Show Details:
Start date: Sep 1985
End date: July 1998
Status: cancelled/ended
Network(s): BBC1 (UK)
Run time: 30 min
Episodes: 229 eps
Genre(s): misc
End date: July 1998
Status: cancelled/ended
Network(s): BBC1 (UK)
Run time: 30 min
Episodes: 229 eps
Genre(s): misc
Credits:
- regulars:
- Noel Edmonds, host
Episode list & details:
Original
Episode # Prod # Air Date Guests
_____ ______ ___________ ___________ ___________________________________________
1st Series 1985
1. 1- 1 3 Sep 85 Fitzgerald vs. Smith
2. 1- 2 10 Sep 85 Pain vs. Fitzgerald
3. 1- 3 17 Sep 85 Pain vs.
4. 1- 4 24 Sep 85 Pain vs. Porter
5. 1- 5 1 Oct 85 Pain vs. Black
6. 1- 6 8 Oct 85 Pain vs. Harmon
7. 1- 7 15 Oct 85 Pain vs. Tippett
8. 1- 8 22 Oct 85 Pain vs.
9. 1- 9 29 Oct 85 Pain vs. Hadden
10. 1-10 5 Nov 85 Pain vs. Tiernay
11. 1-11 12 Nov 85 Pain vs. O'Keef
12. 1-12 19 Nov 85 Pain vs. Weston
13. 1-13 26 Nov 85 Pain vs. French
14. 1-14 3 Dec 85 Pain vs. Evans
15. 1-15 10 Dec 85 Pain vs. Halliwell
16. 1-16 17 Dec 85 Pain vs. Liddell
17. 1-17 24 Dec 85 Pain vs. (celebrities)
2nd Series 1986
18. 2- 1 6 Sep 86
19. 2- 2 9 Sep 86 Thompson vs. Beard
20. 2- 3 16 Sep 86 Thompson vs. Woodard
21. 2- 4 23 Sep 86 Woodard vs. Beardsmore
22. 2- 5 30 Sep 86 Woodard vs. Mclauchian
23. 2- 6 7 Oct 86 Woodard vs. Cleaver
24. 2- 7 14 Oct 86 Cleaver vs. Woodruff
25. 2- 8 21 Oct 86 Cleaver vs. Woodruff
26. 2- 9 28 Oct 86 Woodruff vs. Lecky
27. 2-10 4 Nov 86 Woodruff vs. Solomon
28. 2-11 11 Nov 86 Solomon vs. Byrne
29. 2-12 18 Nov 86 Byrne vs. Reynish
30. 2-13 25 Nov 86 Byrne vs. Reynish
31. 2-14 2 Dec 86 Reynish vs. Monkman
32. 2-15 9 Dec 86 Reynish vs. Stephenson
33. 2-16 16 Dec 86 Pain (1985 champs) vs. Reynish
34. 2-17 23 Dec 86 Reynish vs. Professionals
3rd Series 1987
35. 3- 1 12 Sep 87 Simon vs. Wells
36. 3- 2 19 Sep 87 Glass vs. Milsom
37. 3- 3 26 Sep 87 Chinnery vs. Hewitt
38. 3- 4 3 Oct 87 McSkimming vs. Salmon
39. 3- 5 10 Oct 87 Carlisle vs. Baxter
40. 3- 6 17 Oct 87 Ely vs. Brustard
41. 3- 7 24 Oct 87 Russell vs. Shield
42. 3- 8 31 Oct 87 Honey vs. Hewitt
43. 3- 9 7 Nov 87 Simon vs. Glass (quarterfinal)
44. 3-10 14 Nov 87 Chinnery vs. Salmon (quarterfinal)
45. 3-11 21 Nov 87 Russell vs. Hewitt (quarterfinal)
46. 3-12 28 Nov 87 Baxter vs. Brustard (quarterfinal)
47. 3-13 5 Dec 87 Simon vs. Chinnery (semifinal)
48. 3-14 12 Dec 87 Hewitt vs. Brustard (semifinal)
49. 3-15 19 Dec 87 Chinnery vs. Brustard (final)
50. 3-16 26 Dec 87 Reynish (1986 champs) vs. Brustard
51. 3-17 29 Dec 87 (TV critics) vs. (columnists)
4th Series 1988
52. 4- 1 30 Aug 88 Ewing vs. Griffiths
53. 4- 2 6 Sep 88 Mainwaring vs. Pearce
54. 4- 3 13 Sep 88 Blakemore vs. Coates
55. 4- 4 21 Sep 88 Moore vs. Staples
56. 4- 5 28 Sep 88 Nolan vs. Thoburn
57. 4- 6 4 Oct 88 Gibson vs. Perry
58. 4- 7 11 Oct 88 Moran vs. Hatcher
