Ray Cokes was an absolute riot on MTV most wanted in the early 90's. My whole family watched EVERY WEEK. Ray was an amazing presenter, so anarchic.

@sdmcustoms

Жыл бұрын

Most wanted was great .... naughty Nina was so hot

@liamf7838

Жыл бұрын

remember brett anderson from suede on that dont know if that still on here

@sdmcustoms

Жыл бұрын

I remember early appearance's of Oasis and blur ,the blur drummers "brush" drumstick exploded mid song

@sdmcustoms

Жыл бұрын

I'm pretty sure Chris Evans stole ray cokes career.... although ray was great and Chris ... Wasn't

@robmortimer4150

Жыл бұрын

I used to love watching his MTV shows

I remember a contestant on You Bet! had the challenge of identifying the make and model of cars by listening to the sound of the doors being closed while blindfolded. Now that's prime time entertainment

@johnpotts8308

Жыл бұрын

There was also one where a kid identified cars by the configuration of their rear lights (can't remember if he won or not, but he certainly identified most of them)

@gamblor7151

Жыл бұрын

@@johnpotts8308 An impressive one was the guy who could identify hundreds of classical songs from the sound waves hitting a lit candle

@InAMinMaths

Жыл бұрын

I actually remember that. 😂

@ListerDavid

Жыл бұрын

Oh wow I remember that one

@benthwaites381

Жыл бұрын

@@gamblor7151 I also remember that also! I used to be a massive fan of u bet

Going for Gold was one i forgot about but came into my head while watching this. It was hosted by Henry Kelly. Not sure if it was well remembered or not lol.

@anophelesnow3957

Жыл бұрын

Theme tune by Hans Zimmer, no less!

@TiggiTheWillful

Жыл бұрын

Oh as a kid, I utterly despised that show. Henry Kelly gave me the creeps. I’d rather have watched the budget! Lol quiz equivalent of double maths on a Friday afternoon at school!

The other day for some reason, the gameshow Crosswits popped into my head. Anyone else remember that one with Tom O'Connor? Probably will do lol

@liamf7838

Жыл бұрын

yes weekday mornings about crosswords :)

@TBMartin

Жыл бұрын

That's the one, hated it as a kid lol Can't remember why but it's probably because I was no good at guessing the answers or just didn't understand the game at the time. R.I.P Mr O'Connor

@ChrisHopkinsBass

Жыл бұрын

Didn’t Barry Cryer present it as well?

@jimmythebantam

Жыл бұрын

@@ChrisHopkinsBassHe certainly did yes

@stingersplash

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely I loved that show.

I vaguely remember one called chain letters with some camp scouse bloke, no idea his name, I think lucky ladders with lenny Bennett ran into the 90s as did runway with Richard Madeley. Don't remember much of the content of lucky ladders, I do remember it being on though and watching it. but runway ido remember well. One of my favourites was win lose or draw.

@CoffeeConnected

Жыл бұрын

Tom O'Connor. A very popular celebrity in the 70s and 80s. He died last year.

One not on here that I'm sure won't be remembered by most is Keynotes. Was from 1989 to 1992, hosted by Alistair Divall. Me & my mum used to take it in turns to guess the hidden song. Was the highlight of our day, until it finished & then luckily we found Bamboozle on Teletext to fill the gap.

Can you imagine The Moment of Truth in 2023? 'Kenny and Sally, the mother and father, want to be able to pay their electric and gas bill and feed their family without getting into debt'.

You Bet is based on The German TV show ‘Wettern Dass..? Which ran from 1981 to 2013. It was broadcast several times a year and made a comeback as an a pre Christmas version in 2021 and 2022 presented by favourite presenter Thomas Gottschalk who is like the German Bruce Forsyth. A show runs from 8.15 and often finished well past midnight.

Interceptor was probably the best show ever made in the whole history of humanity, in my tinted spectacles at least. Especially so since I don't remember a single episode. Now I see it again it still looks as ambitious as ever, but ten times as insane.

"game show hosts that prance around for no reason". You sound like my dad back then. And me now

Interceptor was the only one I was even aware of

I loved You Bet as a kid. Always played along with my mum.

