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    In this video we react to hilarious British game show bloopers. Not only was this compilation really funny, but it also made us realize just how many of the game shows we grew up watching were originally from the UK. Which British game shows are your favorite?
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  • @jeanlongsden1696
    @jeanlongsden1696 27 дней назад +272

    the funniest Family Fortunes clip is ... "name a bird with a long neck?" the guy answered "Naomi Campbell"

    • @charlenewoods1967
      @charlenewoods1967 27 дней назад +10

      🤣😂🤣

    • @arthurvasey
      @arthurvasey 27 дней назад +7

      They also had a round where they had to name words beginning with Z - nobody got the last word, as it was XYLOPHONE!

    • @BlameThande
      @BlameThande 27 дней назад +6

      I heard it as "Name a bird with long legs" "Sharon Stone"

    • @NickSmith-qx7qg
      @NickSmith-qx7qg 27 дней назад +18

      I remember a question 'name a dangerous race.'
      Expecting answers like the grand national or the tt.
      The contestant answered 'the Arabs.'

    • @Michael-kt6gi
      @Michael-kt6gi 27 дней назад +3

      ​@@NickSmith-qx7qgget locked up for that now

  • @davidsmith8279
    @davidsmith8279 25 дней назад +28

    8 Out Of 10 Cats does Countdown is absolutely hilarious. If you can somehow get it I highly recommend a few episodes. It's Countdown with comedians.

    • @jurgnobs1308
      @jurgnobs1308 6 дней назад +1

      there are full episodes on youtube, they can definitely watch it

    • @justcomments
      @justcomments 4 дня назад

      The language is a bit blue, though.

    • @TheCaffeineKid
      @TheCaffeineKid 3 дня назад

      RIP Shaun Lock. I went to his funeral.... that was a challenging wank.

    • @josheldridge8546
      @josheldridge8546 2 дня назад

      seconded. some people watch the original countdown because they wanna win a teapot of their own someday. those same people watch cats does countdown because they know how badly they would actually do on the show. i am some people.
      (somebody did try to do a US pilot of regular Countdown in the mid-1990s, regular civilians paired up with celeb team captains-- woody harrilson was one of them --but absolutely no numbers games. there's a lot of reasons why a pilot for a game show doesn't sell, and for US Countdown they tried to shoehorn in a lot of contemporary Typical American Game Show Things into a non-typical game, including a cash jackpot for spotting a nine-letter word and a sixty-second bonus round. that said, i personally am blaming the omission of numbers games for the sole reason why it didn't sell. wink martindale has a copy of it on his youtube channel if anyone wants to see it themselves)

    • @TheCaffeineKid
      @TheCaffeineKid 2 дня назад

      My reply was deleted I think. Obviously by someone who doesn't know Shaun's sense of humour and who need to watch Cats Does Countdown.

  • @andybaker2456
    @andybaker2456 27 дней назад +181

    'Who Wants to be a Millionaire?' is originally a British programme that has now gone global.

    • @timg5011
      @timg5011 27 дней назад +32

      As is "The Weakest Link".

    • @BlameThande
      @BlameThande 27 дней назад +18

      Countdown on the other hand is originally French (and the French version is still going I believe), which is little known to most of its British watchers!

    • @timg5011
      @timg5011 27 дней назад +9

      @@BlameThande Des Chiffres et Des Lettres?

    • @1889jonny
      @1889jonny 27 дней назад +4

      It was developed by Celador who are Dutch company

    • @timg5011
      @timg5011 27 дней назад +10

      @@1889jonny Celador may be Dutch now, but they were founded in Britain in 1981. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celador

  • @JohnOConnell
    @JohnOConnell 24 дня назад +45

    Susie Dent, the word expert on Countdown, has notched up more game show appearances than anybody on British television, outlasting multiple presenters.
    She’s been on it every episode since the start in 1982.

    • @watcherzero5256
      @watcherzero5256 16 дней назад +6

      Close, shes been on it 5,000 times over 30 years, but theres actually been about 8,500 episodes. She doesnt appear in every episode.

    • @ectopudding
      @ectopudding 12 дней назад +4

      She actually started in 1992.

    • @chojin6136
      @chojin6136 8 дней назад +2

      Before Suzie Dent, Countdown didn't have a resident lexicographer

    • @miff227
      @miff227 5 дней назад

      does anyone remember the blonde one who did the letters before Carol Vorderman had her killed?

  • @iainmorton7491
    @iainmorton7491 26 дней назад +21

    The Crystal Maze you had to collect crystals by completing tasks, you then went into the Crystal Dome and had a set time to collect tickets that were blown about by a fan. The more crystals the longer you got

    • @chojin6136
      @chojin6136 8 дней назад +1

      Each one was worth 5 seconds, if memory serves

  • @TheOrlandoTrustfull
    @TheOrlandoTrustfull 26 дней назад +52

    Countdown is on at about 2pm, and is mostly watched by retired people, so that's like someone on American TV saying "Jerkoff" to a bunch of 80 year olds 😂

  • @alundavies1016
    @alundavies1016 27 дней назад +13

    “Hoar” is actually a pretty good answer! Though probably add the “Frost” bit on the end to avoid just sounding rude.

