Chain Letters (1987)
- Genre
- game show
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Length
- 7 seasons, 336 episodes
- Rating
- 7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
Three contestants compete to win money by changing letters in words to create new words. A host guides the game while a computer named Wordsworth checks the words and provides definitions.
nostalgiclightheartedbriskinteractivebrain-teasinglow-stakescharmingcerebral
What happens
Chain Letters is a British television game show produced by Tyne Tees and Barry & Enright Productions. The show was recorded at their City Road studios in Newcastle upon Tyne and first broadcast on ITV in the United Kingdom from 7 September 1987 to 6 July 1990, then again from 2 January 1995 to 25 April 1997. Three contestants competed to win money by changing letters in given words to form new words. The show's original host was Jeremy Beadle, followed by Andrew O'Connor, Allan Stewart, Ted Robbins, Vince Henderson and Dave Spikey. A computer named Wordsworth generated words and checked their validity, and occasionally provided the host with definitions of unusual words that came up during the game. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
More like this
Going for Gold (1987)
Lingo (1988)
Three Little Words (1967)
Runway (1987)
Lucky Ladders (1988)
Tarby's Frame Game (1987)
Countdown (1982)
The Pyramid Game (1981)- More like this series, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.