Micky Hutton! He used to present a show on CBBC which was called Hangar 17 which I haven't a clue about. I remember Wanted and loved it. Ray Cokes seeing him on MTV at the time was weird, as he always seemed like a Bobby Davro impersonator in his late 40s!

@stingersplash

Жыл бұрын

Yeah Hangar 17 was pretty dull. But I suppose it was geared towards older kids and I was young when it aired so I wasn't so fussed on it.

I remember watching old episodes of You Bet on the Challenge TV channel. I thought it was really good.

Some suggestions for another video. Raise The Roof: Bob Holness gives away a house Full Swing: Big Break with golf but nowhere near as good. Talking Telephone Numbers: I think it was presented by Philip Schofield (everything else was back then) Pets Win Prizes: does what it says on the tin

Loving your videos!! Especially the 90s and 00s as that’s when I was growing up! I used to live YOU BET! Keep up the good work!

"You Bet" is remembered quite fondly. The best things about The Interceptor besides Annabel Croft were Chopin's Revolutionary Étude and Sean's hammy acting. The concept wore a bit thin quite quickly though.

@CaitiffPrimogen

Жыл бұрын

Interceptor was just Treasure Hunt with a pantomime villain. It was cheesy nonsense, but I remember enjoying the campy shenanigans of The Interceptor and his pilot Mikey, more than the contestants :D

@philipwatson8110

Жыл бұрын

I think Leslie Crowther hosted it originally

I have just subscribed to your channel. Great channel. I absolutely loved You Bet! as a child it was one of my television programs alongside Gladiators and both on ITV Saturday prime time as well.

@TFOOS

Жыл бұрын

Thank for subscribing, plenty more videos to come

Went to a recording of Simon Mayo's Confessions with some workmates. Ted Robbins was the warm up man, very funny. Peter Baldwin (Derek Wilton, Corrie) was the celebrity confessor.

@ZER0--

Жыл бұрын

Simon Mayo used to creep me out out. Still does.

Some id really forgotten about. Thanks for sharing with us. Tracey

I remember Cilla's Moment of Truth, Interceptor, You Bet and Fast Friends. Cilla was uncomfortable with the fact that a failure on the show meant that nobody in the families competing won anything and that included the kids. Interceptor, I always felt was an attempt to re-create the heady days of Treasure Hunt with Anneka Rice and Kenneth Kendall. You Bet started with Brucie, who left it to go back to the BBC and revive the Gen Game. He handed over to Matthew Kelly, who left to take over Stars In Their Eyes when Leslie Crowther did a loop-the-loop in his Rolls on the M4 and who in turn handed over You Bet to Darren Day, thereby continuing its downward trajectory. Fast Friends? I only watched it because of Les. He was chosen as host at the 11th hour. He was super-imposed onto the opening titles and it was so badly thought out it was an all-round embarrassment for all concerned. We may laugh at Challenge TV's output but we must remembet, that was the best of the gameshows.

You Bet was based on the German 'Wetten, Dass..?' which started in 1981 and is still going today. Though it suffered a setback in 2010 when a guy tried to somersault over a car (live, in the studio) and was permanently paralysed from the neck down.

@caeserromero3013

Жыл бұрын

Whereupon it was retitled : Oh Sh1t 😂

@caeserromero3013

Жыл бұрын

@@andymerrett 🤣

The Scottish actor who plays the interceptor was in a few episodes of Cagney and Lacey before he did this. He was only a extra, playing a uniformed new York cop. I remember a day time game show presented by a sky news sports reporter called turnabout on BBC one, and another one with Bob carolgees where you had to match pictures with each other from memory. But I can't think what it's name is. Also wipeout with Bob monkhouse and I think Paul daniels presented it at one point also.

