The Alphabet Game
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Amiable, if unoriginal, celebrity word game which filled the BBC1 lunchtime pre-news slot. Alphabets being something of an international requirement, it has subsequently sold to bucketloads of countries - most notably in Spain where ''Pasapalabra'' runs as a big money game show. Why Andrew O'Connor hasn't bought Trinidad and Tobago from the proceeds, we don't know. | Amiable, if unoriginal, celebrity word game which filled the BBC1 lunchtime pre-news slot. Alphabets being something of an international requirement, it has subsequently sold to bucketloads of countries - most notably in Spain where ''Pasapalabra'' runs as a big money game show. Why Andrew O'Connor hasn't bought Trinidad and Tobago from the proceeds, we don't know. | ||
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| + | Created by Rebecca Thornhill, Mark Maxwell-Smith and [[Andrew O'Connor]]. | ||
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A version of "A, You're Adorable" | A version of "A, You're Adorable" | ||
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<div class="image"><IMG src="/atoz/programmes/a/alphabet_game/alphabet game 3.jpg" alt="alphabet game 3.jpg" width="225" height="183">''Rick Wakeman buzzes in to claim he can think of something to do at night beginning with "A".''</div> | <div class="image"><IMG src="/atoz/programmes/a/alphabet_game/alphabet game 3.jpg" alt="alphabet game 3.jpg" width="225" height="183">''Rick Wakeman buzzes in to claim he can think of something to do at night beginning with "A".''</div> | ||
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| + | <div class="video"><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/v2WW0PFsWzg?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/v2WW0PFsWzg?fs=1&hl=en_GB" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><br/>''Part 1 of a 1997 episode.''</div> | ||
[[Category:Panel Game|Alphabet Game, The]] | [[Category:Panel Game|Alphabet Game, The]] | ||
Revision as of 22:40, 11 July 2012
Contents |
Host
Broadcast
Objective for BBC 1, 5 August 1996 to 27 March 1997 (73 episodes in 2 series)
Synopsis
Amiable, if unoriginal, celebrity word game which filled the BBC1 lunchtime pre-news slot. Alphabets being something of an international requirement, it has subsequently sold to bucketloads of countries - most notably in Spain where Pasapalabra runs as a big money game show. Why Andrew O'Connor hasn't bought Trinidad and Tobago from the proceeds, we don't know.
Inventor
Created by Rebecca Thornhill, Mark Maxwell-Smith and Andrew O'Connor.
Theme music
A version of "A, You're Adorable"
Pictures
A bevvy of guests. Top row: Allan Stewart, Sian Lloyd, Andrew O'Connor, Heather Couper. Bottom row: Michaela Strachan, Bill Tidy, Steve Punt, Sarah Vandenburgh.
Rick Wakeman buzzes in to claim he can think of something to do at night beginning with "A".Videos
Part 1 of a 1997 episode.
