Details

Release year: 1979

Storyline

A British TV show where every week a team of celebrities play charades.

Top credits

Cast

Lionel Blair — Self - Boys Team Captain, Self - Boys' Team Captain, Self - Boys’ Team Captain, Self - Boys' Captain, Self - Team Captain
Michael Parkinson — Self - Chairman
Liza Goddard — Self - Girls Team Captain, Self - Girls' Team Captain, Self - Panelist, Self - Panellist, Self, Self - Girls’ Team Captain, Self - Team Captain
Una Stubbs — Self - Girls' Team Captain, Self - Girls Team Captain, Self - Girls’ Team Captain, Self - Girls' Captain

Did you know

• The two team captains, Una Stubbs and Lionel Blair, died within three months of each other. Una Stubbs passed in August 2021 while Lionel Blair followed her in November 2021.

• For a while the show shared its signature tune (Alan Hawkshaw's 1975 track "Chicken Man") with the BBC school series Grange Hill (1978).

• The first two series featured two guest celebrities plus a member of the public on each team, but from series 3 on it was upped to three guest celebrities.