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Chris Manley (1998)
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[[Chris Manley]] (1998)
== Broadcast ==
== Broadcast ==
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HTV Wales, 1976-7
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HTV Wales (regional), 1976-7
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HTV Wales, 1998 (revival)
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HTV Wales (regional), 8 September to 15 December 1998 (15 episodes in 1 series)
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Children's game show in which teams answered general knowledge questions in order to bank time to use in a physical challenge at the end of the show. For example, the time banked is used for two of the children to throw hoops over a pole, and whichever team has the most hoops wins.
Children's game show in which teams answered general knowledge questions in order to bank time to use in a physical challenge at the end of the show. For example, the time banked is used for two of the children to throw hoops over a pole, and whichever team has the most hoops wins.
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The format was revived by HTV Wales in 1998 under the name ''Playing For Time''. It was broadcast in the old 5:10pm slot between CITV and ITN's early evening news. It only lasted one series and the ITC said "the programmes lacked pace and the studio atmosphere would have benefited from the presence of a lively young audience".
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The format was revived by HTV Wales in 1998 under the name ''Playing For Time''. It was broadcast in the old 5:10pm slot on Tuesdays in between CITV and ITN's early evening news, it was usually repeated on Saturday teatime afternoons at 12:30pm after SMTV Live & CD:UK. It only lasted one series and the ITC said "the programmes lacked pace and the studio atmosphere would have benefited from the presence of a lively young audience".
==Inventor==
==Inventor==
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Revision as of 11:04, 27 December 2018

Contents

Host

Not known

Chris Manley (1998)

Broadcast

HTV Wales (regional), 1976-7

HTV Wales (regional), 8 September to 15 December 1998 (15 episodes in 1 series)

Synopsis

Children's game show in which teams answered general knowledge questions in order to bank time to use in a physical challenge at the end of the show. For example, the time banked is used for two of the children to throw hoops over a pole, and whichever team has the most hoops wins.

The format was revived by HTV Wales in 1998 under the name Playing For Time. It was broadcast in the old 5:10pm slot on Tuesdays in between CITV and ITN's early evening news, it was usually repeated on Saturday teatime afternoons at 12:30pm after SMTV Live & CD:UK. It only lasted one series and the ITC said "the programmes lacked pace and the studio atmosphere would have benefited from the presence of a lively young audience".

Inventor

Margaret Elin Griffiths

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