  • @medic1627
    @medic1627 27 дней назад +119

    Richard O'Brien creator of The Crystal Maze, also wrote The Rocky Horror Picture Show.

    • @helenbailey8419
      @helenbailey8419 27 дней назад +3

      He is a New Zealander

    • @101steel4
      @101steel4 27 дней назад +11

      ​@@helenbailey8419he has duel citizenship.
      He was born in England.

    • @jamesdignanmusic2765
      @jamesdignanmusic2765 27 дней назад +3

      Born in the UK but moved to NZ. There's a statue of him - in Riff-Raff costume from Rocky Horror - in his old home town of Hamilton, New Zealand.

    • @necessaryevil3428
      @necessaryevil3428 27 дней назад

      👏​@GrahamMoore101

    • @vanessaking4495
      @vanessaking4495 27 дней назад +1

      He was born in Cheltenham

  • @Shoomer1988
    @Shoomer1988 27 дней назад +61

    If you want more then '8 out of 10 Cats Does Countdown' is the perfect blend of maths, wordgames and side-splitting comedy.

  • @Beefadin
    @Beefadin 27 дней назад +28

    Thanks to Michael McIntyre, Bradley Walsh actually got to meet Fanny Schmelar. It was as surreal as it was funny

    • @JanetTruelove
      @JanetTruelove 24 дня назад +5

      I watched that, it was brilliant. Love Bradders cracking up.

    • @shauntempley9757
      @shauntempley9757 16 дней назад +3

      When that name came up in The Chase, I was laughing so hard, not just to Bradley, but also thinking back to the total hilarious chaos that name caused at the Winter Olympics when she competed.

    • @trevorphinnemore7439
      @trevorphinnemore7439 14 дней назад

      ruclips.net/video/rb-DYY0upBo/видео.htmlsi=lsiLV3agKlBcN_IO

  • @funlovincop
    @funlovincop 26 дней назад +19

    There's a type of family feud called Pointless, it's actually the opposite; the contestant has to give a correct answer than no one in the audience has said. It's quite fun!

    • @RichardBarclay
      @RichardBarclay 23 дня назад +1

      We used to have a clone of Family Feud but it was called Family Fortunes.

    • @sillyface6950
      @sillyface6950 20 дней назад +2

      Pointless isn't like family feud/fortunes because its not two teams going against each other, its a selection of pairs.

  • @charlestaylor3027
    @charlestaylor3027 27 дней назад +14

    Hoar is a word for frost

  • @Rokurokubi83
    @Rokurokubi83 27 дней назад +30

    We have Family Fortunes, but it’s based on Family Feud which came first. Who Wants To Be a Millionaire is a UK creation.

  • @susanashcroft2674
    @susanashcroft2674 27 дней назад +65

    Les Dennis one of the hosts of Family Fortunes used to say when a nervous contestant came out with some crazy answer 'If (insert crazy answer) is on the board I'll give you the money myself' 🤣

    • @andybaker2456
      @andybaker2456 27 дней назад +18

      He was caught out at least once when the contestant's ridiculous answer was actually on the board!

    • @YoloMenace001
      @YoloMenace001 27 дней назад

      ​@@andybaker2456there is this video with loads of funny moments and bloopers of uk game shows and it comes up atleast twice

    • @susanashcroft2674
      @susanashcroft2674 27 дней назад +4

      @@andybaker2456 Well I guess you never know, so I hope Les paid up.

    • @eclectica1
      @eclectica1 27 дней назад +5

      @@susanashcroft2674 He did.

  • @wolfgangwilcox2323
    @wolfgangwilcox2323 27 дней назад +71

    Since nobody else has explained it yet: The show “Eggheads” is a very standard Team vs Team quiz show, but the special gimmick is that the resident team the contestants go up against, the eponymous’Eggheads’, is made up of people who won other quiz shows, including one of the first Million Pound winners of WWTBAM, and two season winners of 15 to 1

    • @charlestaylor3027
      @charlestaylor3027 27 дней назад +12

      The egghead Kevin has been World Quiz champion several times. His nickname is the "human Google".

    • @Trebor74
      @Trebor74 27 дней назад +7

      What about "The Great egg race" with professor heinz Wolff.?

    • @jamesdignanmusic2765
      @jamesdignanmusic2765 27 дней назад +7

      The show "The Chase" is similar. A team against one quiz expert.

    • @reactingtomyroots
      @reactingtomyroots  27 дней назад +4

      Ah okay! Thanks for explaining :)

    • @charlestaylor3027
      @charlestaylor3027 27 дней назад +13

      @@jamesdignanmusic2765 I want an April Fool edition of the Chase where the chaser comes out and 4 of the eggheads are sitting there.

  • @happyhedgehog6450
    @happyhedgehog6450 27 дней назад +10

    Guy reacting to would I lie to you would do well on your channel. It's very funny and entertaining and there's lots of it.

  • @philipround
    @philipround 27 дней назад +109

    There's 'countdown' and '8 out of 10 cats does countdown'. The later being a comedy version of 'countdown' using a combination of some of the regular members of both 'countdown' and a comedy quiz show call '8 out of 10 cats'.
    Another good comedy quiz is 'would I lie to you'.

