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THE BEST OF KNOCKOUT! |
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BBC1 Transmission (GB): Monday 1st January 1973, 2.00-2.50pm
Programme Number: not known |
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"Adults and children often ask to see replays of the comical games and
sequences they found exciting in It's A Knockout and Jeux Sans
Frontières. Some of their requests have already been shown on Ask Aspel,
but this programme concentrates into fifty minutes some of the funniest, the
craziest and the most spectacular moments of the 1972 series, both at home and
abroad." (Radio Times magazine)
Introduced by Stuart Hall
Produced by Barney Colehan |
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Made
in Colour • This programme does not exist in the BBC Archives |
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BLUE PETER - Programme 1023: IT'S A KNOCKOUT AT BLENHEIM PALACE |
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BBC1 Transmission (GB): Thursday 17th May 1973, 4.50-5.15pm
Programme Number: LCH9269H |
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Legendary children's magazine programme (1958-present) presented by John Noakes, Peter Purves and
Lesley Judd which included a pre-filmed behind the scenes item on
preparations for It's A Knockout at Blenheim Palace. The item featured
the Blue Peter presenters setting up and testing the games for the new series.
Games designer Stuart Furber and safety supervisor Geoff Lomas were
interviewed as part of the feature, which had a running time of 8 minutes and
44 seconds. The Blenheim Palace event was the first
domestic heat of the 1973 series and was transmitted on BBC1 on Friday 18th
May 1973. Bizarrely, the preview item exists at the BBC while the IAK edition
itself does not... The Blue Peter item does not include any otherwise
missing footage from the completed programme.
Producer: John Adcock
Assistant Editor: Rosemary Gill
Editor: Biddy Baxter |
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Made
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I'M SORRY, I'LL READ THAT AGAIN (Series 9,
Episode 7) (RADIO) |
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BBC Radio 2
Transmission: Sunday 16th December 1973, 2.02-2.30pm
Same Week Repeat: Monday 17th December 1973, 7.02-7.30pm
Recorded: Sunday 25th November 1973
Programme Number: not known |
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Riotous radio comedy vehicle that brought together John "Otto" Cleese and
The Goodies that ran from 1964-1973. (This edition was the penultimate
entry in the series.) This programme featured a sketch spoofing It's A
Knockout entitled It's A Cock Up!
Cast: Tim Brooke-Taylor, John Cleese, Graeme Garden,
David Hatch, Jo Kendall, Bill Oddie
Script: Graeme Garden and Bill Oddie
Music: Dave Lee and the Boys
Musical Arrangement: Leon Cohen
Producers: David Hatch and John Cassels |
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Made
in Mono • This programme exists in the BBC Sound Archives |
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THE GOODIES AND THE BEANSTALK |
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BBC2
Transmission: Monday 24th December 1973, 5.15-6.00pm
Programme Number: not known |
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Festive entry in the comedy series, The Goodies, starring Graeme
Garden, Tim Brooke-Taylor and Bill Oddie. As the title implies, the plot takes
its inspiration from the fairy tale, Jack and the Beanstalk. On their
quest, the Goodies find themselves involved in a rather deadly game of Jeux
Sans Frontières in Kathmandu, where pools of acid and other such nasties
must be negotiated. The sequence features Eddie Waring and Arthur Ellis
sending themselves up wonderfully. |
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in Colour • This programme exists in the BBC Archives |
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BLUE PETER: REVIEW OF THE YEAR 1973 |
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BBC1 Transmission (GB): Monday 31st December 1973, 4.45-5.15pm
Programme Number: LCH1473B |
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Blue Peter's
review of the year includes footage from the feature about It's A Knockout
at Blenheim Palace (originally transmitted 17th May 1973). |
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in Colour • This programme exists in the BBC Archives |
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