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''It's a Knockout!'' is a British
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first broadcast in 1966. It was adapted from the French show ''
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'', and was part of the international ''
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'' franchise.


History

The series was broadcast on
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from 7 August 1966 to 30 July 1982; thereafter a number of specials were broadcast until 25 December 1988. An episode was made by TVS for ITV which aired on 28 May 1990 as part of its
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that year with
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as the host.


Welsh version

A Welsh version, ' (''Games without Frontiers''), was broadcast from 3 August 1991 to 24 December 1994 on
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. It had Welsh teams battling against European contestants dressed in pink colours. Nia Chiswell and Iestyn Garlick presented. Locations included
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, with Nia dressed as
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. The series won a
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Channel 5 version

In April 1999, Channel 5 bought the rights to the show, and started filming on 15 August in Reading, Berkshire with new presenters
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and Lucy Alexander, alongside referee
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and scorekeeper
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. The series returned from 3 September 1999 to 6 January 2001 for two series, produced by Richard Hearsey and Ronin Entertainment, and used consultants and games from the French production. It was developed for Channel 5 with Alan Nixon, and the first show featured Stuart Hall tied up with rope in his garage wishing the new presenters well with the series. As in the previous versions, the theme tune was "
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" by
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. On 20 April 2001, it was announced that a third series would not be produced and that it would be replaced by two new challenge game shows, '' The Desert Forges'' and ''
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''.


Format

Teams representing a town or city complete tasks in absurd games, often dressed in large
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suits. Games were played in the home town's park, with weather often turning grassland into mud. The team scoring most points would advance to the next stage. Teams could double points in one round by choosing to "play their Joker". The games were originally refereed by rugby league commentator Eddie Waring and later by former international football referee Arthur Ellis from 1969 to 1982.


The games

The games were described as school
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for adults. For example, teams would carry buckets of water over greasy poles or rolling logs. Other teams would interfere, squirting
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or throwing
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s. Limited budgets meant games were often a variation on what could be done with a long piece of elastic, a lot of water, a portable swimming pool and a
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. In its earliest form, the show emphasised skill or organisation applied in a bizarre way, for instance picking up eggs with an industrial
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, as well as traditional village sports such as climbing a greasy pole. Games of strength were included, for example, carrying a
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without wheels. From the beginning, a "mini-marathon" would run the length of the programme, with updates on progress between shorter contests. The shift to spectacular displays, with or without costumes, came later, to improve audience appeal and to follow continental traditions. A recurring event in early episodes was "piano smashing" where the teams had to break up an old
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with
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s into small enough pieces to push through an aperture shaped like a large letterbox. The event drew regular complaints from viewers who did not like to see pianos end in this way. The complaints eventually drove the managing director of BBC Television Huw Weldon to have the event withdrawn. The winning team in each event scored three points, the second-place finisher scored two, and the third-place team scored one. Each team was given a joker card, which they could play before any one event to double the points they scored for it. The winner of each edition was awarded an ''It's a Knockout!'' trophy and a chance to represent the UK in ''Jeux sans frontières''. Three local teams appeared in the UK show, with around 6 to 8 countries competing in the European finals.


In other countries


Europe

The format of ''It's a Knockout!'' was used in many European countries, with each version forwarding teams for the international version, ''Jeux sans frontières''. In the United Kingdom, participants came from the heats of ''It's a Knockout''. The original presenter was
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, but he stayed for just one series before handing over to
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, who in turn was replaced by
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and Eddie Waring. It was not until 1971 that the presenter most associated with the role, Stuart Hall, took over presenting the UK heats and also provided the British commentary for the international version along with Waring, who was better known as the BBC's Rugby League commentator.
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had its own team between 1991 and 1994 and the programme was broadcast on
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in Welsh by Iestyn Garlick and Nia Chiswell.


Australia

''Almost Anything Goes!'' aired in Australia from 1976 to 1978. It was hosted by Tim Evans and Brendan Edwards and featured Sean Kramer and Australian Rules player
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. It was filmed in Melbourne. The 1976 season featured two complete competitions with initial heats and finals, while the 1977 and 1978 seasons featured only one each. Following the 1977 grand final, the season finale featured a competition between the top two teams from the grand final and a team representing New Zealand. An Australian version of ''It's a Knockout!'' ran on
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from 1985 to 1987. The teams were divided into the Australian states:
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and
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. The show was hosted by Billy J. Smith, along with
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in
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in
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in 1990–91. It was also adapted and shown in
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as ''Supermatch''. This version was heavily edited, and the
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s were replaced by off-screen commentators. In October 2011, it was announced that Channel 10 Australia would re-launch a new version of ''It's a Knockout!'' for its 2011–12 summer programming line-up hosted by HG Nelson,
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and
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. Due to insurance costs, the show was filmed in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and ran for eight 1-hour episodes between December 2011 and January 2012 and featured teams of 15 from each state of Australia.


