DW
I remember watching High Stakes when it aired and thinking it was a brilliant concept. Shame it only got one series.
JA
I'm guessing you missed his comeback/rehabilitation over the last few years then.
I'm an old, out of touch fart, haven't paid attention to the charts for the past decade
Which should be obvious when I'm still referencing Bo Selecta 15 years too late.
I wonder if Craig David's going to have a bit of a sales bounce as a result of this drama. Makes a difference to him only being remembered for the Bo Selecta impression
I'm guessing you missed his comeback/rehabilitation over the last few years then.
I'm an old, out of touch fart, haven't paid attention to the charts for the past decade
Which should be obvious when I'm still referencing Bo Selecta 15 years too late.
NT
Apologies if this has been said already, but the Bong Game was quite a phenomenon in London back in the day when Tarrant and Capital had an iron grip on morning radio. Can't find any clips easily online from its late-80s pomp, but here's a rather underwhelming example from six years back: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1aj0ly
Hugely enjoyed Quiz, even if it has turned lots of people who never sat through the trial into experts on what happened. Obviously many years have passed, and on the whole the it wasn't the heaviest of dramas, but credit to ITV for allowing the in-jokes and sending up its senior executives of the time. I'd got bored with it then, but fascinating to watch the old clips back and to bring back a time when an ITV quiz could reach a truly huge audience.
"The Bong Game"? Seriously? Talk about running out of ideas!
Apologies if this has been said already, but the Bong Game was quite a phenomenon in London back in the day when Tarrant and Capital had an iron grip on morning radio. Can't find any clips easily online from its late-80s pomp, but here's a rather underwhelming example from six years back: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1aj0ly
Hugely enjoyed Quiz, even if it has turned lots of people who never sat through the trial into experts on what happened. Obviously many years have passed, and on the whole the it wasn't the heaviest of dramas, but credit to ITV for allowing the in-jokes and sending up its senior executives of the time. I'd got bored with it then, but fascinating to watch the old clips back and to bring back a time when an ITV quiz could reach a truly huge audience.
DW
Featuring a rather unfortunate question being 'what C...?' and the answer being ... 'coughing'.
BC
Apologies if this has been said already, but the Bong Game was quite a phenomenon in London back in the day when Tarrant and Capital had an iron grip on morning radio. Can't find any clips easily online from its late-80s pomp, but here's a rather underwhelming example from six years back: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1aj0ly
Yeah, the Bong Game really was huge at the time, I don't think we usually listened to radio in the mornings but I remember still knowing all about it and how the game worked. Capital was massively popular at the time and it felt like you could hardly watch a break on Thames or LWT without seeing one of their promos.
Blake Connolly
Founding member
"The Bong Game"? Seriously? Talk about running out of ideas!
Apologies if this has been said already, but the Bong Game was quite a phenomenon in London back in the day when Tarrant and Capital had an iron grip on morning radio. Can't find any clips easily online from its late-80s pomp, but here's a rather underwhelming example from six years back: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1aj0ly
Yeah, the Bong Game really was huge at the time, I don't think we usually listened to radio in the mornings but I remember still knowing all about it and how the game worked. Capital was massively popular at the time and it felt like you could hardly watch a break on Thames or LWT without seeing one of their promos.
HC
Sorry, Blake
And it was exported to other Capital Radio owned stations as well.
There were two competitions, Birthday Bonanza game, where the qualifying question was 'does your birthday match the one on the card I'm holding in the studio' then caller to air had to answer 2 or 3 more tricker questions to win the money.
Incase you are wondering - To get the money, the winner had to come in person the radio station reception with at least two forms of DOB id to get the cheque - there's still £2,000 waiting at one station to be collected, I won't mention.
The other was the Birthday Bong game - used as a battering ram promotion for the main Monday morning 8.15 Birthday Bonanaza competition. Curiously, they were run when it was the quarterly Rajar listening 'sweeps' weeks. Can't think why?!!
Here an increasing and decreasing amount was played on air, and to win the money you had to shout 'stop' before the 'bong' sfx. Hear the bong, loose the money.
It was this game that was more entertaining for the listener than the main big money bonanza game and hear a contestant agonise for half a minute on a multiple choice question about Peter Andre.
And it was exported to other Capital Radio owned stations as well.
There were two competitions, Birthday Bonanza game, where the qualifying question was 'does your birthday match the one on the card I'm holding in the studio' then caller to air had to answer 2 or 3 more tricker questions to win the money.
Incase you are wondering - To get the money, the winner had to come in person the radio station reception with at least two forms of DOB id to get the cheque - there's still £2,000 waiting at one station to be collected, I won't mention.