    • @wolverine9787
      @wolverine9787 27 дней назад +14

      8 out of 10 cats does countdown Is amazing, Sean Lock was one of the best comedians to have done it. Can't really think of a way to describe other than hot tarmac and a vets flannel. Gone way too soon.

    • @dzzope
      @dzzope 27 дней назад +7

      It's the Comedy Panel show version of countdown.
      RIP Sean.
      Guy was too funny

    • @vilebrequin6923
      @vilebrequin6923 27 дней назад +9

      Please do Cats Does Countdown! It's hilarious!😅

    • @dzzope
      @dzzope 27 дней назад +11

      @@wolverine9787 "That's a challenging Wank" 🤣
      One of my fave ever, spur of the moment, off the cuff comments.
      So good

    • @CirTap
      @CirTap 27 дней назад +2

      @@wolverine9787 WHAT? How did I not know he passed away? I'm outside the UK so I only watch these shows on YT.
      That's really sad to hear.

  • @barneylaurance1865
    @barneylaurance1865 27 дней назад +92

    So the correct answer for the frost question is rime, but hoar is not a bad guess. Hoar frost is also a type of frost. Apparently the difference is that rime frost is from water droplets in the air that freeze on surfaces, while hoar frost is water vapour in the air that directly freezes on surfaces.

    • @sharonealleyne9839
      @sharonealleyne9839 27 дней назад +6

      I was now about to say this! Hoar!

    • @markharris1125
      @markharris1125 27 дней назад +9

      Ah, I already posted that hoar was a pretty good guess, but I couldn't think what the actual answer was. Rime, of course. Thank you. Not a blooper, though!

    • @tamus41
      @tamus41 27 дней назад +2

      Maybe he was thinking of the Scottish coastal mist called haar

    • @markpotter8280
      @markpotter8280 27 дней назад +1

      Learn something new every day😃

    • @markharris1125
      @markharris1125 26 дней назад +3

      @@tamus41 Another good point. I think we can all agree that it wasn't a blooper.

  • @tilltab
    @tilltab 27 дней назад +10

    Check out Richard Osman’s House of Games. It’s so much fun!

  • @gmf121266
    @gmf121266 27 дней назад +11

    There was a show in the 80s called blockbusters, consisting of a board with letters on. The player had to pick a letter and make a path across the board. One guy said he wanted "O". The gamemaster, a man called Bob Holness asked "Which O is another name for a multi celled lifeform? The guy replied loadly...ORGASM Bob" 😂😂😂😂😂

    • @Shoomer1988
      @Shoomer1988 26 дней назад +3

      Can I have a P please Bob?

    • @MikaIsDead
      @MikaIsDead 24 дня назад

      When they brought it back in 2012, I went to a live taping. Nothing as good as this happened, but I remember the guy was one clue away from getting the blockbuster, and the question was, "Which RW was the reason for the extra bank holiday last year?" He didn't get it, and practically everyone in the audience started whispering "Royal Wedding" to their friends.
      Apparently, we were so loud that everyone on-stage heard us... except the guy answering 🤦🏾‍♀️ afterwards, the host made a joke about how he could practically hear people screaming the answer through the TV, and during the break, the entire audience got told off 😅

  • @KitsyX
    @KitsyX 24 дня назад +2

    The Crystal Maze was such a cool show… There’s a host that guides a team through a series of 4 themed zones, if I remember correctly… In each of the zones the team will take on a few challenge rooms, choosing a teammate and the type of challenge (like physical, mental, mystery or whatever)… The purpose being to collect crystals, which can be converted to time for the final challenge… But crystals can also be used to free teammates who are locked in challenge rooms (if they fail to get out of the room in time or if they trigger an automatic lock-in by failing a specific condition in a certain task)… So there’s a tactical element to how you use them too.
    It was a fun, adventure type show… pretty good theme song lol.

  • @user-ze5tu4ck1t
    @user-ze5tu4ck1t 27 дней назад +22

    One of the most hilarious outtakes was From Family Fortunes. When an Irish Contestant was Asked to Name a dangerous Race .he Amswerd. Arabs .The whole studio fell about Laughing. Think they meant The Grand National or FI .

  • @botticellirejectbotticelli2668
    @botticellirejectbotticelli2668 27 дней назад +13

    ‘Hoar’ was right though.

    • @paulqueripel3493
      @paulqueripel3493 27 дней назад +5

      Rime fits the second clue better than hoar. He said something about poet then stopped asking the question.

    • @laserpanda94
      @laserpanda94 8 дней назад +2

      It wasn't right but it wasn't as bad an answer as they made out. Hoar frost is a thing but the correct answer was rime frost and the second part of the question (before it got cut off) mentioned poetry, no doubt in reference to The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Coleridge.
      You can tell the guy who buzzed realises his mistake after hearing Paxman end on the word 'poet'.

  • @macsmiffy2197
    @macsmiffy2197 26 дней назад +6

    My favourite quizzes are on Radio 4. Just a Minute has been going since 1967! They tried it on TV once, but it works better on radio.

