Try for Ten

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== Host ==
== Host ==
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[[Alan Taylor]] - HTV
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[[Alan Taylor]] - TWW
[[David Hamilton]] - Anglia
[[David Hamilton]] - Anglia
[[Derek Batey]] - Border
[[Derek Batey]] - Border
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[[Jack McLaughlin]] - Grampian
==Co-hosts==
==Co-hosts==
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Hostess: Carol Dilworth (Hamilton era)
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Hostesses (''incomplete''): Carol Dilworth (Anglia, 1968), Patricia Turnbull (Border,1968-?), Roz Early (Anglia, 1969)
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Announcer (Anglia version): Dick Graham
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Organist (Anglia version): Peter Fenn
== Broadcast ==
== Broadcast ==
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''Taro Deg'': TWW and Teledu Cymru, January 1962 to c. October 1963  
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''Taro Deg'': TWW, 13 June 1962 to c. October 1963  
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''Try for Ten'': TWW and Teledu Cymru, October 1962 to c. September 1963  
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''Try for Ten'': TWW, 17 September 1962 to c. September 1963  
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Grampian, 1967-9
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Grampian, 1968-9
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Anglia, 1968?
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Anglia, 1967-9
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Border, 1972-84 (networked from 1974)
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Border, 1968-9, 1972-84 (networked from 1974)
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== Synopsis ==
== Synopsis ==
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General knowledge quiz.
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Contestants try to give ten consecutive correct True or False answers to a series of statements. A contestant is eliminated if they give three wrong answers in a row, or a total of ten wrong answers.
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If the game ends early, they win £1 per answer for their best run of correct responses. If they reach their target of ten, they win a rolling jackpot that increases by £25 per failure.
== Inventor ==
== Inventor ==
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Based on a Welsh format called ''Taro Deg''.
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Based on a Welsh format called ''Taro Deg'' by [[Roy Ward Dickson]].
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== Trivia ==
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A children's version was also made in the Grampian region.
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The Anglia version was a touring outside broadcast series recorded at town venues. The last episode - one of the few surviving archived examples of ''Try for Ten'' by any means - was recorded in Bury St Edmunds.
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A children's version was also made in the Grampian region
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[[Category:General Knowledge Quiz]]
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[[Category:Unclassified]]
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[[Category:Childrens]]
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[[Category:Long-Running]]
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[[Category:TWW Productions]]
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[[Category:Anglia Productions]]
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[[Category:Border Productions]]
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[[Category:Grampian Productions]]

Current revision as of 07:58, 9 February 2021

Contents

Host

Alan Taylor - TWW

David Hamilton - Anglia

Derek Batey - Border

Jack McLaughlin - Grampian

Co-hosts

Hostesses (incomplete): Carol Dilworth (Anglia, 1968), Patricia Turnbull (Border,1968-?), Roz Early (Anglia, 1969)

Announcer (Anglia version): Dick Graham

Organist (Anglia version): Peter Fenn

Broadcast

Taro Deg: TWW, 13 June 1962 to c. October 1963

Try for Ten: TWW, 17 September 1962 to c. September 1963

Grampian, 1968-9

Anglia, 1967-9

Border, 1968-9, 1972-84 (networked from 1974)

Synopsis

Contestants try to give ten consecutive correct True or False answers to a series of statements. A contestant is eliminated if they give three wrong answers in a row, or a total of ten wrong answers.

If the game ends early, they win £1 per answer for their best run of correct responses. If they reach their target of ten, they win a rolling jackpot that increases by £25 per failure.

Inventor

Based on a Welsh format called Taro Deg by Roy Ward Dickson.

Trivia

A children's version was also made in the Grampian region.

The Anglia version was a touring outside broadcast series recorded at town venues. The last episode - one of the few surviving archived examples of Try for Ten by any means - was recorded in Bury St Edmunds.

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