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Series in which two teams each week (representing their home cities, with London divided into North, South, West and Central) competed to complete a giant crossword. The winner carried on to meet a new challenger the following week, and the eight top teams came back at the end of the series for a knockout phase culminating in a final battle between East Sussex and London (South). Plenty of word games have had long and distinguished runs on British TV; this never quite made the cut despite being given a generous initial run. | Series in which two teams each week (representing their home cities, with London divided into North, South, West and Central) competed to complete a giant crossword. The winner carried on to meet a new challenger the following week, and the eight top teams came back at the end of the series for a knockout phase culminating in a final battle between East Sussex and London (South). Plenty of word games have had long and distinguished runs on British TV; this never quite made the cut despite being given a generous initial run. | ||
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+ | On 29 September 1967, the game between London (South) and Hull was the first British game show to be broadcast in colour. | ||
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Revision as of 15:01, 7 October 2006
Synopsis
Series in which two teams each week (representing their home cities, with London divided into North, South, West and Central) competed to complete a giant crossword. The winner carried on to meet a new challenger the following week, and the eight top teams came back at the end of the series for a knockout phase culminating in a final battle between East Sussex and London (South). Plenty of word games have had long and distinguished runs on British TV; this never quite made the cut despite being given a generous initial run.
Trivia
On 29 September 1967, the game between London (South) and Hull was the first British game show to be broadcast in colour.