  • @keza92
    @keza92 27 дней назад +23

    I used to like watching game shows, there are many more over the years which are not featured on this list which include Blockbusters, The generation game, Blankety blank, Give us a clue, It's a knock out, & more recent, the cube and Pointless, etc. The funniest still for me is Bradley Walsh with Fanny Chmelar 🤣 another was on family fortunes and the question was name a type of ache the person answered face ache 🤣 which is slang for a miserable ugly person 🤣
    Family Feud was first in the US but Who wants to be a millionaire is British.

    • @tonys1636
      @tonys1636 27 дней назад +1

      Bradley met her quite recently and discovered that ITV had spelled her name wrong, it's Schemaller. He apologised but she said that no offence had been taken when she saw the English version, TV programmes are dubbed into German there.

    • @sgtnubbings6501
      @sgtnubbings6501 27 дней назад +1

      ​@@tonys1636 I saw that and it was brilliant. It was on the Michael McIntyre show and they hijacked Bradley in his bedroom in the middle of the night and brought Fanny in to introduce them to eachother. The embarrassment from Bradley was hilarious as he's just laying there in bed it was a little surreal.

  • @siangreenwoodx
    @siangreenwoodx 27 дней назад +3

    The Chase bloopers are some of the funniest gameshow bloopers ever, Bradley Walsh (the host) his laugh is contagious and he doesn't stop laughing. He is a comedian/actor.

  • @LeeDavies-vy9fd
    @LeeDavies-vy9fd 24 дня назад +2

    crystal maze i used to watch when i was a child and used to be my favorite. basically you have to get the crystal to give you 5 seconds of time in the giant crystal shaped dome at the end and you & your team collect gold and silver tickets & u post them into a box and the more gold you get the better how ever the silver tickets of set the gold so for every silver u get u loose one gold. u need a certain amount of gold to get the win

  • @greamepenney5947
    @greamepenney5947 27 дней назад +4

    Nevermind the buzzcocks, and 9 out of 10 cats, and the classic show blankety blank.

  • @mervinmannas7671
    @mervinmannas7671 27 дней назад +4

    My late husband used to LOVE countdown and watched it religously. It consists of word rounds were you have to make the longest words using only the letters available, so the longest is a nine letter word which earns you double points, 18. the numbers are selected by the contestants and normally inc one large number 25,50,75 or 100 and 5 other small ones. Though they can choose any variety. As Lindsay guessed you then have to acheive the random top number useing any combination of those numbers, but only use the numbers once. If you want to watch a game show its a great one as there is no huge prize just the bragging rights of being the series champion.

  • @Jamienomore
    @Jamienomore 27 дней назад +16

    Great Funny British Game Shows are, Would I Lie To You (WILTY), 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, The Big Fat Quiz (Lots of Years).

  • @WinstonSmith19847
    @WinstonSmith19847 27 дней назад +7

    That mouse maze was just one of the tasks in the show there are many more, you would need a video all about The Crystal Maze to see what the show is about.

    • @kp7032
      @kp7032 25 дней назад +2

      I used to prefer The Adventure Game to the Crystal Maze 😊

    • @WinstonSmith19847
      @WinstonSmith19847 25 дней назад +1

      @@kp7032 I remember that with the floor they had to cross and the plant that was an alien.

    • @rayaqueen9657
      @rayaqueen9657 24 дня назад +1

      Scrolled a long time to find this!!! LOVED the adventure game! Uncle aspidistra 😂 and the terrifying VORTEX 😬 😄🧡

  • @kevanwillis4571
    @kevanwillis4571 27 дней назад +8

    'Who wants to be a millionaire?' was originally British.

  • @deborahgabrilsen3691
    @deborahgabrilsen3691 27 дней назад +5

    Look at a full episode of 8 out of 10 cats does Countdown, hilarious

  • @Miss_Beehaven
    @Miss_Beehaven 27 дней назад +18

    You need to go down the rabbit hole of Would I Lie to You - especially the Bob Mortimer (national treasure) clips - totally hillarious

    • @ScubaFanatic60
      @ScubaFanatic60 27 дней назад +2

      I love that show. Bob is hysterical!

  • @janetramsdale4478
    @janetramsdale4478 27 дней назад +12

    The University Challenge contestant meant hoar frost as it fitted the description

  • @Jimmy_Jones
    @Jimmy_Jones 27 дней назад +14

    Qi is a great show (it's "Quite Interesting" with all the fun educational facts).
    We have a lot of game shows that are more about just being on the show and being funny than winning points. Another being 8 out of 10 cats does Countdown, and Would I lie to you.
    Another great one that is completely different but still runs on points is Taskmaster (celebrities compete to tackle random challenges).

  • @g.g.baxter4868
    @g.g.baxter4868 19 дней назад +1

    Crystal Maze was a classic 80's/90's TV show where you have various mini games to retrieve a crystal. Some were physical demanding, some were mentally challenging. The Arena was split into 4 areas, a spaced themed one, Aztec and two others i cant remember. If you failed to exit your mini game in time, you could be bought out with won crystals. So you either leave on time, with or without the crystal or get locked in, when you lost the crystal regardless of if you had retrieved it or not. The goal of winning crystals was to give you more time in the final area, where you stood in a massive fan that blew Silver and Gold tickets around you. The goal was to bank enough Gold ones to win the cash prize, any silver ones bank would be deducted from your Gold total.

