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The Movie Game

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United Kingdom
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How it feels

Three teams of two answer questions about movies. The losing team gets eliminated after the first round and the remaining teams play a board game style end game. Winners could advance to a final for a film related prize.

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What happens

The Movie Game is a game show that ran from 8 June 1988 to 25 December 1995 on BBC1. The format is three teams of two players answering questions about films, the team with the fewest points at the end of the first round are eliminated. The other two teams moved on to a board game-style end game. The winning team could, depending on the points they earned, move on to the series final and the winner of that would win a film related prize such as meeting Steven Spielberg. Most show's from the last 2 series featured a celebrity guest. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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