The other was the Birthday Bong game - used as a battering ram promotion for the main Monday morning 8.15 Birthday Bonanaza competition. Curiously, they were run when it was the quarterly Rajar listening 'sweeps' weeks. Can't think why?!!
Here an increasing and decreasing amount was played on air, and to win the money you had to shout 'stop' before the 'bong' sfx. Hear the bong, loose the money.
It was this game that was more entertaining for the listener than the main big money bonanza game and hear a contestant agonise for half a minute on a multiple choice question about Peter Andre.
JB
I remember a radio advert for Birthday Bonanza which featured a montage of the winners and a rather lengthy clip of a woman screaming at the end.
Sorry, Blake https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uMMApy3uYI
And it was exported to other Capital Radio owned stations as well.
There were two competitions, Birthday Bonanza game, where the qualifying question was 'does your birthday match the one on the card I'm holding in the studio' then caller to air had to answer 2 or 3 more tricker questions to win the money.
Incase you are wondering - To get the money, the winner had to come in person the radio station reception with at least two forms of DOB id to get the cheque - there's still £2,000 waiting at one station to be collected, I won't mention.
The other was the Birthday Bong game - used as a battering ram promotion for the main Monday morning 8.15 Birthday Bonanaza competition. Curiously, they were run when it was the quarterly Rajar listening 'sweeps' weeks. Can't think why?!!
Here an increasing and decreasing amount was played on air, and to win the money you had to shout 'stop' before the 'bong' sfx. Hear the bong, loose the money.
It was this game that was more entertaining for the listener than the main big money bonanza game and hear a contestant agonise for half a minute on a multiple choice question about Peter Andre.
And it was exported to other Capital Radio owned stations as well.
There were two competitions, Birthday Bonanza game, where the qualifying question was 'does your birthday match the one on the card I'm holding in the studio' then caller to air had to answer 2 or 3 more tricker questions to win the money.
Incase you are wondering - To get the money, the winner had to come in person the radio station reception with at least two forms of DOB id to get the cheque - there's still £2,000 waiting at one station to be collected, I won't mention.
The other was the Birthday Bong game - used as a battering ram promotion for the main Monday morning 8.15 Birthday Bonanaza competition. Curiously, they were run when it was the quarterly Rajar listening 'sweeps' weeks. Can't think why?!!
Here an increasing and decreasing amount was played on air, and to win the money you had to shout 'stop' before the 'bong' sfx. Hear the bong, loose the money.
It was this game that was more entertaining for the listener than the main big money bonanza game and hear a contestant agonise for half a minute on a multiple choice question about Peter Andre.
I remember a radio advert for Birthday Bonanza which featured a montage of the winners and a rather lengthy clip of a woman screaming at the end.
RN
Ironic they moaned when being kicked off they thought the rest of the gang were playing unfairly. At least they seemed to play this one by the book. They could have got someone in the audience to hold up a big board with the answer written on in big letters.
Featuring a rather unfortunate question being 'what C...?' and the answer being ... 'coughing'.
Ironic they moaned when being kicked off they thought the rest of the gang were playing unfairly. At least they seemed to play this one by the book. They could have got someone in the audience to hold up a big board with the answer written on in big letters.
MU
Ooh that's a good shout actually.
I've just been thinking about the use of Jon Snow as a newsreader. The original footage didn't use Alistair Stewart did it?
Ooh that's a good shout actually.
SE
The other was the Birthday Bong game - used as a battering ram promotion for the main Monday morning 8.15 Birthday Bonanaza competition. Curiously, they were run when it was the quarterly Rajar listening 'sweeps' weeks. Can't think why?!!
Here an increasing and decreasing amount was played on air, and to win the money you had to shout 'stop' before the 'bong' sfx. Hear the bong, loose the money.
It was this game that was more entertaining for the listener than the main big money bonanza game and hear a contestant agonise for half a minute on a multiple choice question about Peter Andre.
Was the bong game the inspiration for Tarrant's other (significantly less successful) gameshow, The Colour of Money?
Square Eyes
Founding member
The other was the Birthday Bong game - used as a battering ram promotion for the main Monday morning 8.15 Birthday Bonanaza competition. Curiously, they were run when it was the quarterly Rajar listening 'sweeps' weeks. Can't think why?!!
Here an increasing and decreasing amount was played on air, and to win the money you had to shout 'stop' before the 'bong' sfx. Hear the bong, loose the money.
It was this game that was more entertaining for the listener than the main big money bonanza game and hear a contestant agonise for half a minute on a multiple choice question about Peter Andre.
Was the bong game the inspiration for Tarrant's other (significantly less successful) gameshow, The Colour of Money?