  • @PWdeBB
    @PWdeBB 27 дней назад +28

    Bradley Walsh has now met Fanny Schmelar on Michael McIntyre’s Big Show. That’s a hilarious clip to watch.

    • @kathleenhyde771
      @kathleenhyde771 27 дней назад +5

      I was at the recording of that show and Bradley kept thanking Michael as he had the “best time of his life”

    • @kimgrattage6049
      @kimgrattage6049 26 дней назад

      Saw that. Was hilarious as they woke him up in middle of the night when she came on his bedroom. Lol. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @mikeoxlong4110
      @mikeoxlong4110 26 дней назад

      Not really

  • @katiperry8533
    @katiperry8533 27 дней назад +32

    The Crystal Maze was brilliant

  • @nowhere982
    @nowhere982 27 дней назад +20

    Because I'm old I remember Take Your Pick and Double Your Money. 😂😂

    • @orwellboy1958
      @orwellboy1958 27 дней назад

      Open the box!

    • @juggler57
      @juggler57 27 дней назад

      I remember the golden shot

    • @nowhere982
      @nowhere982 27 дней назад

      @@orwellboy1958 remember Bob Danvers Walker with the gong during the yes/no bit ?🤣🤣🤣

    • @user-gu2hk8sg1p
      @user-gu2hk8sg1p 27 дней назад

      Because I'm even older, I remember Take Your Pick and Double Your Money on Radio Luxembourg. I also remember "Have a Go Joe" on the BBC radio with Wilfred Pickles - "Give 'em the money Mable".

    • @mrfill9999
      @mrfill9999 27 дней назад

      @@nowhere982 Bob was the off screen announcer. The man with the gong was Alec Dane

  • @kathleenhyde771
    @kathleenhyde771 27 дней назад +5

    The Chase is my favourite, Bradley Walsh is a great presenter

  • @carolsandland2933
    @carolsandland2933 24 дня назад +3

    Picking up on 2 of your comments during the video... Countdown is totally different to Wheel of Fortune. In Countdown you have to select 9 letters and make the longest word you can (you get 18 points for a 9 letter word). Then there are numbers rounds too. And University Challenge is nothing like Jeopardy. It's the British version of the old US quiz College Bowl where 2 teams of 4 people from different Universities compete to answer questions to accumulate the highest score and progress to the next round... ending with the top 2 teams battling it out in the final.
    As someone else said on here, try watching QI and Richard Osman's House of Games... They're really good

  • @PeterDay81
    @PeterDay81 27 дней назад +4

    Would I Lie To You? Is great.

  • @micheletrainor1601
    @micheletrainor1601 24 дня назад +3

    The Coundown clock sound ( the music it plays as it counts down ) is actually one of the top pieces of music played at funerals in the 🇬🇧. We are a funny lot of people 😄. One of tge other most popular is Monty Pythons always look on the bright side of life song from The Life of Brian.

  • @MrDon4343
    @MrDon4343 11 дней назад

    I believe with the Turkey clip he'd accidentally overheard the "chicken" answer and figured whatever it was, turkey would be a good response...

  • @Iam_Stu
    @Iam_Stu 9 дней назад

    Crystal Maze was a great show. Every room was a different puzzle with a different theme, some were physical challenges, some were logical puzzles etc and the teams had to pick a teammate to do each one and get the crystals from the rooms.

  • @andybaker2456
    @andybaker2456 27 дней назад +41

    Countdown was the first programme to be broadcast on our fourth terrestrial TV channel (Channel 4) in November 1982. It's still going to this day. '8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown' is a humerous, adult version of the programme shown post-watershed (i.e., after 9pm)!

    • @ScubaFanatic60
      @ScubaFanatic60 27 дней назад +3

      Great show

    • @nicholascarrington4202
      @nicholascarrington4202 27 дней назад +3

      If you want to see something particularly funny, have look at 'Carrot in a Box' from '8 out of 10 Cats Does Countdown'. Sean Lock against Jon Richardson.

    • @ScubaFanatic60
      @ScubaFanatic60 27 дней назад

      @@nicholascarrington4202master class from Sean.

    • @Cleow33
      @Cleow33 26 дней назад +2

      Carrot in a box = comedy gold.

  • @littlewoodimp
    @littlewoodimp 27 дней назад +11

    Putting in a vote for Crystal Maze! Do read the instructions beforehand though.
    Richard O'Brien was an absolute gas , with Ed Tudor-Pole as my second favourite presenter (In the full knowledge that there will be 'opinions' on that 🤣)

    • @FortisConscius
      @FortisConscius 27 дней назад +4

      Richard O'Brian (later Ed Tudor-Pole) gives a monologue at the start of each show that sums up the objective.
      It's deliciously lore-driven and the sheer visual and game variety is genius.

  • @MegaWayneD
    @MegaWayneD 27 дней назад +1

    The UK version of Family Feud is called "Turkey"... 😁

  • @markgibson3034
    @markgibson3034 27 дней назад +2

    I would like to see you compete against each other playing along with countdown.