59. 4- 8 18 Oct 88 Thomas vs. Sandbach
60. 4- 9 25 Oct 88 Ewing vs Mainwaring (quarterfinal)
61. 4-10 1 Nov 88 Moore vs. Blakemore (quarterfinal)
62. 4-11 8 Nov 88 Perry vs. Thoburn (quarterfinal)
63. 4-12 15 Nov 88 Thomas vs. Hatcher (quarterfinal)
64. 4-13 22 Nov 88 Mainwaring vs. Thoburn (semifinal)
65. 4-14 29 Nov 88 Thomas vs. Blakemore (semifinal)
66. 4-15 6 Dec 88 Mainwaring vs. Thomas (final)
67. 4-16 13 Dec 88 Mainwaring vs. Brustard (1987 champs)
68. 4-17 23 Dec 88 The Cotton Club (Bill Cotton, Terry Wogan, Margaret Ford,
Tim Rice) vs. The Gradey Bunch (Michael Grade,
Susan Raynish [former contestant], Ernie Wise,
Leslie Grantham)
5th Series 1989
69. 5- 1 4 Sep 89 Rickard vs. Rossiter
70. 5- 2 11 Sep 89 Robertson vs. Maylon
71. 5- 3 18 Sep 89 Lockett vs. Haffenden
72. 5- 4 25 Sep 89 Lee-Smith vs. Allaway
73. 5- 5 2 Oct 89 Plant vs. Keepence
74. 5- 6 9 Oct 89 Thomas vs. Toy
75. 5- 7 16 Oct 89 Whiteaway vs. Brennan
76. 5- 8 23 Oct 89 Rhodes vs. Curtis
77. 5- 9 30 Oct 89 Rossiter vs. Robinson (quarterfinal)
78. 5-10 6 Nov 89 Lee-Smith vs. Lockett (quarterfinal)
79. 5-11 13 Nov 89 Plant vs. Toy (quarterfinal)
80. 5-12 20 Nov 89 Curtis vs. Whiteaway (quarterfinal)
81. 5-13 27 Nov 89 Rossiter vs. Lockett (semifinal)
82. 5-14 4 Dec 89 Plant vs. Whiteaway (semifinal)
83. 5-15 11 Dec 89 Rossiter vs. Whiteaway (final)
84. 5-16 18 Dec 89 The Watchers (Rossiter) vs. The Workers (Ned Sherrin,
Jane Irving, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Nick Conway)
85. 5-17 24 Dec 89 The Crackers (Graeme Garden, Frank Carson, Liza Goddard,
George Latham) vs. The Clowns (Chris Tarrant,
Barry Cryer, Jessica Martin, Jim Bowen)
6th Series 1990
86 6- 1 3 Sep 90 Neal vs. Graves
87. 6- 2 10 Sep 90 Davis vs. Gordon
88. 6- 3 17 Sep 90 Waters vs. Sweeney
89. 6- 4 24 Sep 90 O'Brien vs. Bone
90. 6- 5 1 Oct 90 Partridge vs. Gawthrop
91. 6- 6 8 Oct 90 Young vs. Collins
92. 6- 7 15 Oct 90 Marriott vs. Beament
93. 6- 8 22 Oct 90 Allman vs. Boulter
94. 6- 9 29 Oct 90 Neal vs. Gordon (quarterfinal)
95. 6-10 5 Nov 90 Waters vs. Bone (quarterfinal)
96. 6-11 12 Nov 90 Gawthrop vs. Collins (quarterfinal)
97. 6-12 19 Nov 90 Beament vs. Allman (quarterfinal)
98. 6-13 26 Nov 90 Gordon vs. Bone (semifinal)
99. 6-14 3 Dec 90 Collins vs. Allman (semifinal)
100. 6-15 10 Dec 90 Allman vs. Bone (final)
101. 6-16 17 Dec 90 Bone vs. Ray Alan, Barbara Windsor, John Kettley,
Jill Dando
102. 6-17 29 Dec 90 The Elves (Jenny Powell, Tony Hart, Jenny Hanley,
Leslie Crowther) vs. The Pixies (Brian Cant,
Andi Peters, Cheryl Baker, John Craven)
7th Series 1991
103. 7- 1 2 Sep 91 Billingham vs. Jones
104. 7- 2 9 Sep 91 Marks vs. Lloyd
105. 7- 3 16 Sep 91 Reynolds vs. Anderson
106. 7- 4 23 Sep 91 Arbery vs. Jones
107. 7- 5 30 Sep 91 Dean vs. Johnston
108. 7- 6 7 Oct 91 Ormrod vs. Brown
109. 7- 7 14 Oct 91 McKler vs. Wharton
