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- | Various, mainly Freddie Grisewood, David Miller or Lionel Gamlin | + | Various, mainly [[Freddie Grisewood]], David Miller or [[Lionel Gamlin]] |
== Broadcast == | == Broadcast == | ||
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BBC Radio, 1939-42 | BBC Radio, 1939-42 | ||
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+ | <!--Note to editors: I have the station and host details written down for these and will add them later (also synopses for many of them). There also appears to be a second strand of wartime panel games - maybe produced in Manchester? - under the aegis of Wilfred Pickles, which I propose to include separately. - JT --> | ||
== Synopsis == | == Synopsis == | ||
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* '''Reactions''' (Regional Programme, 14 May 1939), host Freddie Grisewood. | * '''Reactions''' (Regional Programme, 14 May 1939), host Freddie Grisewood. | ||
- | * '''Noah's Ark''' (16 July 1939), host Freddie Grisewood | + | ** Contestants attempt to identify famous people from the fewest possible clues. |
- | *'''Puzzle Corner''' (30 July 1939) | + | * '''Noah's Ark''' (Regional Programme, 16 July 1939), host Freddie Grisewood. |
- | * '''Memory Test''' (13 August 1939) | + | ** Contestants identify songs, poems and quotations featuring the names of animals. |
- | * '''Adverbs''' (7 September 1939) | + | *'''Puzzle Corner''' (Regional Programme, 30 July 1939), host Lionel Gamlin. |
- | * '''My Aunt Went To Town''' (10 September 1939) | + | * '''Memory Test''' (National Programme, 13 August 1939), host Freddie Grisewood. |
- | * '''Proverbs''' (17 September 1939) | + | ** Audio version of an observation quiz. |
- | * ''' | + | * '''Adverbs''' (Home Service, 7 September 1939) |
- | * '''Ghost Spelling''' (8 October 1939) | + | ** One player asks questions, which are answered in the way suggested by a particular adverb. The player has to guess the adverb. |
- | * '''Word Splits''' (15 October 1939) | + | * '''My Aunt Went To Town''' (Home Service, 10 September 1939) |
- | * '''Salted Almonds''' (5 November 1939) | + | ** A version of the "[[I Packed My Bag]]" memory game. |
- | * '''Christmas Shopping''' (17 December 1939) | + | * '''Proverbs''' (Home Service, 17 September 1939) |
- | * '''Word Squares''' (28 January 1940) | + | ** The individual words of a proverb are hidden in the answers to successive questions. The player has to work out the proverb. |
- | * '''Emergencies''' (18 February 1940) | + | * '''A.R.P. General Knowledge Test''' (Home Service, 24 September 1939) |
- | * '''How, When and Where''' (5 March 1940) | + | ** Quiz about the work of the Air Raid Precautions service. |
- | * '''I Went Sight Seeing''' (11 March 1940) | + | * '''Coffee Pots''' (Home Service, 1 October 1939), host David Miller |
- | * '''Musical Proverbs''' (22 March 1940) | + | ** A version of [[Twenty Questions]]. |
- | * '''Adverbs''' (27 March 1940) | + | * '''Ghost Spelling''' (Home Service, 8 October 1939), host Norman Shelley |
- | * '''Alibi''' (31 March 1940) | + | * '''Word Splits''' (Home Service, 15 October 1939), host David Miller |
- | * '''Yes, Mmmm or No''' (1 April 1940) | + | ** Players make the most and longest words out of the letters of another. |
- | * '''Ask It Basket''' (4 April 1940) | + | * '''Salted Almonds''' (Home Service, 5 November 1939), host David Miller |
- | * '''Word Snooker''' (9 April 1940) | + | * '''Christmas Shopping''' (Home Service, 17 December 1939), host David Miller |
- | * '''Mystery Cruise''' (10 April 1940) | + | * '''Word Squares''' (Home Service, 28 January 1940), host David Miller |
- | * '''Alliteration''' (17 April 1940) | + | * '''Emergencies''' (Home Service, 18 February 1940), host David Miller |