  • @joannedickens2238
    @joannedickens2238 26 дней назад +1

    Countdown is for clever people. Rachel Riley went to the same school as my niece. My niece is a super clever, just finishing a masters in English at St Andrews ( full of Americans, ) her girlfriend is American. I digress. Countdown is awesome. Xxx love you two. Thanks for reaching across the pond and enticing us. Enticed me, I’m in. More please. 🙏

  • @jasoncallow860
    @jasoncallow860 27 дней назад +4

    You should checkout "8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown"

  • @dukedex5043
    @dukedex5043 27 дней назад +6

    Almost all of the ones you see in the US are ones that started in the UK.

  • @rayeasom
    @rayeasom 27 дней назад +1

    Countdown was the first program shown on the fourth domestic TV channel shown in the U.K. known as Channel Four, first aired in 1982. hosted by the legend that is Richard Whiteley. It has aired over 8,200 episodes.

  • @bakersmileyface
    @bakersmileyface 27 дней назад +2

    You should see some highlights of 8 out of 10 cats does countdown.

  • @what_im_eatin_uk
    @what_im_eatin_uk 15 дней назад

    Crystal maze is an extremely popular UK gameshow. You would play 3 games within a themed zone to try and win time crystals. These games are simple escape room type games that take 2-3 minutes to complete and are either physical, mental, skill or mystery in type

  • @Scrubber89
    @Scrubber89 17 дней назад

    Roy Walker’s Catchphrase was the best

  • @TerranSol
    @TerranSol 27 дней назад +1

    If you want to do countdown I recommend '8 out of 10 cats does countdown'. It's very funny and retains the original format.

  • @barrygage2176
    @barrygage2176 27 дней назад +1

    Check out “Would I lie To you,” especially the episodes with Bob Mortimer! You shall die laughing! 🤪🤪🤪

  • @geniskarlmallinson8209
    @geniskarlmallinson8209 26 дней назад +6

    A must watch guys is ‘would I lie to you’ A classic British comedy game show at its best! 🤗

  • @jurgnobs1308
    @jurgnobs1308 6 дней назад

    8 out of 10 cats does countdown is amazing.
    countdown is an old, traditional gameshow. 8 out of 10 cats is a comedy show. and 8 out of 10 cats does countdown is the comedians doing thr gameshow from Countdown. amazing.

  • @MrMousley
    @MrMousley 4 дня назад

    I love Only Connect
    The concept is quite easy .. and there are 4 rounds
    You are shown 4 things, one at a time, and you have to say what connects them
    You are shown 3 things , one at a time, and you have to say what the 4th thing is.
    You are shown a board with 16 words on it, and you have to put them into groups of 4.
    You are shown words or phrases with the vowels missing and you have to say what they are.
    Sounds easy .. but it's probably the hardest quiz on TV

  • @kakeup
    @kakeup 27 дней назад +7

    There is a tv channel in the UK called "challenge," which just plays 24/7 game shows back to back.

    • @susanashcroft2674
      @susanashcroft2674 27 дней назад +2

      Blockbusters with Bob Holness and Bullseye with Jim Bowen are on there.

  • @brigidsingleton1596
    @brigidsingleton1596 27 дней назад +2

    Who remembers "Goldenballs" hosted by Brummie comedian Jasper Carrott?😊

    • @BlameThande
      @BlameThande 27 дней назад +1

      Carrott really didn't need to work at that point either as he'd made a fortune off of his production company being responsible for Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?

  • @betagombar9022
    @betagombar9022 27 дней назад +1

    I love watching Countdown in the mornings while having my cuppa before work. I'm not too good at it , especially the maths!! but I did get a 9 letter word recently ⭐😂

  • @atiminthailand4531
    @atiminthailand4531 27 дней назад +2

    Awew you should react to Crystal maze! The old ones are the best! Soo cheesy it's brilliant! And bullseye! Bullseye is a brilliant bit of 70's TV and some very strange but brilliant contestants

  • @sueKay
    @sueKay 27 дней назад +1

    Countdown is good, but there's an even better version of it called 8 out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, which is where comedians take over the Countdown studio. It's pretty unhinged but so much fun.

  • @russellfrancis6294
    @russellfrancis6294 27 дней назад +2

    This was great fun to watch.

  • @AutomaticDuck300
    @AutomaticDuck300 27 дней назад +48

    Family Feud was invented first in the US in 1976. It was brought to the UK in 1980 but we named our version Family Fortunes because it was thought that “feud” sounds too confrontational and we wanted something more friendly sounding.

    • @daniellcruikshank7922
      @daniellcruikshank7922 27 дней назад +1

      The name wasn't the only thing that changed, the rules were changed as well

    • @proudofyourroots9575
      @proudofyourroots9575 27 дней назад +4

      Who wants to be a millionaire?=British. The Weakest Link=British . Eggheads=British. Countdown=British . University Challenge=British. The Chase=British

    • @AUmica01
      @AUmica01 27 дней назад

      letters and numbers (countdown) was created in france​@@proudofyourroots9575

    • @sgtnubbings6501
      @sgtnubbings6501 27 дней назад +1

      ​@@proudofyourroots9575Countdown actually = French. Was based on the French show "des chiffres et des lettres" translating as simply "Numbers and Letters".

