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BBC2 Game Show
Hi all,
Does anyone out there remember what the game show was called that was on BBC2 early evening some years ago where a panel had to guess what old odd looking antique objects were used for? Also who hosted the program?
Many thanks,
Rick.
Does anyone out there remember what the game show was called that was on BBC2 early evening some years ago where a panel had to guess what old odd looking antique objects were used for? Also who hosted the program?
Many thanks,
Rick.
Answers
Was it Going For A Song with Max Robertson and Arthur Negus ?
16:11 Tue 19th Jan 2010
i think it is going for a song
Going for a Song
Going for a Song was an antiques quiz show broadcast by the BBC from 1965-1977. It was a forerunner of the Antiques Roadshow. The original television series was hosted by presenter Max Robertson, with Arthur Negus appearing as the resident expert and antique valuer. The programmes were recorded before a studio audience.
Robertson would introduce an antique to a panel of experts who would examine the object and give its date and value. Negus would then present its actual age and worth. Revivals of the programme were made in the 1990s, hosted firstly by Michael Parkinson[1] (1995-1999), and in 1997, by Anne Robinson,[2] with antiques expert Eric Knowles in the Negus role.
Going for a Song
Going for a Song was an antiques quiz show broadcast by the BBC from 1965-1977. It was a forerunner of the Antiques Roadshow. The original television series was hosted by presenter Max Robertson, with Arthur Negus appearing as the resident expert and antique valuer. The programmes were recorded before a studio audience.
Robertson would introduce an antique to a panel of experts who would examine the object and give its date and value. Negus would then present its actual age and worth. Revivals of the programme were made in the 1990s, hosted firstly by Michael Parkinson[1] (1995-1999), and in 1997, by Anne Robinson,[2] with antiques expert Eric Knowles in the Negus role.
I was just about to shoot quizmonkey down in flames but then a little bell sounded in my head.
Going for a Song was the programme where the panel had to put a price on the antiques.
There WAS a completely different programme where two teams (one expert and one civvie on each team I think) had to identify unusual antique objects.
I can't remember the name of this programme though.
Going for a Song was the programme where the panel had to put a price on the antiques.
There WAS a completely different programme where two teams (one expert and one civvie on each team I think) had to identify unusual antique objects.
I can't remember the name of this programme though.