@TFOOS

Жыл бұрын

"Concentration" was the Carolgees one : kzread.info/dash/bejne/ZJ6KpqiblJqqptI.html I love that The Interceptor was in Cagney And Lacey lol

Bring back You Bet, it was an awesome show and did a lot of good for charity

These have got that weekday afternoon either before, after or in competition with Countdown on Channel 4, feel to them. Watched by no-one other than old aged pensioners, the unemployed and bored housewives. The contestants of which were equally old age pensioned, unemployed and quite possibly bored housewives. The hosts of a lot of these shows were complete unknowns who'd managed to get their fizoggs on the box after working in local radio for years prior, who despite being nice enough, didn't quite cut it when it came to television. There were exceptions, of course, when they'd get a well-known celebrity to host, and the show was generally on during a prime-time slot. Pretty much the same thing, though. Interceptor was basically, 'Treasure Hunt', with a different presenter/participant on behalf of the contestant, taking part. I'm surprised you didn't mention the one everyone remembers as being the pinnacle of these types of show, namely, 'Going For Gold.' A series of series that seemed to drag on for years, after it's initial run as a contest for someone to go to the Seoul Olympics in 1988, with progressive years into the 90's having ever more tentative links to something to do with gold. I think they give up with that toward the end. Henry Kelly was the host and it included contestants from all over Europe, but seemed to be majority British and Irish. I'll admit that was actually one show I did watch, (for a while, anyway), and sported one of the worst, lyrically at least, theme tunes there is. The scansion was terrible.

I'd completely forgot about Steal but I feel like I had a fever dream as soon as I saw the cat and it came flooding back to me

Whittle (C5), Tibs & Fibs (C5), Carnal Knowledge (ITV), Tarby's Full Swing (BBC1), Cyber Zone (BBC2), Knightmare (CITV), Naked Elvis (C4).

@stingersplash

Жыл бұрын

Knightmare is a cult classic, I do remember Whittle because Tim Vine presented it in early Channel 5 days. I think it was the first game show on the channel.

@mgthestrange9098

Жыл бұрын

Was that the one with the smiley face masks? I just commented about that as couldn’t remember what it was called!

@chriswilkinson7636

Жыл бұрын

Knightmare was a great show.

Interceptor was great, was so dissapointed it only had 1 series.

@andyaccount

Жыл бұрын

Interceptor looks a bit like Treasure Hunt in reverse, i.e the host guides the contestants around the British countryside rather than the contestants guiding Anneka Rice or Annabel Croft, who I'd forgotten took over from Anneka

Annabelle Croft is always on punditry duty with the Wimbledon on the BBC. So that's 2 weeks of the year. 🤣

Catchword with Paul Coia was one I was very fond of. Was working a spilt shift, morning and evening, so watched a lot of afternoon telly

Confessions was cool. Always thought Moment of Truth was really cruel.

confessions looked good

'Wanted' was great and would work even better with today's technology. Actually quite similar to C4's current 'Hunted' series. The big problem with it was the first series was presented by Richard Littlejohn, and also featured irrelevant chats about evading capture from some former senior police guy and the KGB defector Oleg Gordievsky.

@97channel

Жыл бұрын

I actually preferred series one than series two. The first series was more edgy, the tone was as if it were a serious manhunt. I'm not a fan of Richard Littlejohn, but I liked his style on Wanted. It also went out in prime time, I think 8.30pm in the winter. So the live links were in dark streets, gave it an exciting edge. But series two went out on a Sunday teatime during either the spring or summer, and the daylight ruined the vibe. The tone went more knockabout silly, and I didn't like that. I found Ray Coakes irritating, because he um'd and er'd too much. He never seemed to quite know what he was supposed to be saying. And they added some silly new rules, where the contestants could earn bonus cash by doing something daft. They dropped that after a few episodes. Also, because of the earlier timeslot the runners during the live links would be swarmed by kids from the area mucking about and showing off to the camera. That was annoying. The runners were all billed as being professional trackers, but I noticed that one of them was actually a TV producer who worked on The Big Breakfast.

@marcwhit1

Жыл бұрын

I did prefer the edgier first season. Didn’t help the disparity between the on the run game, and the phone box game got exposed. You had people getting high scores during the week losing their first try if the studio game, while people who made a complete shambles of it during the week surviving the phone box game for several weeks.