    • @JeffTaylor-tr7my
      @JeffTaylor-tr7my 26 дней назад

      @@proudofyourroots9575 University Challenge started in 1962 "is derived from US program "College Bowl" started in 1953.

  • @cjam191
    @cjam191 20 дней назад +1

    My family were on British family fortune twice 😅🤣

  • @clarkeysam
    @clarkeysam 13 дней назад

    Dan on the Tenable clip (uranus) is my mate! I never knew he was on the show! He's a really good guy.

  • @timhanna40
    @timhanna40 26 дней назад +1

    Fun fact for ya both the short guy Warwick Davis was an ewok in the movie store wars return of the Jedi

  • @chelliebellie4443
    @chelliebellie4443 26 дней назад +1

    Blanky blank with Terry Wogan and Les Dawson, so funny. Part of my childhood

    • @ianvincent4911
      @ianvincent4911 24 дня назад +1

      ....and the late great Kenny Everett bending Terry's microphone.

    • @chelliebellie4443
      @chelliebellie4443 24 дня назад +1

      @@ianvincent4911 oh man, yes! Kenny Everett, another forgotten legend. I remember the sketch with him as Rod Stewart 'Do you think I'm sexy?' with the blow up leopard print skin tight leggings

  • @greygreen5610
    @greygreen5610 27 дней назад +2

    the first clip with the word wanker. you have to bare in mind there is whats called the watershed on british tv, no rude or swear words before 9 pm

    • @hypsyzygy506
      @hypsyzygy506 25 дней назад

      Countdown is definitely a child-friendly show, shown in the afternoon and popular with students.

    • @stewartbrodie1720
      @stewartbrodie1720 25 дней назад

      That's why the first time it came up, it didn't make it to broadcast ... they were all just about keeping a straight face until Gino Corr also announced the same word. ruclips.net/video/7gBXPUSXGWs/видео.html

  • @lesh4357
    @lesh4357 9 дней назад

    Another funniest Family Fortunes answer is ... "name something a blind man would use ?"
    Answer - A SWORD !
    And yeah - "name a bird with a long neck?" the guy answered "Naomi Campbell"
    Who Wants to be a Millionaire is British. One of the people who developed it was comedian Jasper Carrot.
    The Chase is also British which has gone global. I think Mark Labbet (The Beast) does the US version as well.
    Anne Hegerty (The Governess) does the Aussie version as well as the UK.
    Many game show formats have crossed the Atlantic in both directions.

  • @gilledwards9302
    @gilledwards9302 27 дней назад +1

    The concept of 'Countdown' is pretty easy to grasp and it's good TV. But there's a much more entertaining version called, '8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown'. I'd love to see your reaction to both those shows.

  • @vernonallen3370
    @vernonallen3370 27 дней назад +7

    University challenge is a quiz based knockout competition played between teams of students representing U.K. universities , the questions are usually of a high level of difficulty, including classic literature, the sciences, history, algebra, music and languages etc.
    We also have a high brow quiz show called Only Connect based on solving a variety of riddles and conundrums

    • @mrfill9999
      @mrfill9999 27 дней назад +2

      University Challenge was derived from the US show College Bowl

  • @TonyHedges
    @TonyHedges 22 дня назад

    You don't know about 8 ut of 10 cats does countdown? Its the fusion of a comedy panel show and countdown, its all over the internet you guys are gonna love it....

  • @lindylou7853
    @lindylou7853 26 дней назад

    There’s a rude comedy version, too … this was first a must for students and grannies …, ‘Countdown’!

  • @sammykat85
    @sammykat85 15 дней назад

    You got to watch 8 out of 10 cats does countdown, hilarious and big fat quiz of the year 😂

  • @boggleboggle100
    @boggleboggle100 11 дней назад

    What happened to Fanny Schmeller!!!!.???? The greatest blooper ever😂😂 find It on the Chase. Bradley Walsh had no chance!!!😂😂😂😂

  • @janolaful
    @janolaful 27 дней назад +1

    Family fortunes was invented by a famous comic bob monkhouse , the presenter of crystal maze wrote the rocky horror show, Warwick Davis on tenable played a ewock in all the star wars films. 😊

    • @rayaqueen9657
      @rayaqueen9657 24 дня назад

      Bob Monkhouse!!!! All time greatest old school entertainer! You're thinking of Celebrity squares though no?

  • @bblair2627
    @bblair2627 27 дней назад

    "Name a dangerous race..." 😂

  • @hxon_9570
    @hxon_9570 26 дней назад +1

    University challenge is the top smartest tv quiz show ever! you might as well film doctors lecturing in university to even get close to the level of intelligence this show provides. very proud of it's history also, as it has been going for 62 years ever since 1962

    • @watcherzero5256
      @watcherzero5256 16 дней назад

      Its based on a US radio show from 1953 called College Bowl which is still running, they have also produced about 5 TV seasons over the years.

