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The Generation Game

TV series / 1971

The Generation Game

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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 …

The story

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.

The seasons

Season 1 Season 1 1971 · 16 episodes Season details

Oct. 2, 1971

Bruce Forsyth and the Generation Game: Season 1

Season 2 Season 2 1972 · 17 episodes Season details

Sept. 16, 1972

Bruce Forsyth and the Generation Game: Season 2

Season 3 Season 3 1973 · 23 episodes Season details

Sept. 15, 1973

Bruce Forsyth and the Generation Game: Season 3

Season 4 Season 4 1974 · 22 episodes Season details

Sept. 21, 1974

Bruce Forsyth and the Generation Game: Season 4

See all seasons (23)

Season 5 Season 5 1975 · 16 episodes Season details

Sept. 27, 1975

Bruce Forsyth and the Generation Game: Season 5

Season 6 Season 6 1976 · 19 episodes Season details

Sept. 11, 1976

Bruce Forsyth and the Generation Game: Season 6

Season 7 Season 7 1977 · 18 episodes Season details

Sept. 10, 1977

Bruce Forsyth and the Generation Game: Season 7

Season 8 Season 8 1978 · 16 episodes Season details

Sept. 23, 1978

Larry Grayson's Generation Game: Season 1

Season 9 Season 9 1979 · 19 episodes Season details

Sept. 1, 1979

Larry Grayson's Generation Game: Season 2

Season 10 Season 10 1980 · 19 episodes Season details

Aug. 30, 1980

Larry Grayson's Generation Game: Season 3

Season 11 Season 11 1981 · 18 episodes Season details

Sept. 5, 1981

Larry Grayson's Generation Game: Season 4

Season 12 Season 12 1990 · 15 episodes Season details

Sept. 7, 1990

Bruce Forsyth's Generation Game: Season 1

Season 13 Season 13 1991 · 17 episodes Season details

Sept. 14, 1991

Bruce Forsyth's Generation Game: Season 2

Season 14 Season 14 1992 · 16 episodes Season details

Sept. 19, 1992

Bruce Forsyth's Generation Game: Season 3

Season 15 Season 15 1993 · 16 episodes Season details

Sept. 10, 1993

Bruce Forsyth's Generation Game: Season 4

Season 16 Season 16 1994 · 16 episodes Season details

Sept. 10, 1994

Bruce Forsyth's Generation Game: Season 5

Season 17 Season 17 1995 · 17 episodes Season details

Oct. 21, 1995

Jim Davidson's Generation Game: Season 1

Season 18 Season 18 1996 · 17 episodes Season details

Aug. 31, 1996

Jim Davidson's Generation Game: Season 2

Season 19 Season 19 1997 · 22 episodes Season details

Oct. 18, 1997

Jim Davidson's Generation Game: Season 3

Season 20 Season 20 1998 · 22 episodes Season details

Sept. 5, 1998

Jim Davidson's Generation Game: Season 4

Season 21 Season 21 1999 · 21 episodes Season details

Sept. 4, 1999

Jim Davidson's Generation Game: Season 5

Season 22 Season 22 2000 · 21 episodes Season details

Oct. 7, 2000

Jim Davidson's Generation Game: Season 6

Season 23 Season 23 2001 · 19 episodes Season details

Sept. 8, 2001

Jim Davidson's Generation Game: Season 7

Special episodes

Specials 1978 · 2 episodes Season details

June 3, 1978

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