes
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
- S23E01Series 23, Show 12001-09-0860m
- S23E02Series 23, Show 22001-09-1560m
- S23E03Series 23, Show 32001-09-2260m
- S23E04Series 23, Show 42001-09-2960m
- S23E05Series 23, Show 52001-10-0660m
- S23E06Series 23, Show 62001-10-1360m
- S23E07Series 23, Show 72001-10-2760m
- S23E08Series 23, Show 82001-11-0360m
- S23E09Series 23, Show 9 (Christmas Special)2001-12-2360m
- S23E10Series 23, Show 102002-01-0560m
- S23E11Series 23, Show 112002-01-1260m
- S23E12Series 23, Show 122002-01-1960m
- S23E13Series 23, Show 132002-01-2660m
- S23E14Series 23, Show 142002-02-0960m
- S23E15Series 23, Show 152002-02-1660m
- S23E16Series 23, Show 162002-02-2360m
- S23E17Series 23, Show 172002-03-1660m
- S23E18Series 23, Show 182002-04-0660m
- S23E19Series 23, Show 192002-04-1360m
