Babble

1 9 8 3 – 1 9 8 5 (UK)
30 minute episodes

Beginning on 31 July 1983, Peter Purves (ex-Blue Peter) hosted this evening panel game show from LWT in which three guests tried to puzzle out words described to them by a celebrity panel.

Celebrity guests included William Rushton, Gyles Brandreth, Bill Oddie, Christopher Biggins, Liza Goddard, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Rula Lenska, John Junkin, Richard O’Sullivan, Lynda Bellingham, Gloria Hunniford, Barry Cryer, Melvyn Bragg, Hugh Lloyd, Graeme Garden, Roy Kinnear, Fred Dinenage, Brian Cant and Melvyn Hayes.

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Whodunnit? 1 9 7 2 - 1 9 7 8 (UK) 48 x 45 minute episodes Host Jon Pertwee (initially Edward…
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Not A Word 1 9 7 0 (UK) 13 x 30-minute episodes This complex BBC2 quiz show required superior lexicological dexterity as words were…
$10,000 Pyramid, The 1 9 7 3 - 1 9 7 6 (USA) 4270 x 30 minute episodes "Keep your eye on this spot!…
Laugh Line 1 9 6 0 - 1 9 6 1 (UK) 25 x 30 minute episodes This panel game show was adapted…
Assaulted Nuts 1 9 8 4 - 1 9 8 5 (UK/USA) 13 x 30 minute episodes This quick-fire late-night Anglo-American comedy series…

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