TV Home Forum

Fave 0925 game show

(April 2018)

This site closed in March 2021 and is now a read-only archive
SB
steve brown
With the death of Dale Winton,his show Supermarket Sweep was in that slot.Who else remembers game shows from that slot,pre Kyle?
SB
steve brown
Never use to miss CrossWits,but IMO,the clues were obscure,I still recall God save our Queen for such elegant living?
FO
FanOfTV99
Chain Letters.

:-(
A former member
UK Gameshow has this great list, It should be noted Chain letter, crosswits and Give us a clue were 09.25 gameshow but did move to afternoon slots. I do like Keynotes but this was one of the best moment ...



http://ukgameshows.com/ukgs/ITV%27s_9.25_shows

For a little bit more than a decade, the 9.25am slot on Britain's main commercial network was pretty much guaranteed to be filled with one glorified parlour game or another. Starting in September 1987, when ITV managed to palm off its schools' programmes onto Channel 4, the slot was the natural home for cheap 'n' cheerful tat until 1998, when a no less cheap, and even more tacky, alternative was found in the form of US-style "discussion" shows fronted by Vanessa Feltz, Trisha Goddard and (later) Jeremy Kyle.

There now follows a list of the shows which filled this nearly-hallowed slot. Dates are of course series start dates. Weeks do not necessarily add up to 52 as the game show slot would usually be replaced with cartoons during the school summer holidays and would also take two or three weeks' break over christmas and new year.

1987
7 Sep Chain Letters (5 weeks)
12 Oct Runway (10 weeks)
1988
4 Jan Give Us a Clue (11 weeks)
21 Mar Lucky Ladders (5 weeks)
25 Apr Crosswits (8 weeks)
20 June Password (7 weeks)
8 Aug Whose Baby? (1 week)
15 Aug What's My Line? (3 weeks)
5 Sep Runway (8 weeks)
31 Oct Lucky Ladders (7 weeks)
1989
9 Jan The Pyramid Game (9 weeks)
13 Mar Keynotes (9 weeks)
15 May Crosswits (9 weeks)
4 Sep Runway (7 weeks)
23 Oct Keynotes (7 weeks)
11 Dec Born Lucky (2 weeks)
1990
8 Jan Lucky Ladders (6 weeks)
19 Feb The Pyramid Game (7 weeks)
9 Apr Crosswits (7 weeks)
28 May Chain Letters (6 weeks)
3 Sep Jeopardy! (8 weeks)
29 Oct Keynotes (8 weeks)
1991
7 Jan Runway (1 week and 3 days; pulled from slot to make way for Gulf War News)
4 Mar Lucky Ladders (8 weeks)
29 Apr Crosswits (8 weeks)
24 Jun All Clued Up (4 weeks)
29 Aug Runway (2 days and 6 weeks)
14 Oct Jeopardy! (10 weeks)
1992
6 Jan Keynotes (7 weeks)
24 Feb Lucky Ladders (7 weeks)
13 Apr Crosswits (11 weeks)
29 Jun Your Number Please (4 weeks)
27 Jul Jumble (6 weeks)
7 Sep Win, Lose or Draw (5 weeks)
12 Oct Keynotes (10 weeks)
1993
4 Jan Runway (7 weeks)
22 Feb Jeopardy! (7 weeks)
12 Apr Lucky Ladders (5 weeks)
17 May Crosswits (5 weeks)
21 Jun Talkabout (5 weeks)
6 Sep Supermarket Sweep (15 weeks)
1994
3 Jan Win, Lose or Draw (13 weeks)
4 Apr Crosswits (14 weeks)
5 Sep Supermarket Sweep (15 weeks)
1995
2 Jan Chain Letters (17 weeks)
1 May Win, Lose or Draw (10 weeks)
4 Sep Supermarket Sweep (15 weeks)
1996
8 Jan Win, Lose or Draw (17 weeks)
27 May Supermarket Sweep (repeats)
3 Sep Supermarket Sweep (new, 15 weeks)
1997
7 Jan Win, Lose or Draw (7 weeks)
4 Mar Chain Letters (8 weeks)
Jun Win, Lose or Draw (repeats)
1 Sep Supermarket Sweep (16 weeks)
1998
6 Jan Win, Lose or Draw (8 weeks)
...and then Vanessa, Trisha and Jeremy Kyle took over.
Richard and davidhorman gave kudos
JB
JasonB
I'm surprised there's no trace of Chain Letters with Andrew O' Connor anywhere on the web.
LL
Larry the Loafer
If I'm not mistaken, this went out at 9.25. And featured a very familiar face to-be in one particular episode.

:-(
A former member
Filmed at Edinburgh Gateway studios, There was Gaelic version and late night version aswell
SB
steve brown
CrossWits was never missed by me-taped them and saw it when I got home from work
SB
steve brown
For one week in July 1994,Richard Whiteley and carol voorderman were the two celebs,and carol won the week 4-1
SB
steve brown
Talk about being spooky-I was on holiday in Blackpool in 1993,and one of the celebs was Mark Eden,who as Alan Bradley in Corrie was killed by a tram!
SB
steve brown
Your Number Please was hosted by Neil Buchanan from No 73 and Art Attack fame
SE
Square Eyes Founding member
Chain Letters had more series than those in the list where I think it became an afternoon or teatime show (5:10pm). Crosswits also I think got moved to afternoons at one stage?

(Regional Variations may apply)

Newer posts