110. 7- 8 21 Oct 91 Baines vs. Gardiner
111. 7- 9 28 Oct 91 Jones vs. Marks (quarterfinal)
112. 7-10 4 Nov 91 Reynolds vs. Brown (quarterfinal)
113. 7-11 11 Nov 91 Dean vs. Arbery (quarterfinal)
114. 7-12 18 Nov 91 Wharton vs. Gardiner (quarterfinal)
115. 7-13 25 Nov 91 Reynolds vs. Marks (semifinal)
116. 7-14 2 Dec 91 Gardiner vs. Dean (semifinal)
117. 7-15 9 Dec 91 Reynolds vs. Gardiner (final)
118. 7-16 16 Dec 91 Telly Addicts (Gardiner) vs. Telly Stars (Karl Howman,
Lisa Maxwell, Andrew O'Connor, Rod Hull)
119. 7-17 26 Dec 91 BBC Stars (Suzanne Charlton, Mike Reid, Carmen Silvera,
Les Dawson) vs. ITV Stars (Bob Holness, Sarah Kennedy,
Geoffrey Durham, Matthew Kelly)
8th Series 1992
120. 8- 1 8 Sep 92 Wood vs. Crone
121. 8- 2 15 Sep 92 Pratt vs. Wilshee
122. 8- 3 22 Sep 92 Garver vs. Sedgwick
123. 8- 4 29 Sep 92 Wilson vs. Bellmaine
124. 8- 5 6 Oct 92 Prosser vs. Roots
125. 8- 6 13 Oct 92 Allen vs. Hobby
126. 8- 7 20 Oct 92 Morris vs. Jones
127. 8- 8 27 Oct 92 Payne vs. Cowan
128. 8- 9 3 Nov 92 Wilshee vs. Wilson (quarterfinal)
129. 8-10 10 Nov 92 Sedgwick vs. Morris (quarterfinal)
130. 8-11 17 Nov 92 Payne vs. Allen (quarterfinal)
131. 8-12 24 Nov 92 Root vs. Crone (quarterfinal)
132. 8-13 1 Dec 92 Wilson vs. Sedgwick (semifinal)
133. 8-14 8 Dec 92 Payne vs. Root (semifinal)
134. 8-15 15 Dec 92 Payne vs. Wilson (final)
135. 8-16 22 Dec 92 Telly Addicts Fast Forward Special (teenagers)
136. 8-17 28 Dec 92 Pauline Quirke, Linda Robson, Michelle Collins,
Rosemarie Ford, Keith Barron, Geoffrey Hughes,
Michael Ball, Danny Baker
9th Series 1993 <celebrity guests>
137. 9- 1 6 Sep 93 Neal vs. Robson <Penelope Keith, Roy Castle>
138. 9- 2 13 Sep 93 <Diane Keen, Craig Charles>
139. 9- 3 20 Sep 93 Gibbons vs. Crowhurst <Pat Coombs, Richard O'Sullivan>
140. 9- 4 27 Sep 93 Cadwallader vs. Phillips <Sue Pollard, Bill Pertwee>
141. 9- 5 4 Oct 93 Torrence vs. Hollingshead <Wendy Craig, John Inman>
142. 9- 6 11 Oct 93 Lee vs. Brown <Wendy Richard, Cheryl Baker>
143. 9- 7 18 Oct 93 Hughes vs. Hook <Tony Britton, Valerie Singleton>
144. 9- 8 25 Oct 93 Heffernan vs. McCann <Gwen Taylor, William Gaunt>
145. 9- 9 1 Nov 93 Thelwell vs. Robson <Frank Thornton, Eamonn Holmes> (quarterfinal)
146. 9-10 8 Nov 93 Cadwallader vs. Gibbons <Martin Jarvis, Norman Beaton> (quarterfinal)
147. 9-11 15 Nov 93 Hughes vs. Heffernan <Sarah Kennedy, Helen Lederer> (quarterfinal)
148. 9-12 22 Nov 93 Brown vs. Hollingshead <Nerys Hughes, Kenneth Connor> (quarterfinal)
149. 9-13 29 Nov 93 Heffernan vs. Gibbons <Gareth Hunt, Liza Goddard> (semifinal)
150. 9-14 6 Dec 93 Thelwell vs. Brown <Louise Jamieson, Karl Howman> (semifinal)
151. 9-15 13 Dec 93 Gibbons vs. Brown <Jonathan Morris, Maureen Lipman> (final)
152. 9-16 20 Dec 93 Telly Champs (Brown) vs. Telly Stars (Shane Richie,