@97channel

Жыл бұрын

@@marcwhit1 You just jogged my mind on a minor scandal involving the phone box game. I'm having to rely purely on memory from something which I read over 25 years ago, so forgive me if I'm not entirely accurate. But as best I remember it, the show went live on air and two of the teams got caught very early on. The one remaining active team were also about to be found by tracker Victoria, who had been tipped off over their location earlier in the day, and was merely yards from the phone box. The producers panicked, as finding them would kill the game with some 40 minutes remaining. So they had Victoria pretend that she couldn't find them. It got exposed, I think, by someone who had been listening to either CB radio broadcasts in the area, or maybe a satellite feed. Something like that. It was a big article in one of the newspapers.

Steal, You Bet and Interceptor were brilliant! Can’t remember the rest 😂

You're right I don't remember most of these. You Bet though surely everyone remembers that one? I also remember Cilla's Moment of truth, more notably for its theme tune though as it shares the same chords as La Primavera by Sash! Honestly search that track then listen to the opening of moment of truth and tell me its not the same tune lol.

Confessions was actually a good show, and I listened to the afternoon confessions on bbc radio 2 every afternoon for many years until 2020 I think when mayo left bbc radio.

You guy with theatre sitcoms you make me realise I was very sad as I keep rembering what you say I should of forgot Sqad sad me!

I definitely remember Moment Of Truth and You Bet. I am aware of interceptor but don't have much moemory of it from the time. Basically they contracted Annabel to cover Anneka Rice's absence from Treasure Hunt for a while, then shortly afterwars when Anneka confirmed she wasn't coming back they immediately axed Treasure Hunt (because Annabel wasn't deemed to have suceeded in the role). But then they need to find another job for Annabel whilst she was under contract, and they came up with Interceptor.

I remember Les Dawson Fast Friends as a kid!..he did a gag about a contestant being taller than him...his line was...thanks for coming on horseback😆 or something like that? Good times

"You Bet" was an interesting one. TRUE story, I was living in Southern Germany, They'd licensed the format of this show. But being Germany, their "tea time" standards when it came to public nudity were not as strict as the UK. One episode I remember a LOT - and Im NOT MAKING THIS UP, and I'd LOVE to see it if ANYONE has a copy anywhere (and obviously you'd have to censor 200 nipples, so this would be a big job). This oldish german guy in his late 60s/early 70s comes on, and Bets that he can tell (blindfolded) the breast size of (young*) topless women just by touch alone. He had 100 women in front of him, he got something like 2 or 3 right (i cant remember the exact number, it was terrible, but surely law of averages would've got him better by just guessing random numbers). At the end, the host said "ah well, did you at least have fun?", and the old guy says "yeah - I never thought I could actually DO it, but it was the best night of my life" I am NOT lying.. THIS ACTUALLY happened on Saturday early evening German TV. YOU BET! * I remember this bit, he had a conversation with the host, they HAD to be under the age of 30.

Few more; Incognito with Peter Smith from The Big Breakfast, 4 Square with John Sachs from Gladiators, Takeover Bid with Brucie, Gods Gift, also have to say Noel’s Telly Addicts which was the crap revamped version of Telly Addicts. Annabel Croft does tennis commentary these days. Fun fact, Mikey the interceptor’s pilot was the pilot of the communications helicopter in Treasure Hunt.

@bryemycaz

Жыл бұрын

Another fact is that the helicopter used to ferry the Interceptor contestants was the main Treasure Hunt one with its doors back on. Sadly it ended up in the drink in 1995 when the motor failed. Thankfully everyone got out safely.

@gbhxu

Жыл бұрын

@@bryemycaz Bet you can't guess what the second helicopter registration was?

I actually remember the moment of truth and watched it all the time😂

Anabelle Croft yes please. How about old Friday Saturday night shows like the world or don't forget your toothbrush . Loads more I just forgot them lol

Anabel Croft cheered me up 😘

Runway. Keynotes. Turnabout. Today's The Day. Backdate. Pot Of Gold. Bob's Your Uncle. Man O Man. Takeover Bid. Tibs N Fibs. Cyberzone. Bring Me The Head Of Light Entertainment. Remote Control. Full Swing. In The Dark. Trivial Pursuit. Cluedo. Run The Gauntlet. Scavengers. Small Talk. Noel's Telly Years. Lucky Numbers. Talkabout. Caught In The Act. Carnal Knowledge. Something For The Weekend. Raise The Roof. All Clued Up. Lucky Ladders. Win, Lose Or Draw. Lose A Million. That's Showbusiness.

