The Generation Game (1971)
- TV comedy
- BBC One
- 1971 - 2002
- 23 series
Family comedy game show, hosted at different points by Bruce Forsyth, Larry Grayson and Jim Davidson. Also features Anthea Redfern, Isla St. Clair, Rosemarie Ford, Sally Meen, Melanie Stace and Lea Kristensen
Press clippings
Bring back 80s BBC gameshows? I'd rather forget them
Why is the BBC filling Saturday night summer schedules with TV that feels seedy and outdated - not nostalgic.
Julia Raeside, i Newspaper, 16th July 2024100 BBC TV gamechangers
The Sooty Show, Goodness Gracious Me and Hancock's Half Hour have been named amongst 23 comedy titles in a BFI list of the 100 most important television programmes from the BBC, as the broadcaster marks its 100th anniversary.
British Film Institute, 28th April 2022History of the BBC: Saturday Night
Memories of Saturday night viewing - particularly in the 1960s and 1970s - can evoke a keen sense of nostalgia amongst viewers of a certain age. The schedule tended to follow a pattern, one which was carefully constructed and had something for the whole family.
Dr Jamie Medhurst, BBC, 26th August 2021Forsyth ignored Davidson after Generation Game snub
Sir Bruce Forsyth refused to speak Jim Davidson "ever again" after he took over as host of The Generation Game in 1995.
Female First, 14th November 2017