- | * '''Truth''' (21 April 1940) | + | * '''Free Association''' (Forces Programme, 23 February 1940), host David Miller |
- | * '''Reactions''' (22 April 1940) | + | ** Word association as per [[Mallett's Mallet]]. |
- | * '''Paint Box''' (2 April 1940) | + | * '''How, When and Where''' (Forces Programme, 5 March 1940), host David Miller |
- | * '''I Hide and I Find''' (17 May 1940) | + | * '''I Went Sight Seeing''' (Forces Programme, 11 March 1940), host David Miller |
- | * '''Telegrams''' (26 May 1940) | + | ** Another "I packed my bag" variant. |
- | * '''Truth''' (2 June 1940) | + | * '''Musical Proverbs''' (Forces Programme, 22 March 1940), host David Miller |
- | * '''Ships''' (10 June 1940) | + | * '''Adverbs''' (Forces Programme, 27 March 1940), host David Miller |
- | * '''Limerick Race''' (26 June 1940) | + | * '''Alibi''' (Home Service, 31 March 1940), host Freddie Grisewood |
- | * '''Small Ads''' ( 16 August 1940) | + | * '''Yes, Mmmm or No''' (Forces Programme, 1 April 1940), host David Miller |
- | * '''The Working Man's | + | ** The "Yes/No interlude", some years before [[Michael Miles]] made it his own. |
- | * '''Rime Time''' (26 August 1940) | + | * '''Ask It Basket''' (Forces Programme, 4 April 1940), host David Miller |
- | * '''As Quick as You Can''' (3 November 1940) | + | * '''Word Snooker''' (Forces Programme, 9 April 1940), host David Miller |
- | * '''Inanimate Animals''' (1 December 1940) | + | ** Take a word, change a letter, do it again and you've got a chain! That's how you play Word Snooker... |
- | * '''Word Snakes''' (8 December 1940) | + | * '''Mystery Cruise''' (Forces Programme, 10 April 1940), hosts David Miller and Eddie Pola |
- | * '''That Name Suggests''' (5 January 1941) | + | ** Contestants try to identify mystery items packed for a cruise. |
- | * '''Backward Ballads''' (28 January 1941) | + | * '''Alliteration''' (Forces Programme, 17 April 1940), host David Miller |
+ | ** Making up sentences that are alliterative. | ||
+ | * '''Truth''' (Home Service, 21 April 1940), host David Miller | ||
+ | * '''Reactions''' (Forces Programme, 22 April 1940), host David Miller | ||
+ | * '''Paint Box''' (Forces Programme, 2 April 1940), host David Miller | ||
+ | ** Naming songs with colours in the title. | ||
+ | * '''I Hide and I Find''' (Forces Programme, 17 May 1940), host David Miller | ||
+ | * '''Telegrams''' (Home Service, 26 May 1940), host David Miller | ||
+ | * '''Truth''' (Forces Programme, 2 June 1940), host David Miller | ||
+ | * '''Ships''' (Forces Programme, 10 June 1940), host Raymond Glendenning | ||
+ | ** Involved alliteration somehow. | ||
+ | * '''Limerick Race''' (Forces Programme, 26 June 1940), host Freddie Grisewood | ||
+ | * '''How Many?''' (Forces programme, 17 July 1940), host Lionel Gamlin | ||
+ | ** Quiz on a numerical theme. | ||
+ | * Rhyme, Initials, Celebrities' Names (Forces Programme, 25 July 1940), host Lionel Gamlin | ||
+ | ** Identifying celebrities from limerick clues. | ||
+ | * '''Melody Match''' (Forces Programme, 29 July 1940), host not known | ||
+ | ** Something like [[Name That Tune]]? | ||
+ | * '''Analogy Bee''' (Home Service, 4 August 1940), host Frank Phllips | ||
+ | * '''Small Ads''' (Forces Programme, 16 August 1940), host Freddie Grisewood | ||
+ | * '''I've Heard It''' (Forces Programme, 18 August 1940), host Neil Munro | ||
+ | * '''What?''' (Forces Programme, 25 August 1940), host Frank Phillips | ||
+ | ** General knowledge quiz. | ||
+ | * '''The Working Man's Signature Tune''' (1 September 1940), host Reginald Foort | ||
+ | * '''Rime Time''' (Forces Programme, 26 August 1940), host Lionel Gamlin | ||
+ | * '''As Quick as You Can''' (Forces Programme, 3 November 1940), host Lionel Gamlin | ||
