Release Date

02 Oct, 1971

Runtime

01:00: (HH:MM)

Total Episode/Season

422/23

Synopsis

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.

Original Title

The Generation Game

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Specials

03 Jun, 1978

Season 1

02 Oct, 1971

Bruce Forsyth and the Generation Game: Season 1

Season 2

16 Sep, 1972

Bruce Forsyth and the Generation Game: Season 2

Season 3

15 Sep, 1973

Bruce Forsyth and the Generation Game: Season 3

Season 4

21 Sep, 1974

Bruce Forsyth and the Generation Game: Season 4

Season 5

27 Sep, 1975

Bruce Forsyth and the Generation Game: Season 5

Season 6

11 Sep, 1976

Bruce Forsyth and the Generation Game: Season 6

Season 7

10 Sep, 1977

Bruce Forsyth and the Generation Game: Season 7

Season 8

23 Sep, 1978

Larry Grayson's Generation Game: Season 1

Season 9

01 Sep, 1979

Larry Grayson's Generation Game: Season 2

Season 10

30 Aug, 1980

Larry Grayson's Generation Game: Season 3

Season 11

05 Sep, 1981

Larry Grayson's Generation Game: Season 4

Season 12

07 Sep, 1990

Bruce Forsyth's Generation Game: Season 1

Season 13

14 Sep, 1991

Bruce Forsyth's Generation Game: Season 2

Season 14

19 Sep, 1992

Bruce Forsyth's Generation Game: Season 3

Season 15

10 Sep, 1993

Bruce Forsyth's Generation Game: Season 4

Season 16

10 Sep, 1994

Bruce Forsyth's Generation Game: Season 5

Season 17

21 Oct, 1995

Jim Davidson's Generation Game: Season 1

Season 18

31 Aug, 1996

Jim Davidson's Generation Game: Season 2

Season 19

18 Oct, 1997

Jim Davidson's Generation Game: Season 3

Season 20

05 Sep, 1998

Jim Davidson's Generation Game: Season 4

Season 21

04 Sep, 1999

Jim Davidson's Generation Game: Season 5

Season 22

07 Oct, 2000

Jim Davidson's Generation Game: Season 6

Season 23

08 Sep, 2001

Jim Davidson's Generation Game: Season 7

Actors