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In later series, there was a celebrity guest in disguise in the audience, with his/her name given as an anagram (one of Richard Stilgoe's specialities!) and the teams had to guess who it was by solving the anagram and/or asking the person yes/no questions. The teams also tried to defeat the guest on a general knowledge question they had brought along in order to gain extra points.
In later series, there was a celebrity guest in disguise in the audience, with his/her name given as an anagram (one of Richard Stilgoe's specialities!) and the teams had to guess who it was by solving the anagram and/or asking the person yes/no questions. The teams also tried to defeat the guest on a general knowledge question they had brought along in order to gain extra points.
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In the last series, there were also 'Pathetic Prizes' - as Richard Stilgoe rightly called them. Winning teams simply got lunchboxes! (Eat your heart out, 'Blankety Blank'!)
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In most series, there were also 'Pathetic Prizes' - as Stilgoe rightly called them! Winning teams in the last series simply got lunchboxes! (Eat your heart out, [[Blankety Blank]]!)
We're sure there must have been a bit more to it than that. Mustn't there?
We're sure there must have been a bit more to it than that. Mustn't there?
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Stilgoe used to make up a witty song every week to introduce each contestant in turn, in between renditions of the main theme song.
Stilgoe used to make up a witty song every week to introduce each contestant in turn, in between renditions of the main theme song.
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To give a few examples of the anagrams of the celebrity guests' names, the late Percy Thrower was 'Cherry Powter', Maggie Philbin was 'Bigleg Hipiman', [[Johnny Ball]] was 'Jyll Hobann' and Suzi Quatro was 'OU Quiz Star'. Oh, and we were once given an anagram of 'Richard Stilgoe' in Radio Times - this was 'Giscard O'Hitler' - apparently this was not too controversial at the time.
== Catchphrases ==
== Catchphrases ==

Revision as of 20:18, 30 August 2009

Contents

Host

Richard Stilgoe

Broadcast

BBC 1, 20 February 1981 to 1 March 1985 (42 episodes in 5 series)

Synopsis

General lyricist/wit/reporter bod Stilgoe hosts this game of battleships on a 7x7 grid with two sides of three kids each trying to sink each other's fleet. Noted for its BBC Model B graphics for the game board, as well as the constant use of the phonetic alphabet to avoid confusion between letters.

In later series, there was a celebrity guest in disguise in the audience, with his/her name given as an anagram (one of Richard Stilgoe's specialities!) and the teams had to guess who it was by solving the anagram and/or asking the person yes/no questions. The teams also tried to defeat the guest on a general knowledge question they had brought along in order to gain extra points.

In most series, there were also 'Pathetic Prizes' - as Stilgoe rightly called them! Winning teams in the last series simply got lunchboxes! (Eat your heart out, Blankety Blank!)

We're sure there must have been a bit more to it than that. Mustn't there?

Trivia

Stilgoe used to make up a witty song every week to introduce each contestant in turn, in between renditions of the main theme song.

To give a few examples of the anagrams of the celebrity guests' names, the late Percy Thrower was 'Cherry Powter', Maggie Philbin was 'Bigleg Hipiman', Johnny Ball was 'Jyll Hobann' and Suzi Quatro was 'OU Quiz Star'. Oh, and we were once given an anagram of 'Richard Stilgoe' in Radio Times - this was 'Giscard O'Hitler' - apparently this was not too controversial at the time.

Catchphrases

"Foxtrot seven"

Theme music

Performed by Stilgoe himself at the start, tapping away at a slimline synthesizer:

Finders Keepers, Losers Weepers
Finders Keepers, Where's that square?
Finders Keepers, Losers Weepers
Buzz the bleepers to find that square.
Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, Delta, Roger and out!

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