+ | * '''More Salted Almonds''' (Forces Programme, 14 October 1940), host not known | ||
+ | * '''Pedantic Proverbs''' (Home Service, 27 October 1940), host Freddie Grisewood | ||
+ | ** Identifying common proverbs phrased in an unusual manner. | ||
+ | * '''Inanimate Animals''' (Forces Programme, 1 December 1940), host Lionel Gamlin | ||
+ | * '''Word Snakes''' (Home Service, 8 December 1940), host not known | ||
+ | * '''That Name Suggests''' (Home Service, 5 January 1941), host Lionel Gamlin | ||
+ | * '''Backward Ballads''' (Forces Programme, 28 January 1941), host Lionel Gamlin | ||
+ | * '''Rime Time''' (Forces Programme, 1 March 1941), host Freddie Grisewood | ||
+ | * '''Hesitations''' (Forces Programme, 28 March 1941), host not known | ||
+ | * '''Can You Beat It?''' (Forces Programme, 29 March 1941), host Carroll Levis | ||
+ | * '''Free Association''' (Home Service, 29 March 1941) | ||
+ | * '''Inanimate Animals''' (Home Service, 20 April 1941) | ||
+ | * '''Progressive Thought''' (Home Service, 27 April 1941) | ||
+ | * '''Snap!''' (Home Service, 18 May 1941) | ||
+ | * '''Rime Time''' (Home Service, 17 August 1941) | ||
+ | * '''Rhymes With Reason''' (Forces Programme, 27 September 1941) | ||
+ | * '''Inventors In The Dictionary''' (Forces Programme, 12 October 1941), host Neil Munro | ||
+ | * '''The Implausible Punster''' (Home Service, 22 November 1941), host Neil Munro | ||
+ | * '''Rime Time''' (Forces Programme, 20 December 1941), host Neil Munro | ||
+ | * '''Hidden Personalities''' (Home Service, 25 December 1941), host Neil Munro | ||
+ | * '''Sing on the Dotted Line''' (Home Service, 26 December 1941), host Neil Munro | ||
+ | * '''I Love My Love With A Song''' (Home Service, 26 January 1942), host Neil Munro | ||
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+ | [[Category:Radio]] | ||
+ | [[Category:Panel Game]] |
Revision as of 08:18, 19 September 2020
Synopsis
A (fairly) regular strand featuring various different panel games, produced by Neil Munro, who also usually set the questions and sometimes hosted.
- Reactions (Regional Programme, 14 May 1939), host Freddie Grisewood.
- Contestants attempt to identify famous people from the fewest possible clues.
- Noah's Ark (Regional Programme, 16 July 1939), host Freddie Grisewood.
- Contestants identify songs, poems and quotations featuring the names of animals.
- Puzzle Corner (Regional Programme, 30 July 1939), host Lionel Gamlin.
- Memory Test (National Programme, 13 August 1939), host Freddie Grisewood.
- Audio version of an observation quiz.
- Adverbs (Home Service, 7 September 1939)
- One player asks questions, which are answered in the way suggested by a particular adverb. The player has to guess the adverb.
- My Aunt Went To Town (Home Service, 10 September 1939)
- A version of the "I Packed My Bag" memory game.
- Proverbs (Home Service, 17 September 1939)
- The individual words of a proverb are hidden in the answers to successive questions. The player has to work out the proverb.
- A.R.P. General Knowledge Test (Home Service, 24 September 1939)
- Quiz about the work of the Air Raid Precautions service.
- Coffee Pots (Home Service, 1 October 1939), host David Miller
- A version of Twenty Questions.
- Ghost Spelling (Home Service, 8 October 1939), host Norman Shelley
- Word Splits (Home Service, 15 October 1939), host David Miller
- Players make the most and longest words out of the letters of another.
- Salted Almonds (Home Service, 5 November 1939), host David Miller
- Christmas Shopping (Home Service, 17 December 1939), host David Miller
- Word Squares (Home Service, 28 January 1940), host David Miller
- Emergencies (Home Service, 18 February 1940), host David Miller
- Free Association (Forces Programme, 23 February 1940), host David Miller
- Word association as per Mallett's Mallet.