New Zealand

In New Zealand, a series based on ''It's a Knockout!'' called ''
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'' ran from 1976 to 1990, and was revived in 2009.


United States: ''Almost Anything Goes!''

The American version of ''It's a Knockout!'', re-titled ''Almost Anything Goes!'', by Bob Banner, aired on
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in the
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from 31 July to 28 August 1975. *https://www.jsfnetgb.co.uk/series_1975_almost_anything_goes.htm *https://www.jsfnetgb.co.uk/series_1976_almost_anything_goes.htm *https://www.cantondailyledger.com/story/news/local/2020/10/23/lsquoalmost-anything-goesrsquo-exhibit-at-canton-area-heritage-center/114469456/ *https://writerofpop.com/2024/05/29/a-goofy-history-of-stunt-based-game-shows/ It won the time slot on Thursday nights against reruns of ''
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'' on
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and a short-lived
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variety show (''Comin' at Ya!'') on
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. In the first season, there were four regional events (North, East, South, and West); each had teams representing cities with populations of 20,000 or smaller from three different states, and each city had to be within 200 miles of the other two. The four winners then met in a national final. The second season consisted of 14 episodes, broken up into nine episodes where all three cities were from a particular state, three regional finals (East, South, and West – there was no North regional in the second season) consisting of three state winners, a national final consisting of the three regional winners, and a "Supergames" where the second season winner competed against the first season winner and a team of celebrities representing Hollywood. For its second season (24 January to 2 May 1976), ''AAG!'' moved to Saturday nights after the cancellation of the short-lived '' Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell'' variety show. Sports announcers Charlie Jones and
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were the
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and color men on this version which featured small towns across America playing the games.
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, who was one of the producers, served as field reporter in 1975 along with
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, the latter being replaced by
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in 1976.
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, won the 1975 series and
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, won the 1976 series. In a showdown, Boulder City beat Chambersburg and a celebrity all-star team (the "Hollywood Tinsel Towners"). However, it was up against ''
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'' and ''
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'' on CBS and ''
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'' on NBC, and was shortly cancelled thereafter due to low ratings. A children's version, called ''Junior Almost Anything Goes!'' and hosted by
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, ran on Saturday mornings from 11 September 1976 to 4 September 1977. A syndicated celebrity version (''All Star Anything Goes!'') hosted by
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ran from 16 September 1977 to September 1978. Tony DeFranco of
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performed the theme song for the ''All Star Anything Goes'' syndicated show.


Charity specials

Two charity specials were made in the 1980s. ''
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'' of 1987 featured four teams of celebrities, each figureheaded by a member of the British royal family. The event, held at the
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theme park, was widely derided as a failure, particularly in terms of public perception of the royal family. In 1988 brought ''It's a Charity Knockout!''. Games took place around
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in Florida, US, and featured celebrity teams representing Australia, UK and US.


Pop culture

''Jeux sans frontières'' was the inspiration for
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's hit song " Games Without Frontiers". The words "Jeux Sans Frontieres" are repeated as the chorus of the song by
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, and the phrase "it's a knockout!" is used in the song as well. The show was also featured prominently in '' The Goodies and the Beanstalk'' as a motive for the Goodies to climb the giant beanstalk; the grand prize was 5,000 puppies. In 1973 Blue Peter presenters John Noakes, Peter Purves and Lesley Judd participated in some of the games.


Transmissions


BBC1


Specials


ITV


S4C


Specials


Channel 5


Notes


See also

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'', the German abridged version of 43 ''Spiel Ohne Grenzen'' (Games Without Borders) domestic qualifying programmes, in turn, the German adaptation of ''
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''. *''Supermatch'', in Argentina, broadcast on
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. *'' El Grand Prix del verano'', in Spain *'' Simply the Best'', another UK adaptation, broadcast on ITV in 2004. *'' Bigheads'', another UK adaptation, hosted by
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with
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and
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on ITV in 2017.


References


External links


''It's a Knockout!''
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''It's a Knockout! – UK 90's remake''
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A website devoted to the TV show including details of the BBC, Channel 5, Royal Knockout, JSF and international versions.

Another website devoted to the TV show including details of the BBC, Channel 5, JSF and international versions.

''It's a Knockout!'' at the National Film and Sound Archive.
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