Waistcoats as far as the eye can see.

0:15 yes, "snake charmer".

5:48 - that vicar was on loads of game shows back in the day

Fast Friends, AKA the poor mans Blankety Blank If anyone understood the format of that show, then they must be more intelligent than me.

I think Moment of Truth was 1998 to 2001, I think they changed the rules by the second series so that the kids still got a prize because so many where upset when dad failed to balance a table tennis ball on his head for a minute. Loved 'You Bet' though.

@joyjoJ4ever

Жыл бұрын

it was

I remember most of these. I loved Steal 😁

And then it all changed when the singing talent show and celebrity dancing competition came along

You Bet was Prime Time TV back in day

Ah, the lovely Sue Robbie on Connections. I had a massive crush on her.

If I may add one for if you do a video on 2010s game shows like this, Mission 2110. It's a kids show but I think anyone can enjoy it, because of (among other things), the plot of the show and its backstory

My only takeaway from this video: 'bespectabled' isn't a word.

8:30 I remember this. they made it more difficult in later series because they runners had to exit the phone box and do a 360 spin around showing their location. Obviously there is a new format now and it's a brilliant watch!

Interceptor was so good, Shame only one series the cost of making it and all the helecopters was too expensive. You bet ! im on a episode of mathew kellys one when they go to Carters steam fair Worpelsdon.

Im so glad that I dont have a television and just watch DVDs

I have no memory of Fast Friends, but what a convoluted concept!

There so many familiar faces of the not so famous contestants. I think Sue Robbie was gorgeous the host of connections

Confessions ❤

What was the one where they'd give you 3 letters and you'd have to make a bigger word out of them? Every week you could guarantee someone would say "flockynockynihilipilification" even if it didn't fit. Think the computer was called Brian.

@Keshihead

Жыл бұрын

That was Catchword, hosted by Paul Coia. I think you can find a couple of episodes on here.

@bonesf200

Жыл бұрын

@@Keshihead Cheers! That's the one.

You Bet is the only one I used to watch as a kid. Confessions i have a vague memory of but don’t remember much about it. I’m a bit too young to remember Interceptor. Any tennis fans will tell you that Annabel Croft is now a regular pundit/commentator on tennis coverage, particularly on Amazon Prime when they do the US Open. I think she does a bit for the BBC as well but that’s mostly radio.

Mullets aplenty. And that's on the female presenters as well as the male ones!

X Y Z. A daytime show presented by George Marshall. I'd be amazed if anyone remembered that...

I show I remember watching on Challenge TV back in 2004/05 called Ice Warriors, which was basically Gladiators on Ice. It originally broadcast on ITV in early 1998. While it doesn’t get a good rep (during a time when Gladiators was still on) I’d rather watch that than trash like Dancing on Ice.

Think Tank looks like somebody described Going For Gold down the phone in a foreign language, which then went through a process of bad translation.

If anyone doesn't remember You Bet I'd be surprise. That was must see Saturday evening telly. I do remember The Moment Of Truth (98-01 by the way not 88) because I felt it was a poor mans version of YB. Interceptor I recall losing interest in despite the wonderful Ms Croft. I preferred her treasure hunt days. Fast Friends I only recall because of Les but not much about the show. Confessions and Connections are a blank. Steal I remember the computer graphics from for some reason. Think Tank I do remember. The presenter did Hangar 17 iirc. Jumble rings the vaguest of bells. Wanted I think I saw one episode of.

And people are surprised at my not liking the telly.

Anyone remember Bruce's rap on You Bet? It was dreadful.

@stingersplash

Жыл бұрын

I can't remember it all but he said don't fret at one point in it. But it's Brucie so I can't say I hated it.

@FatNorthernBigot

Жыл бұрын

@@stingersplash he'd probably be cancelled now, for cultural appropriation.😅

@StuartVallantine

Жыл бұрын

'Takeover Bid' (BBC One, 1990) also had a dreadful rap, during the opening and closing titles of the quiz show.

