3-2-1 (1978)

Genre

variety show, game show, music television

Country

United Kingdom

Length

10 seasons, 158 episodes

Rating

10.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This British game show mixes quiz questions, comedy skits, and musical performances. The host guides contestants through puzzles and challenges for prizes. It was a popular family show on Saturday evenings.

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What happens

3–2–1 is a British game show that was made by Yorkshire Television for ITV. It ran for ten years, from 29 July 1978 to 24 December 1988, with Ted Rogers as the host. It was based on a Spanish game show called Un, dos, tres... responda otra vez and was a trio of three shows in one: a quiz, variety and a game show. The show was a huge success, consistently pulling in large ratings. The first series, though intended as a summer filler, attracted up to 16.5 million viewers and subsequent years never peaked below 12 million. The show occupied a Saturday early evening slot for most of its run. The final Christmas special, broadcast on 24 December 1988, attracted 12.5 million viewers, but an eleventh series was not commissioned. Ted Rogers said in an April 1996 interview that "The Oxbridge lot got control of TV and they didn't really want it. It was too downmarket for them. We were still getting 12 million viewers when they took it off after ten years. These days if a show gets nine million everyone does a lap of honour." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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