From the days when the BBC attempted to play ITV at their own game, except with much less disposable cash. In "Blankety Blank", the prizes were ridiculed. In this instance, a thin-as-gruel format is spun out to fill half an hour. The game does not actually begin until almost ten minutes in. When did audience research ever reveal that viewers could give a monkey's about spending that long dwelling on the contestants' lives?
Thanks for uploading this. Always nice to see an episode of ESC from the 80s.
0:24 behind Paul Daniels is that a blind That they flash the lights and pull on at the same time haha
Haha good spot
From the days when the BBC attempted to play ITV at their own game, except with much less disposable cash. In "Blankety Blank", the prizes were ridiculed. In this instance, a thin-as-gruel format is spun out to fill half an hour. The game does not actually begin until almost ten minutes in. When did audience research ever reveal that viewers could give a monkey's about spending that long dwelling on the contestants' lives?
CD players in 1986??
The audience needed some baxkground info to know who to root for or hate. 1/3 of the show spent on that is too much though.
@@user-ml9qc5hk1p It was even worse on Strike it lucky, IIRC.