Timmy Mallett, Anthea Turner, Eammon Holmes)
<Warren Mitchell, Derek Nimmo>
153. 9-17 29 Dec 93 Diane Bull, Frank Carson, Craig Charles,
Philippa Forrester, Jonathon Morris, Gary Olson,
Gwen Taylor
Anniversary Special 1994
154. S- 1 5 Sep 94 Ten Years of Telly Addicts (Jim Bowen, Joe Pasquale,
Sandra Dickinson, Bernard Cribbins, Danny Baker,
June Whitfield, Bradley Walsh, Rolf Harris)
10th Series 1994
155. 10- 1 12 Sep 94 Trobojevic vs. Fidget
156. 10- 2 19 Sep 94 Swords & Daggers vs. Baywatch
157. 10- 3 26 Sep 94 Warriors' Gate vs. Head
158. 10- 4 3 Oct 94 Worzels vs. Southern Belles
159. 10- 5 10 Oct 94 Lethal & Generous vs. Langley Quartet
160. 10- 6 17 Oct 94 Hitman and Her vs. Crackerjack
161. 10- 7 24 Oct 94 Addams Family vs. Campbell
162. 10- 8 31 Oct 94 Ches-Nuts vs. Pedagogues
163. 10- 9 7 Nov 94 Warriors' Gate vs. Worzel (quarterfinal)
164. 10-10 14 Nov 94 Ches-Nuts vs. Addams Family (quarterfinal)
165. 10-11 21 Nov 94 Trobojevic vs. Swords & Daggers (quarterfinal)
166. 10-12 28 Nov 94 Crackerjack vs. Langley Quartet (quarterfinal)
167. 10-13 5 Dec 94 Langley Quartet vs. Addams Family (semifinal)
168. 10-14 12 Dec 94 Warriors' Gate vs. Swords & Daggers (semifinal)
169. 10-15 19 Dec 94 Addams Family vs. Warriors' Gate (final)
170. 10-16 28 Dec 94 Christmas (Baron, Chegwin, Blessed, Keen vs.
171. 10-17 9 Jan 95 Payne (1992 champs) vs. Mainwaring (1988 champs)
172. 10-18 16 Jan 95 Brustard (1987 champs) vs. Rossiter (1989 champs)
173. 10-19 23 Jan 95 Gardiner (1991 champs) vs. Reynish (1986 champs)
174. 10-20 30 Jan 95 Brown (1993 champs) vs. Bone (1990 champs)
175. 10-21 4 Feb 95 Wilson (1992 runners up) vs. Warriors Gate (1994 champs)
176. 10-22 11 Feb 95 Rossiter vs. Payne (semifinal)
177. 10-23 18 Feb 95 Reynish vs. Brown (semifinal)
178. 10-24 25 Feb 95 Brown vs. Rossiter (final)
11th Series 1995
179. 11- 1 4 Sep 95 Eastern Promise vs. The Slade Appreciation Society
180. 11- 2 11 Sep 95 Benefits-r-Us vs. Norfolk Roadies
181. 11- 3 18 Sep 95 Thespians vs. Air Force
182. 11- 4 25 Sep 95 The Untouchables vs. Just Good Friends
183. 11- 5 2 Oct 95 Ladybirds vs. Wiggly Woos
184. 11- 6 9 Oct 95 Golden Girls vs. Square Pegs
185. 11- 7 16 Oct 95 Jeff and the Dragons vs. Half Wits
186. 11- 8 23 Oct 95 The Unmentionables vs. Four's Company
187. 11- 9 30 Oct 95 The Untouchables vs. Norfolk Roadies (quarterfinal)
188. 11-10 6 Nov 95 Thespians vs. The Slade Appreciation Society (quarterfinal)
189. 11-11 13 Nov 95 Golden Girls vs. The Unmentionables (quarterfinal)
190. 11-12 20 Nov 95 Ladybirds vs. Half Wits (quarterfinal)
191. 11-13 27 Nov 95 The Untouchables vs. Golden Girls (semifinal)
192. 11-14 4 Dec 95 The Slade Appreciation Society vs. Ladybirds (semifinal)
193. 11-15 11 Dec 95 The Slade Appreciation Society vs. Golden Girls (final)
