Looks Familiar

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== Host ==
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== Broadcast ==
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Thames for ITV and Channel 4<br>
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Thames for ITV, 25 August 1970 (pilot)
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Pilot: 25th August 1970<br>
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Series: 18th October 1972 - 1st November 1984
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18 October 1972 to 1983 (series)
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Thames for Channel 4, 2 August 1984 to 1987
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== Synopsis ==
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Described as a game to test your N.Q. (that's 'Nostalgia Quotient'), Denis Norden was joined by four personalities for a very popular teatime test of showbuisness knowledge.
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A straight TV transfer of the radio format [[Sounds Familiar]]. Described as a game to test your NQ (that's 'Nostalgia Quotient'), Denis Norden was joined by three personalities for a popular teatime test of showbusiness knowledge concentrating on the 1930s and 40s.
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Hardly a game show, Norden would skilfully steer the conversation for his guests using some very gentle questions that were often illustrated by film clips, but there were no points awarded nor any winner.
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== Inventor ==
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Denis Gifford
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The show's final series in 1984 was picked up by Channel 4 in a peak-time slot whilst ITV took the opportunity to dump repeats of it in a graveyard, pre-closedown slot.
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== Trivia ==
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The show was picked up by Channel 4 in a peak-time slot from 1984 to 1987 whilst ITV took the opportunity to dump repeats of it in a graveyard, pre-closedown slot.
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Current revision as of 00:52, 20 August 2019

Contents

Host

Denis Norden

Broadcast

Thames for ITV, 25 August 1970 (pilot)

18 October 1972 to 1983 (series)

Thames for Channel 4, 2 August 1984 to 1987

Synopsis

A straight TV transfer of the radio format Sounds Familiar. Described as a game to test your NQ (that's 'Nostalgia Quotient'), Denis Norden was joined by three personalities for a popular teatime test of showbusiness knowledge concentrating on the 1930s and 40s.

Hardly a game show, Norden would skilfully steer the conversation for his guests using some very gentle questions that were often illustrated by film clips, but there were no points awarded nor any winner.

Inventor

Denis Gifford


Trivia

The show was picked up by Channel 4 in a peak-time slot from 1984 to 1987 whilst ITV took the opportunity to dump repeats of it in a graveyard, pre-closedown slot.

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