@stephendagg9153

Жыл бұрын

Do you wanna bet on it? YOU BET! Well you'd better get on it. YOU BET! Well don't fret, get set, are you ready? YOU BET!

@FatNorthernBigot

Жыл бұрын

@@stephendagg9153 That brings back some very unpleasant memories. Thank you 😂😂

ok you got me there,didnt remember most ,apart from you bet, ya git lol ,nice 1 m8

11:05 you bet I remember that. it got me massively involved in mnemonics.

I remember a few of them, I was thinking of a show while this was on, what was the name of that game show with Craig Charles and the VR headsets, his catchphrase on the show was Awooga, I think it was that show he said that?

You Bet was brilliant.

Does anyone remember a Sunday early evening game show in either the very late 80s or early 90s on itv with a really oily smarmy host? I'm pretty sure it only ran for one season. Been scouring the TV guides trying to find out what it was called.

Connections Sue Robbie had a teenage crush on her lol.

Win, lose or draw and Lucky Ladders.

My favourite was (you bet) Who was the female star in your clip i cant remember her name 🤔 ( I remember Annabel Giles ) lol

@zanussidish5685

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for that. Was trying to remember her name but kept thinking Annabel Croft.

All Clued Up was great with David Diddy Hamilton. Straddled the 80s and 90s

08:36 female version of Tim Nice But Dim also from the 90's

The Moment of Truth was originally Japanese. And with that one if the parents buggered up the kids won sod all.

I love you Annabel. 😁

I remember Momment of truth this was cilla last show

Turnabout. Remember that?

I used to love You Bet.

Thats 16 mins I wont get back

10:10 I absolutely remember this!

erm. Good answer! (that's Every Second Counts to you)

I’ve been racking my brains trying to remember the name of one from Channel 5’s launch year. It was a teatime show that had a unique gimmick, when someone got put out, they’d have to put on a cardboard yellow smiley face mask. Someone tell me it was real!

@alexjohnston8889

Жыл бұрын

Was it whittle with Tim vine?

@oninineone

Жыл бұрын

@@alexjohnston8889 Yup. Basically a reskin of Chris Tarrant's Everybody's Equal from the late 80s.

@alexjohnston8889

Жыл бұрын

@@oninineone didn't know that, haven't heard of that one, remember whittle thought with Tim's awful jokes and a £500 jackpot I think, 500 pound, I think millionaire were on by then.

@oninineone

Жыл бұрын

​@@alexjohnston8889 Whittle was a bit earlier, it was one of the first programmes on Channel 5 in '97, and they were hilariously cheap at the start. Move on Up was one from round then, and the winners of that got a notebook. Not a digital one, like an organiser or anything, literally just a notebook.

@mgthestrange9098

Жыл бұрын

@@alexjohnston8889 I think it might’ve been, it was such an odd concept, I remember thinking it was the opposite of a show on U.K. Play called Either/Or with Simon Munnery where your prize was your anonymity. Knowing Whittle was presented by Tim Vine makes it funnier rather than odd.

Talkabout with Andrew O'Connor

You have some brilliant videos. I don't remember many of those games but they all sounded naff and looked very boring.

Dorset! Bournemouth is in Dorset.

Who is the celeb speaking Greek on the You Bet clip?

'Sailing' didn't get to No.1. it was kept off the top spot by The Sex Pistols. Wrong answer.

Did Micky Hutton present the 8:15 from Manchester.?

@TFOOS

Жыл бұрын

Yep

@user-John666

Жыл бұрын

Forgot about him, he was the go-to Geordie in those days.

I'm happy to say I don't know any of these ,game shows or "reality tv" stuff or anything with "members of the public" I just can't watch ,it makes me cringe 🤷‍♂️

Used to love Steal (anything even slightly video game related was great at that age). Wasn't the host Roy Walker's son?

@TFOOS

Жыл бұрын

Not sure but I don't think so

@gibbie80s61

Жыл бұрын

@TFOOS I just checked. It was hosted by Mark Walker. Bit of nepotism perhaps.

@TFOOS

Жыл бұрын

It's not what you know......

I was ON "Think Tank". It was crap.

Fast Friends looked absolute cack but Les Dawson was great