194. 11-16 18 Dec 95 Golden Girls vs. Diane-Louise Jordan, George Marshall, Bob
195. 11-17 28 Dec 95 Blue Peter (Valerie Singleton, John Noakes, Peter Duncan,
Janet Ellis) vs. Are You Being Served? (Wendy Richard,
John Inman, Frank Thornton, Nicholas Smith)
12th Series 1996
196. 12- 1 2 Sep 96 Vital statistics vs. Ready Steadys
197. 12- 2 9 Sep 96 Whiskey Galore vs. Night Owls
198. 12- 3 16 Sep 96 The Tipplers vs. Press Gang
199. 12- 4 23 Sep 96 Generation Gap vs. Double Deckers
200. 12- 5 30 Sep 96 Fabio vs. Magic Beans
201. 12- 6 7 Oct 96 Bookworms vs. M&Ms
202. 12- 7 14 Oct 96 Test Match Sponsors vs. Shorts and Curly
203. 12- 8 21 Oct 96 The Credits vs. The Persuaders
204. 12- 9 28 Oct 96 Ready Steadys vs. Whiskey Galore (quarterfinal)
205. 12-10 4 Nov 96 Katie O'Boyle, Denis Quilley, Ian Lavender, Zoë Ball vs.
June Whitfield, Andrew Sachs, Paul Nicholas,
Ainsley Harriott (TV60 ep.)
206. 12-11 11 Nov 96 Press Gang vs. Double Deckers (quarterfinal)
207. 12-12 18 Nov 96 Fabio vs. M&Ms (quarterfinal)
208. 12-13 25 Nov 96 Short and Curly vs. The Persuaders (quarterfinal)
209. 12-14 2 Dec 96 M&Ms vs. Press Gang (semifinal)
210. 12-15 9 Dec 96 The Persuaders vs. Whiskey Galore (semifinal)
211. 12-16 16 Dec 96 Press Gang vs. The Persuaders (final)
212. 12-17 23 Dec 96 EastEnders (Deepak Verma, Syan Blake, Howard Antony,
Brian Croucher) vs. Emmerdale (Lisa Riley, Paula Tilbrook,
Paul Loughran, Tonicha Jeronimo)
Christmas Special 1997
213. S- 2 29 Dec 97 Angela Griffin, Tracy Shaw, Ant & Dec, Shane Richie,
Claudia Winkleman
13th Series 1998 <celebrity guests>
214. 13- 1 2 Mar 98 <Mystic Meg, Jimmy Tarbuck>
215. 13- 2 9 Mar 98 <Jim Bowen, Bob Mills>
216. 13- 3 16 Mar 98 <June Whitfield, Dennis Taylor>
217. 13- 4 23 Mar 98 <Bob Holness, Gloria Hunniford>
218. 13- 5 30 Mar 98 <John McCririck, Edward Woodward>
219. 13- 6 6 Apr 98 <Wolf, Terry Waite>
220. 13- 7 13 Apr 98 <Jilly Goolden, Ben Nealon>
221. 13- 8 20 Apr 98 <Ian McCaskill, Nerys Hughes>
222. 13- 9 27 Apr 98 <Les Dennis, Denise Black>
223. 13-10 11 May 98 <Bradley Walsh, Lee Chapman>
224. 13-11 18 May 98 <Michaela Strachen, Jilly Cooper>
225. 13-12 1 Jun 98 <Paul Daniels, Debbie McGee, Emlyn Hughes>
226. 13-13 8 Jun 98 <Vanessa Feltz, Leslie Philips>
227. 13-14 6 Jul 98 <John Virgo, Patrick Moore>
228. 13-15 22 Jul 98 <Kriss Akabusi, Cheryl Baker, John Savident>
229. 13-16 29 Jul 98 <Craig Charles>
NOTES
Thanks to Charlie Thomson and Joanne Bradshaw for providing significant data.
Radio presenter Andrew Collins appears in episodes 6- 6, 6-11 and 6-14.
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Thanks to Charlie Thomson and Joanne Bradshaw for providing significant data.
Radio presenter Andrew Collins appears in episodes 6- 6, 6-11 and 6-14.
Did you appear on Telly Addicts? Tell me your story and I'll post it here.