Finders Keepers (1981 UK game show)
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Finders Keepers was a children's game show broadcast by the BBC
from 1981 to 1985. The show combined a quiz element with a computerised version of the game Battleships
.
Two teams of three primary school
-aged pupils would compete against each other.
The show was also notable for host Richard Stilgoe
playing the theme on a synthesiser
live in the studio at the beginning, as well as the use of the phonetic alphabet
to indicate the square on the battleship grid.
The game of Battleships was played on a 7x7 grid and ran on a BBC Microcomputer.
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
from 1981 to 1985. The show combined a quiz element with a computerised version of the game Battleships
Battleship (game)
The game Battleship is a guessing game played by two people. It is known throughout the world as a pencil and paper game which predates World War I. It was published by Milton Bradley Company in 1931 as the pad-and-pencil game "Broadsides, the Game of Naval Strategy".-Description:The game is...
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Two teams of three primary school
Education in the United Kingdom
Education in the United Kingdom is a devolved matter with each of the countries of the United Kingdom having separate systems under separate governments: the UK Government is responsible for England, and the Scottish Government, the Welsh Government and the Northern Ireland Executive are...
-aged pupils would compete against each other.
The show was also notable for host Richard Stilgoe
Richard Stilgoe
Richard Henry Simpson Stilgoe OBE is a British songwriter, lyricist and musician. He is noted for clever wordplay as much as for his music....
playing the theme on a synthesiser
Synthesizer
A synthesizer is an electronic instrument capable of producing sounds by generating electrical signals of different frequencies. These electrical signals are played through a loudspeaker or set of headphones...
live in the studio at the beginning, as well as the use of the phonetic alphabet
International Phonetic Alphabet
The International Phonetic Alphabet "The acronym 'IPA' strictly refers [...] to the 'International Phonetic Association'. But it is now such a common practice to use the acronym also to refer to the alphabet itself that resistance seems pedantic...
to indicate the square on the battleship grid.
The game of Battleships was played on a 7x7 grid and ran on a BBC Microcomputer.