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A former member
When it came back, it was Strike It Rich, produced by LWT/Freemantle and done from (I believe) Studio 2 at The London Studios.


Strike It Lucky continued as a Thames production for a few more years after they lost their franchise, up until 1994 I think. TV Studio History suggests they filmed a series or two at Pinewood.


Gold look was in use in 1990. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUbBiTw_s8M

The Gold look was gone by 1992: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6p8GL3Jb_5c
JB
JasonB
When it came back, it was Strike It Rich, produced by LWT/Freemantle and done from (I believe) Studio 2 at The London Studios.


Strike It Lucky continued as a Thames production for a few more years after they lost their franchise, up until 1994 I think. TV Studio History suggests they filmed a series or two at Pinewood.


Gold look was in use in 1990. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUbBiTw_s8M

The Gold look was gone by 1992: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6p8GL3Jb_5c


Did they keep the original 80's set or did they re-make it when they got rid of the gold set?

Strike it Lucky made it to Australia for a little while and uses help from a female co-host. It was broadcast on the 9 network.:
NJ
Neil Jones Founding member
The set looked okay for the Australian Strike it Lucky, but apart from that it's played too straight for my liking. Of course I have the benefit of seeing what Barrymore bought to the (UK) show (which, as he himself stated, had a crap format - whether it would have survived past the first series without Barrymore is open to debate).
NM
Neil Miles


Here's (most of) the first episode of Pets win Prizes. What I love about this is Danny Baker's pure unadulterated joy at getting it on to prime time BBC. Sadly no shire horses pulling pints of beer though.
Hatton Cross and Steve Williams gave kudos
AS
Asa Admin
The NHP first episode clip Rob mentioned has had a nice bit of discussion so I've moved it into a dedicated thread - http://www.tvforum.co.uk/tvhome/noels-house-party-first-episode-40873/
LL
London Lite Founding member
A few bits of DEF II nostalgia.

A 1992 interview with then unknown band The Verve on Rapido, intro from Antoine de Caunes and narrated by Lisa I Anson.



1990 intro into DEF II.



91-94 DEF II idents.

LL
Larry the Loafer
Is it true that it was named DEF II despite nobody at the BBC knowing what it actually meant, and just picked out a word that young people were using?
SP
Steve in Pudsey
Because young people use Roman numerals all the time?
JA
jamesw83
I heard it was the fan setting on Janet Street Porter's Mercedes when she was driving to the meeting. And just for the avoidance of doubt, that's not me kidding around, that's genuinely been suggested as the name.
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A former member
Copy cats from 1985

MI
Michael
I heard it was the fan setting on Janet Street Porter's Mercedes when she was driving to the meeting. And just for the avoidance of doubt, that's not me kidding around, that's genuinely been suggested as the name.


DEF II says encyclopedia or dictionary to me. (ABC would be volume I, so DEF would be volume II).

There's an apocryphal and very probably false story that Terry Nation called Daleks that because he glanced at a bookshelf and saw an encyclopaedia labelled DAL-LEK.
WH
Whataday Founding member
The story I always knew was similar to that, that D, E, F were the next logical letters following B.B.C (rather than ABC of course).

Remember the days when television didn't have to make sense?

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