The Generation Game - Season 18 Episode 8 : Series 18, Show 8
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.
First Air Date : Oct 02, 1971
Last Air Date : Apr 13, 2002
Runtime : 60 min.
Stars : Jim Davidson
Quality : 
- Eps. 1 : Series 18, Show 11996-08-31
- Eps. 2 : Series 18, Show 21996-09-07
- Eps. 3 : Series 18, Show 31996-09-14
- Eps. 4 : Series 18, Show 41996-09-21
- Eps. 5 : Series 18, Show 51996-09-28
- Eps. 6 : Series 18, Show 61996-10-05
- Eps. 7 : Series 18, Show 71996-10-12
- Eps. 8 : Series 18, Show 81996-10-19
- Eps. 9 : Series 18, Show 91996-10-26
- Eps. 10 : Series 18, Show 101996-11-02
- Eps. 11 : Series 18, Show 111996-11-16
- Eps. 12 : Series 18, Show 121996-11-23
- Eps. 13 : Series 18, Show 131996-11-30
- Eps. 14 : Series 18, Show 141996-12-07
- Eps. 15 : Series 18, Show 151996-12-14
- Eps. 16 : Christmas Special1996-12-21
