Oh,this is brilliant. Takes me back to the days when you could watch this programme, and cry with laughter. And Stuart Hall was definitely the man for the job. Please bring it back,even if it's re-runs if the old series from the 60's and70's.Goodness knows we need a good laugh these days!
Fantastic,loved the mad costumes,the mad games and stuart hall. Why oh why was it scrapped,just good old fun for all the family,no big prizes for greedy folk,just a sense of taking part,representing your country and having fun!! All the things that are sadly lacking in todays society.
Totally insane and brilliant. When I was a nipper in the seventies I couldn't wait for Jeux Sans Frontiers to come on every Friday night. And no video nor Sky so the family would all sit, watch and enjoy and have a right good laugh, especially with Stuart Hall - who is just something else!! It was also a great way to find out about different cultures - as a young lad I felt part of something bigger than just Britain. Should be brought back
Why is it that I can remember that Stevanage won a heat of this one year but yet I can't remember what I had for my dinner yesterday. The Champions League for silliness, brilliant!
Have to agree with you there. Friday nights are never the same without this legendary show. Who wants a certain song contest i.e Eurovision. This would be much better. Get all the judges from Eurovision and stick them into funny costumes and get them to play the game. Oh to see that.
Thank you. Sadly, youtube renders Standard Definition videos in a very low quality. The fix is to upscale the source to high definition (1080p) before uploading it.
You would think that one of the satellite channels would show reruns though,i mean its timeless comedy & im sure the Beeb wouldnt have taped over them,although knowing them....& apologies for my appalling spelling earlier
Barring one of the sattelite channels showing reruns,i think clips are all we're gonna get!!I mean,when was the video recorder invented,about 82ish so its unlikely anyones gonna have the odd episode on an old VHS unfortunenately!!
@peg2003 Haha,yeah,the big old top loaders,those were the days.Did your school have a Pye tv on a stand with flaps??Still remember watching Picture Box & Words & Pictures sat on the floor....happy days!!!
@jimthegallifrey Czech Republic in 1982? It was actually Czechoslovakia before wall fell down in 1989. so not likely the Czechs would be in that games before the 1990.
@Steveoqotsa I remember seeing one of the first (consumer) VCRs when I was at school in the mid-1970s - about the size of a big slab of concrete! But I take your point about programming them! Love the video clip by the way. Thanks for the upload. :o)
No wonder people are throwing away their tv set's! What have we got today for entertainment? ~Big Brother or some other cost efficient 'reality' show. Good to see television from when everyone would be belly laughiong. 5 stars.
Im not too sure but i would imagine its about 1982 ish??If they brought it back i dont think it would be as good as it was but i would give it a chance if Stuart Hall still done the commentary!!!
According to Wikipedia, "The EBU announced plans to relaunch the series in summer 2007 with Belgium, Croatia, Spain, Greece, Netherlands, Portugal, Slovenia and Italy thought to be participating countries. However due to financial setbacks, the plans were put on hold - originally for 12 months but later abandoned altogether." This meant there would be no more shows like that probably permanently cancelled for good and forgotten by the broadcasting companies. Sorry fans.
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Oh,this is brilliant. Takes me back to the days when you could watch this programme, and cry with laughter. And Stuart Hall was definitely the man for the job. Please bring it back,even if it's re-runs if the old series from the 60's and70's.Goodness knows we need a good laugh these days!
Whenever you are down or depressed, or if you've had a bad day, watch this ( and the penguin event). It never fails to make me laugh!
Fantastic,loved the mad costumes,the mad games and stuart hall.
Why oh why was it scrapped,just good old fun for all the family,no big prizes for greedy folk,just a sense of taking part,representing your country and having fun!!
All the things that are sadly lacking in todays society.
Totally insane and brilliant. When I was a nipper in the seventies I couldn't wait for Jeux Sans Frontiers to come on every Friday night. And no video nor Sky so the family would all sit, watch and enjoy and have a right good laugh, especially with Stuart Hall - who is just something else!! It was also a great way to find out about different cultures - as a young lad I felt part of something bigger than just Britain. Should be brought back
If you need cheering up step this way.
Back then the TV was quite good!
Thanks to the wonder of You Tube
we can cling on to our memories.
JSF was really a great show! I hope it comes back on the television soon, we really need more shows like this!
Fantastic clip from legendary show
Classic telly! This takes me back to my childhood - the sound of Stuart Hall wheezing and guffawing down a bad phone line!
