The Generation Game

Overview

The Generation Game was a British game show produced by the BBC in which four teams of two competed to win prizes. The programme was first broadcast in 1971 under the title Bruce Forsyth and the Generation Game and ran until 1982, and again from 1990 until 2002. The show was based on the Dutch TV show Een van de acht, "One of the Eight", the format devised in 1969 by Theo Uittenbogaard for VARA Television. Mrs. Mies Bouwman - a popular Dutch talk show host and presenter of the show - came up with the idea of the conveyor belt. She had seen it on a German programme and wanted to incorporate it into the show. Another antecedent for the gameshow was 'Sunday Night at the London Palladium' on ATV, which had a game called Beat the Clock, taken from an American gameshow. It featured married couples playing silly games within a certain time to win prize money. This was hosted by Bruce Forsyth from 1958, and he took the idea with him when he went over to the BBC.

Seasons

Specials

19782 episodes

Season 1

197116 episodes

Season 2

197217 episodes

Season 3

197323 episodes

Season 4

197422 episodes

Season 5

197516 episodes

Season 6

197619 episodes

Season 7

197718 episodes

Season 8

197816 episodes

Season 9

197919 episodes

Season 10

198019 episodes

Season 11

198118 episodes

Season 12

199015 episodes

Season 13

199117 episodes

Season 14

199216 episodes

Season 15

199316 episodes

Season 16

199416 episodes

Season 17

199517 episodes

Season 18

199617 episodes

Season 19

199722 episodes

Season 20

199822 episodes

Season 21

199921 episodes

Season 22

200021 episodes

Season 23

200119 episodes