The Country Game
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| - | Initially, countryside chat formatted as a panel game. The second series dropped the quiz | + | Initially, countryside chat formatted as a panel game. The second series dropped the quiz aspect and by the third, it had turned into something we would recognise today as a forerunner of ''Countryfile''. With the "game" element now firmly consigned to history, the new format continued into the 1980s under the revised title of ''In the Country''. |
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Revision as of 23:07, 27 March 2022
Host
Julian Pettifer (1976-7)
Angela Rippon (non-quiz format, 1978-9)
Broadcast
BBC2, 21 April 1976 to 26 January 1979 (29 episodes in 3 series + 1 special)
Synopsis
Initially, countryside chat formatted as a panel game. The second series dropped the quiz aspect and by the third, it had turned into something we would recognise today as a forerunner of Countryfile. With the "game" element now firmly consigned to history, the new format continued into the 1980s under the revised title of In the Country.
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