I loved watching JSF Laughed my arse off!
I want Stuart Hall's laugh as a ringtone
I'm proud to be Dutch when I see this, haha ;) Hilarious!
Why is it that I can remember that Stevanage won a heat of this one year but yet I can't remember what I had for my dinner yesterday. The Champions League for silliness, brilliant!
1982 seems so long ago, what great times, and how theyve changed
This was awesome!!!
so brilliiant -this was like an olympic event I loved the international ones the costumes were incredible Best show ever.TV is total crap now
Have to agree with you there. Friday nights are never the same without this legendary show. Who wants a certain song contest i.e Eurovision. This would be much better. Get all the judges from Eurovision and stick them into funny costumes and get them to play the game. Oh to see that.
Ok thanks Steveoqotsa ! , thats a real shame . I loved it so much when i was a kid . It is sadly missed !
Such an infectious laugh. Shame he had to go and fiddle with all those kiddies.
Brilliant!...
The missus bought me the "Best of" video for xmas & i ripped it off that
Thank you. Sadly, youtube renders Standard Definition videos in a very low quality. The fix is to upscale the source to high definition (1080p) before uploading it.
@DavBlc7 I agree but Stuart Hall would have to do the commentary,he was what made the show so hilarious
You would think that one of the satellite channels would show reruns though,i mean its timeless comedy & im sure the Beeb wouldnt have taped over them,although knowing them....& apologies for my appalling spelling earlier
Your not so bad,did you see Doug from Britain in the Penguin game???He was hopeless!!!
It might be from 1977. The Dutch(NL) were in JSF till 1979. From 1980 the teams were down to seven competing when it used to be 8.
Barring one of the sattelite channels showing reruns,i think clips are all we're gonna get!!I mean,when was the video recorder invented,about 82ish so its unlikely anyones gonna have the odd episode on an old VHS unfortunenately!!
Jeux Sans Frontieres....televisual proof that the past truly is a foreign country, and that they do things differently there....
@peg2003 Haha,yeah,the big old top loaders,those were the days.Did your school have a Pye tv on a stand with flaps??Still remember watching Picture Box & Words & Pictures sat on the floor....happy days!!!
I wish JSF would be back on our screen in Great Britain. Bring Back JSF!
Totally agreed.
@jimthegallifrey Czech Republic in 1982? It was actually Czechoslovakia before wall fell down in 1989. so not likely the Czechs would be in that games before the 1990.
@Steveoqotsa I remember seeing one of the first (consumer) VCRs when I was at school in the mid-1970s - about the size of a big slab of concrete! But I take your point about programming them! Love the video clip by the way. Thanks for the upload. :o)
@Steveoqotsa Home VCRs were available from 1972.
No wonder people are throwing away their tv set's! What have we got today for entertainment? ~Big Brother or some other cost efficient 'reality' show.
Good to see television from when everyone would be belly laughiong. 5 stars.
I think it could be earlier as the teams in1982 were Portugal, Italy, YUgoslavia,Belgium,Great Britain,Francde,CHecz.Republic
Im not too sure but i would imagine its about 1982 ish??If they brought it back i dont think it would be as good as it was but i would give it a chance if Stuart Hall still done the commentary!!!
@peg2003 Really???They were not exactly affordable for a few years though & probably took a good 10 years to work out how to programme the bugger!!!
indeed did we actually win this once?
According to Wikipedia,
"The EBU announced plans to relaunch the series in summer 2007 with Belgium, Croatia, Spain, Greece, Netherlands, Portugal, Slovenia and Italy thought to be participating countries. However due to financial setbacks, the plans were put on hold - originally for 12 months but later abandoned altogether."
This meant there would be no more shows like that probably permanently cancelled for good and forgotten by the broadcasting companies. Sorry fans.
Dutchies... best in the world!
please upload some full episodes of this (74 to 82)....anyone!!! All i can find is clips !
From what year is this show? If I'm right there hasnt been new shows since 1998...
Human emotion ....something lacking in modern day T.V !! :(
Agree 5*
@ 0:14 No were not
HAHAHAHH kan het achterhaalt worden wie er toen meespeelden?
It's a massacre! LOL
Sorry but it was now permanently cancelled due to lack of funds - see uploader comment above.
nope never won.
THEY ARE GOING DOWN LIKE FLIES .. circa 2020 that is not funny