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As well as camping it up, he constantly gave the impression that he didn't know quite what he was supposed to be doing or even where he was meant to stand, but this was mostly put on - and the audience and viewers loved it, especially when he tried out the games himself and invariably made a complete hash of it - which Brucie rarely, if ever, did.

But even when Grayson did get himself in a jam, his wonderfully unflappable co-host Isla St Clair was always there to get him out of it - the two had an excellent rapport with much amusing banter - and she also took on the role of explaining the games. Grayson also asked "What are the Scores on the Doors, Isla? Then the BBC bought it back! With Brucie as host! With the original theme tune! With Rosemarie 'Who? Perhaps it was a testament to the format or the choice of hosts that the updated versions still managed to pull in a reasonable amount of viewers.

Yup, Brucie was back and stayed for another four years, and didn't he do well? Near the end of the Brucie run, Jim Davidson stood in for 2 episodes while Brucie was unwell. Davidson proved so popular apparently that when Brucie left he did it full time. However, the theatrically trained Melanie Stace was then drafted in to the show's line up. The final hostess - Lea Kristensen - may have been familiar to regular game show viewers as one of the models on Bruce's The Price is Right.

Jim met her at the Harry Ramsden's fish and chip bar in Heathrow Airport and it was "love at first sight". Who says romance is dead? By that time of course the show was all modern and tacky and family orientated.

There were plenty of laughs sorry, we meant "plenty of gunge" , more emphasis on contestants making fools of themselves and appearances of special guests, a veritable "Who's That? In some ways, the new-style series wanted to be Tiswas pure and simple, except not nearly as good and by that time we preferred watching Blind Date anyway, so nerrrr.

To be fair, Davidson did a reasonably good job as stand-in host in when Brucie was off, but then, if he'd tried to introduce his own style at that time, he Davidson would certainly have come off second-best in any comparisons between the two hosts. A shame then that he did build up his own style when he took over full-time and that it proved to be the beginning of the end of the show. Although it had a few dodgy patches, this was one of the best-loved and longest-lasting UK variety formats of all time, and finally ended in after getting thrashed in the ratings by Pop Idol.

Didn't it do well? In , UKTV Gold briefly revived the format, with Forsyth back in charge, fronting a mixture of classic archive clips, guest celebrities, and a previous runner-up playing the conveyor belt. A guaranteed mass nervous breakdown from the audience every single week when Brucie hosting at his absolute Bruciest inevitably decreed "Ohh!

Didn't they do well? Bruce Forsyth : His famous "Good game, good game! Other catchphrases included: "Nice to see you, to see you, nice! Larry Grayson : "Shut that door! And instead of "Didn't they do well? Jim Davidson : No real catchphrases as such, but lots of bizarrely out-of-place catchgunge. Actually, he did have one catchphrase in the early days - "What's on the screen, Miss Meen?

Isla St Clair in response to Larry's request for 'the scores on the doors' : "And the names on the frames say This was in order to decide which of the two couples in the final would go first, replacing Brucie's tossing of a coin in previous series.

They dropped the chat for the Brit format. In fact, they dropped just about everything except the conveyor belt at the end. The best remembered version of the theme music was written and sung by Bruce Forsyth himself, and begins thus:. Life is the name of the game, And I wanna play the game with you. Life can be terribly tame, If you don't play the game with two. Yeah life is a go-as-you-please And I need some place to go with you.

Can be develop for all age groups and across curriculum. Feedback greatly received. Reviews 3. Select overall rating no rating. Cathyquaile 2 years ago. Save for later. Four family pairs from different generations battle it out in games including Bollywood dancing, plate spinning, sausage making, pottery, cake decorating, balloon modelling, a vanishing box magic trick, and dancing the Argentine Tango.

Plus there will be special appearances from Basil Brush and surprise guests! How does it feel to be bringing The Generation Game back almost 50 years after it first aired? So graphic, some of the contestants needed counselling afterwards.

It took us about an hour to stop laughing. Sue: We tried all of them, because essentially, we behave like toddlers and love to get our hands dirty. He was the only entertainer we can think of who not only had a catchphrase, but a personalised silhouette - that bent leg, fist to forehead stance. Mel: As soon as you saw that, you knew you were in for a good night.