Series 2 & 3 were actually merged into one with the first 71 episodes as Series 2 and the last 49 episodes as Series 3. [22] [23] Saudi Arabia – The Saudi Arabian version is called ABC Program/Competitions Letters, hosted by Ibrahim al-Qasim, Majid Cub, Ghanem Al Saleh, and Ghalib Full. The network for this version in particular aired on First Channel Saudi Arabia from 1987 until 1994. Then it was revived again three years later from 1997 until 1998. Twenty years later, a version hosted by Salman Al-Otaibi aired in 2017.

TVS: Wednesdays to Fridays at 5:15pm and Saturdays at 5:05pm. Mondays and Tuesdays were filled with Sons and Daughters. From Series 5 (September 1987) TVS switched to Mondays to Fridays at 5:15 pm and Saturdays at 5:05 pm. Both players now decide which Movie Cards to place face-down in the corresponding parking places on the Game Board. The categories (spaces) are: Even when there are those differences in movie knowledge, I felt like there were enough possibilities for people to step in, guess a movie correctly, and feel like they were still having a good time. Certainly playing with a higher player count means that individuals with limited knowledge won’t have as much pressure put on them. Having the ability to steal your opponents’ cards also helps make up for shortcomings on your movie rounds and helped move the game along. Players aren’t just waiting for the game to give them their eight needed cards on their turns. This also created a little bit of strategy. If I have the advantage during the movie round, and one of the genres that comes up is one that the other team needs, I’m likely not going to give that to them. I definitely don’t want to help their chances to steal from me.

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You can't beat classics like Mafia, and One Night Ultimate Werewolf proves there's still plenty of gas left in the tank. A social deduction game that's essentially wink murder on a grand scale, this version deserves a place on everyone's shelf - particularly if you want suggestions for Halloween board games.

Tyne Tees and Yorkshire: Around 70 episodes; Tuesdays to Thursdays at 6:30 pm from 11 July to 29 December 1995. In 1987 and 1988, readers of TVTimes voted the series the most popular quiz show on television. [6] Theme music [ edit ] Turkey – The Turkish version called Haydi Bastir ( Let's Print) aired on Show TV from 1992 to 1993, the host was Mim Kemal Öke. Additionally, its set (and intro) looks similar to the original Holness era. Having a knowledge of movies undoubtedly helps, especially in the head-to-head. You don’t however, need to be a movie buff to succeed. The majority of the movies are mainstream yet you may not know them all. You might have three films on the cards you know very well but have no idea how to describe any of them in just one word. This unknown is part of the tactics of the game. It's a straightforward idea that's easy to teach, too. After drawing a card with questions covering everything from the 'best' sauce to the most useful app on your phone, you've got to scribble down what you think most players will say. If you end up in the majority, you earn a cow token. Collect eight in total and you win. Basically, it's a dream so far as rules go; you can give the elevator pitch and be playing in under a minute. That makes this a winner with folks that don't usually play board games.

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Scottish: Tuesdays and Thursdays at 6:30 pm from 3 January to April 1990. From May 1990, it was moved to a daytime slot around 1:30 pm, with the number of episodes fluctuating from none to up to four from this point onwards. TSW: Most of Series 2 was not transmitted at all because the 5.15pm slot was taken up on all dates with Crossroads, The Young Doctors and Emmerdale Farm, which was later moved into early peak time in 1985 (as it was on Thames). 49 episodes of Series 2 did air in the mornings during the summer holidays (Mondays to Saturdays) from 1 July to 24 August 1985. Series 3 aired on Mondays, Fridays, and Saturdays at 5:15 pm. Series 4 and 5 aired on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays at 5:15 pm. I got to play this over the holidays with family and we had a really good time. I competed against my sister, who is very much like me when it comes to movies. Yes, we are those annoying people who quote the movies we’ve seen too many times while we watch them. Watching Willy Wonka is probably unbearable with me. The first time we played was with four people. I felt like that player count can work if the teams are somewhat balanced with movie knowledge. But it can get frustrating if your teammate keeps guessing actors instead of movie titles. Not that that happened to me a couple of times. We had a much more enjoyable time with six players and I felt like that evened things out a bit. So I’d recommend your minimum be six unless all four people willing to play are movie buffs. This timer will kill your ability to recall information. On 14 April 2007 at 20:40, Vernon Kay hosted a networked edition of Gameshow Marathon on ITV1 in which celebrity contestants revived the classic 1980s Holness version of the show. It also featured an edited version of the show's opening titles.

If your team are wizards at guessing and you glide through your three cards with time to spare then you are allowed to steal your opponent's cards, moving through them in the same way. When the time is up the other team has their turn. All cards guessed correctly remain face-up in front of the team.Sky One: Mondays to Fridays at 7:00pm from 18 April to 30 September 1994 before moving to 6:30pm from 28 November 1994 [43] to 17 February 1995. The game board is designed in such a way that a tied game was not a possible finishing result. Even if all 20 hexagons were filled (which did occur at least twice, once in the very first series, and once in the first Sky version) there would always be a winner.

All regions expect TSW broadcast the show from 2 September 1988 to 10 February 1989. Mondays to Fridays at 5:15 pm and Saturdays at 5:05 pm. However, Anglia and Scottish aired some episodes on Sundays instead of Saturdays. Indonesia – The Indonesian version called Aksara Bermakna ( Meaningful Letters) aired on two networks, first on TVRI from 1989 to 1996 with Kepra as host, then on antv for a brief period from 1997 to 1999, this time with Anton Gemilar as host. It was created by Ani Sumadi. Thames/ LWT: Wednesdays to Fridays at 5:15pm and Saturdays at 5:05pm. It was then changed from September 1985 on Mondays to Wednesdays and Fridays to Saturdays at 5:15 pm. The show was delayed by all ITV regions until January 1990 as no slots were available to air the show. This was because Home and Away took over the 5:10 pm slot and Emmerdale was now being aired at 6:30 pm, before it was moved to 7:00 pm in January 1990. Anglia, Central and TSW were airing repeats from September to December 1989.

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France – The French version was called Parcours d'enfer ( Course of Hell) aired on TF1 and hosted by Pierre Bellemare.