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It's
A Christmas Knockout 1978
Festive Jeux Sans Frontières Special
Entrants
1978:
Belgium (B) • Switzerland (CH) •
Great Britain (GB) •
Italy (I) • Netherlands (NL)
Presenters:
Michel Lemaire (B)
Georges Kleinmann (CH)
Stuart Hall and Eddie Waring (GB)
Barbara Marchand and Giuseppe "Beppe" Viola (I)
Barend Barendse and Dick Passchier (NL)
International Referees:
Gennaro Olivieri
Guido Pancaldi
National Referees:
Mike Swann (GB)
Production Credits:
National Producers:
Cecil Korer (GB), Games Designer: Adolfo 'Popi' Perani; Producers:
Jean Luc Balmer and Marius Berger; Director: Jean Bovon
Produced by SSR-SRG-TSI (CH)
in association with RTBF-BRT (B), BBC Manchester (GB), RAI (I),
NCRV (NL)
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Key:
International Christmas Special
● =
Winner of Christmas Special
▲ = Promoted to Position / ▼ =
Demoted to Position |
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It's
A Christmas Knockout 1978 |
Christmas
Special |
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Event Staged: Tuesday 12th December 1978
Venue:
Sports Centre Ice Rink, Villars-sur-Ollon, Switzerland
European Transmissions (Local Timings):
RAI Uno (I): Sunday 24th December 1978, 6.30-7.25pm (La Vigilia di Natale)
BBC1 (GB): Tuesday 26th December 1978, 3.25-4.25pm (Boxing Day)
Nederland 2 (NL): Monday 1st January 1979, 8.25-9.25pm (Nieuwjaarsdag) |
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Theme:
Festive Fun |
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Teams:
Liège (B) v. Villars-sur-Ollon (CH) v.
Richmond-upon-Thames (GB) v.
Asiago (I) v. Dalfsen (NL) |
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Team Members included:
Richmond-upon-Thames (GB) - John Duncan (Team Manager), Kathy
Barker, Kay Dibling, Michel Gladden, Dawn Kalber, Alan Luke, Hilary Osborn,
Richard Philips, Harjeet Singh, Pauline Warmes;
Asiago (I) - Corrado Guglielmi (Team Captain), Lidia Bernardi,
Giovanni Carli, Roberto Carli, Dori Debiasi, Franco Frigo, Cesare Gios, Maria
Luisa Malfer, Giuseppe Pesavento, Antonio Rigoni, Vittorio Rigoni and Michela
Schirott. |
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Games: The
Old Year, Snowballs on Trees, Letters in the Sky, Collecting Presents,
Uncorking Champagne, Playing the Piano, Tug-o-War and The New Year. |
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Game
Results and Standings |
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Games |
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Team /
Colour |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
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Points Scored |
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B |
5 |
4 |
3 |
--- |
5 |
1 |
3 |
5 |
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CH |
4 |
4 |
4 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
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4 |
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GB |
2 |
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2 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
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I |
3 |
2 |
--- |
4 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
3 |
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NL |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
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2 |
1 |
Running Totals
(Leading teams shown in red) |
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B |
5 |
9 |
12 |
12 |
17 |
18 |
21 |
26 |
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CH |
4 |
8 |
12 |
14 |
17 |
19 |
19 |
23 |
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GB |
2 |
2 |
4 |
6 |
8 |
11 |
12 |
14 |
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I |
3 |
5 |
5 |
9 |
13 |
17 |
21 |
24 |
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NL |
1 |
2 |
3 |
6 |
7 |
7 |
9 |
10 |
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Result |
Team |
Points |
Final Scoreboard |
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1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th |
B
• Liège ●
I • Asiago
CH • Villars-sur-Ollon
GB • Richmond-upon-Thames
NL • Dalfsen |
26
24
23
14
10 |
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Presenters, Officials and Production Team |
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Although
Barbara Marchand co-presented this Christmas special from the ice for RAI,
someone less familiar to Jeux Sans Frontières was in the commentary box
for the Italians – sports journalist Giuseppe "Beppe" Viola (1939-1982), well
remembered for his football commentaries and humourous personality. It's A
Christmas Knockout (Giochi sotto l'albero to Italian audiences)
certainly wasn't one of Viola's favourite events and at the beginning of the
programme he told viewers: "It will be strange for you to hear me in this
event, compromised in this game, but I am a full-time RAI employee and I have
three daughters to feed, so since there are no football matches I'll be here
with you on this Christmas Eve!" |
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Returning
Teams and Competitors |
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Netherlands took part in this Christmas edition despite having dropped out of the international competition for 1978. |
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Additional Information |
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The scores in this heat were displayed on small square
blackboards which were mounted on top of small railway carriages. The idea was
that as teams ‘overtook’ their leaders the different carriages would be moved
around into placings order by five small local children. However, the desired
effect was lost by the fact that Belgium and Switzerland dominated the
competition throughout and the other three countries remained in the same
positions as the event progressed, and very little movement was required. |
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Made
in Colour • This programme exists in the BBC Archives |
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JSFnetGB Series Guide pages researched by
Neil Storer and
Alan Hayes
with Ischa Bijl, Julien Dessy, Sébastien Dias, David Hamilton, Denis Kirsanov, Paul Leaver, Philippe Minet,
Christos Moustakas, David Laich Ruiz, Marko Voštan and JSFnet Websites |
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