- How, When and Where (Forces Programme, 5 March 1940), host David Miller
- I Went Sight Seeing (Forces Programme, 11 March 1940), host David Miller
- Another "I packed my bag" variant.
- Musical Proverbs (Forces Programme, 22 March 1940), host David Miller
- Adverbs (Forces Programme, 27 March 1940), host David Miller
- Alibi (Home Service, 31 March 1940), host Freddie Grisewood
- Yes, Mmmm or No (Forces Programme, 1 April 1940), host David Miller
- The "Yes/No interlude", some years before Michael Miles made it his own.
- Ask It Basket (Forces Programme, 4 April 1940), host David Miller
- Word Snooker (Forces Programme, 9 April 1940), host David Miller
- Take a word, change a letter, do it again and you've got a chain! That's how you play Word Snooker...
- Mystery Cruise (Forces Programme, 10 April 1940), hosts David Miller and Eddie Pola
- Contestants try to identify mystery items packed for a cruise.
- Alliteration (Forces Programme, 17 April 1940), host David Miller
- Making up sentences that are alliterative.
- Truth (Home Service, 21 April 1940), host David Miller
- Reactions (Forces Programme, 22 April 1940), host David Miller
- Paint Box (Forces Programme, 2 April 1940), host David Miller
- Naming songs with colours in the title.
- I Hide and I Find (Forces Programme, 17 May 1940), host David Miller
- Telegrams (Home Service, 26 May 1940), host David Miller
- Truth (Forces Programme, 2 June 1940), host David Miller
- Ships (Forces Programme, 10 June 1940), host Raymond Glendenning
- Involved alliteration somehow.
- Limerick Race (Forces Programme, 26 June 1940), host Freddie Grisewood
- How Many? (Forces programme, 17 July 1940), host Lionel Gamlin
- Quiz on a numerical theme.
- Rhyme, Initials, Celebrities' Names (Forces Programme, 25 July 1940), host Lionel Gamlin
- Identifying celebrities from limerick clues.
- Melody Match (Forces Programme, 29 July 1940), host not known
- Something like Name That Tune?
- Analogy Bee (Home Service, 4 August 1940), host Frank Phllips
- Small Ads (Forces Programme, 16 August 1940), host Freddie Grisewood
- I've Heard It (Forces Programme, 18 August 1940), host Neil Munro
- What? (Forces Programme, 25 August 1940), host Frank Phillips
- General knowledge quiz.
- The Working Man's Signature Tune (1 September 1940), host Reginald Foort
- Rime Time (Forces Programme, 26 August 1940), host Lionel Gamlin
- As Quick as You Can (Forces Programme, 3 November 1940), host Lionel Gamlin
- More Salted Almonds (Forces Programme, 14 October 1940), host not known
- Pedantic Proverbs (Home Service, 27 October 1940), host Freddie Grisewood
- Identifying common proverbs phrased in an unusual manner.
- Inanimate Animals (Forces Programme, 1 December 1940), host Lionel Gamlin
- Word Snakes (Home Service, 8 December 1940), host not known
- That Name Suggests (Home Service, 5 January 1941), host Lionel Gamlin
- Backward Ballads (Forces Programme, 28 January 1941), host Lionel Gamlin
- Rime Time (Forces Programme, 1 March 1941), host Freddie Grisewood
- Hesitations (Forces Programme, 28 March 1941), host not known
- Can You Beat It? (Forces Programme, 29 March 1941), host Carroll Levis
- Free Association (Home Service, 29 March 1941)
- Inanimate Animals (Home Service, 20 April 1941)
- Progressive Thought (Home Service, 27 April 1941)
- Snap! (Home Service, 18 May 1941)
- Rime Time (Home Service, 17 August 1941)
- Rhymes With Reason (Forces Programme, 27 September 1941)
- Inventors In The Dictionary (Forces Programme, 12 October 1941), host Neil Munro
- The Implausible Punster (Home Service, 22 November 1941), host Neil Munro
- Rime Time (Forces Programme, 20 December 1941), host Neil Munro
- Hidden Personalities (Home Service, 25 December 1941), host Neil Munro
- Sing on the Dotted Line (Home Service, 26 December 1941), host Neil Munro
- I Love My Love With A Song (Home Service, 26 January 1942), host Neil Munro