Survival Challenge

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"How do?" (This was presumably an unusual and rarely-heard greeting for younger viewers at the time, but it would have been familiar to viewers of Yorkshire-based series such as 'Last of the Summer Wine', and especially 'All Creatures Great and Small', in which the phrase "'Ow do, Mr 'Erriot?" was frequently uttered).
"How do?" (This was presumably an unusual and rarely-heard greeting for younger viewers at the time, but it would have been familiar to viewers of Yorkshire-based series such as 'Last of the Summer Wine', and especially 'All Creatures Great and Small', in which the phrase "'Ow do, Mr 'Erriot?" was frequently uttered).
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"Raise your billycans!"
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"Raise your billycan!"

Revision as of 22:21, 21 May 2018

Contents

Host

Richard Crane

Broadcast

BBC1, 8 January 1988 to 10 February 1989 (12 episodes in 2 series)

Synopsis

We don't remember an awful lot about this show so if you can fill us in it would be appreciated.

We do remember the final round being quite frantic, with contestants pedalling on an exercise bike to light up points of a compass and Crane yelling "raise your billican!" every few minutes.

Theme music

When the Going Gets Tough by Billy Ocean.

Catchphrases

"How do?" (This was presumably an unusual and rarely-heard greeting for younger viewers at the time, but it would have been familiar to viewers of Yorkshire-based series such as 'Last of the Summer Wine', and especially 'All Creatures Great and Small', in which the phrase "'Ow do, Mr 'Erriot?" was frequently uttered).

"Raise your billycan!"

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