  • @philipc2025
    @philipc2025 27 дней назад +7

    Check out compilations of 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown clips. Absolutely hilarious. Rachel Riley and Susie Dent who you saw in the Countdown clips are on the show in the same roles.

    • @reactingtomyroots
      @reactingtomyroots  27 дней назад +1

      Adding to the list! :)

    • @roberthindle5146
      @roberthindle5146 26 дней назад +1

      Especially "Carrot in a Box" and Sean Lock's observation of Rachael Riley's skiing outfit.

  • @Kainlarsen
    @Kainlarsen 23 дня назад

    I'm so glad that Catch Phrase was in there twice, and that last one was the 'Snake Charmer' bit. :D I loved that show as a kid.

  • @HarleyHerbert
    @HarleyHerbert 16 дней назад

    The crystal maze was the best game show ever. A group of people have to go through a series of games and puzzles in order to get crystals, the more crystals they get the more time they have at the end when money is the prize. The presenter was the best too, very charismatic and played the character well. The games they took part in changed over time too, and different parts of the crystal maze had different themes like the Aztec zone, the medieval zone or the Space zone.

  • @beardedmonkey1320
    @beardedmonkey1320 10 дней назад

    8 out of 10 cats does count down is so much funnier than regular countdown and the most hilarios "the chase" monent was "in germany what is andy cap called"

  • @stevehartley7504
    @stevehartley7504 27 дней назад +5

    Countdown began in 1982 and has been going every Monday to friday since
    It's a 9 letter Scrabble and maths quiz

  • @iandrew6347
    @iandrew6347 27 дней назад +6

    Bullseye , 3,2,1 and blockbusters 😂

    • @Lloyd-Franklin
      @Lloyd-Franklin 27 дней назад +1

      Thanks for that Bully. I'll have a P please Bob.

    • @sarahclapp505
      @sarahclapp505 27 дней назад +1

      Blockbuster with my NAN great memories ❤❤❤😓😓😓😓

    • @claregale9011
      @claregale9011 27 дней назад +1

      Can I have a p please Bob 😅.

    • @brigidsingleton1596
      @brigidsingleton1596 27 дней назад +2

      "Here's what you would've won!!" Oh lor!!

  • @robinpalmer126
    @robinpalmer126 27 дней назад

    There are some great blooper video's just of The Chase, I've spent hours laughing at them :)

  • @jeanlongsden1696
    @jeanlongsden1696 27 дней назад +40

    the Crystal Maze is a team game. the idea of the game is to collect crystals from different rooms, to get 5 seconds in the Crystal Maze at the end for each crystal retrieved. there are 4 time zones that you go through ... Aztec zone, Medieval, Futuristic zone and Industrial Zone (the later series had other zones, Ocean zone and Eastern zone). there was a choice of 4 types games that you could play in each zone. they had Mental, Mystery, Physical and Skill. after doing all the zones, they would go to the Crystal Maze. which was a dome with fans blowing around tickets. the more tickets you could catch in your allotted time decided what your prize would be. the more tickets, the better prize. you guys should watch an episode on YT.

    • @CaroleEvans93436
      @CaroleEvans93436 27 дней назад +5

      It was like a multiple escape room challenge x

    • @scorp77snake
      @scorp77snake 27 дней назад +8

      Seem to recall there were gold and silver tickets, gold added to the total score and Silver removed from the total.

    • @CaroleEvans93436
      @CaroleEvans93436 27 дней назад +1

      @@scorp77snake Yes and it was rare they got more gold than silver. The prizes were a bit 'meh'.....like a day rock climbing etc

    • @sunfish1982
      @sunfish1982 27 дней назад +3

      Also you could use your crystal to buy players back if they got trapped

    • @Moleoflands
      @Moleoflands 26 дней назад +1

      Still remember that legendary team that all got locked in and Richard is outside the last guy 'Would you like me to use your only Crystal to buy you out?' 🤣

  • @Debhu964
    @Debhu964 9 дней назад

    Would I lie to you… is one of the best game shows in uk .. so funny😊

  • @user-gv9kc7il3m
    @user-gv9kc7il3m 27 дней назад +1

    Watch would I lie to you, hilarious.

  • @themoderntemplar1567
    @themoderntemplar1567 11 дней назад

    For the best of all game shows you've got to see 8 out of 10 cats does Countdown or the equally hilarious Would I lie to you. Granted they're comedy game/panel shows but simply unmissable.😂👌

  • @erikbehaeghel
    @erikbehaeghel 27 дней назад +3

    Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? is original British

  • @SoupieGuitar
    @SoupieGuitar 14 дней назад

    The map behind you guys is against the law in Scotland now 🤣 it's got the Shetland Islands in a box and you aren't allowed to do that anymore 😆

  • @magusware8721
    @magusware8721 23 дня назад

    8 out of 10 cats does countdown and taskmaster are the best "gameshows" we have in britain, they are intentionally funny but often in unintentional ways. So good.

  • @TheHarrip
    @TheHarrip 27 дней назад +1

    To say wanker wen awaken was an option when mg grandmother was watching is hilarious

  • @delta250a
    @delta250a 23 дня назад

    Fanny and Bradley actually met in another show, it was brilliant!