The Lyrics Game

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== Host ==
== Host ==
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[[Mike Doyle]]
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Mike Doyle
==Co-hosts==
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Team captains: Jim Sheridan (all shows), Mal Pope and Andy Morgan (rotation)
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Team captains: Jim Sheridan (all shows), [[Mal Pope]] and Andy Morgan (rotation)
== Broadcast ==
== Broadcast ==
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Presentable Productions for BBC 1 Wales, 8 August to 5 September 2003
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Presentable for BBC One Wales, 8 August to 5 September 2003
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== Synopsis ==
== Synopsis ==
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Musical panel game.
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Musical panel game involving a straight rip-off of an RTE format, though probably a pointless waste of time given the host and teams spent three quarters of the show singing! BBC Wales left it to run its course before the axe fell.
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== Trivia ==
== Trivia ==
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Mike Doyle (singer/comedian/actor) was the 1988 winner of [[Bob Says...Opportunity Knocks]].
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Mike Doyle (singer/comedian/actor) was the 1988 overall winner of [[Opportunity Knocks|Bob Says...Opportunity Knocks]]''.
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During the original broadcasts on BBC1 Wales, the episodes lasted 40 minutes. By the time the series was repeated on digital channel BBC 2W, they had been drastically re-edited down to 30 minutes because of scheduling.
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Current revision as of 06:30, 26 July 2020

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Contents

Host

Mike Doyle

Co-hosts

Team captains: Jim Sheridan (all shows), Mal Pope and Andy Morgan (rotation)

Broadcast

Presentable for BBC One Wales, 8 August to 5 September 2003

Synopsis

Musical panel game involving a straight rip-off of an RTE format, though probably a pointless waste of time given the host and teams spent three quarters of the show singing! BBC Wales left it to run its course before the axe fell.

To be completed

Inventor

Andy Ruane and Philip Kampff. The original Irish version, The Lyrics Board, has been running on RTE since the late 1980s.

Trivia

Mike Doyle (singer/comedian/actor) was the 1988 overall winner of Bob Says...Opportunity Knocks.

During the original broadcasts on BBC1 Wales, the episodes lasted 40 minutes. By the time the series was repeated on digital channel BBC 2W, they had been drastically re-edited down to 30 minutes because of scheduling.

Web links

BBC Wales programme page

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