Punchlines was a comedy game show series that was produced by LWT and aired on the ITV

ITV

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 network from January 3, 1981 until December 22, 1984. The programme was hosted by Lennie Bennett

Lennie Bennett

Lennie Bennett was an English comedian and game show host.After attending the Palatine Secondary School in Blackpool, Bennett became a journalist for the West Lancashire Evening Gazette before becoming a professional entertainer and appearing on The Good Old Days in 1979. Bennett starred in the...

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Series Guide

hii hugb uujo hhiji joyphtegj mh 03/01/1981 - 28/03/1981

• Special - FA Cup Final edition 09/05/1981
• Series 2 - 16 x 30' 05/09/1981 - 19/12/1981
• Series 3 - 16 x 30' 24/12/1982 - 09/04/1983
• Series 4 - 17 x 30' 10/09/1983 - 31/12/1983
• Series 5 - 17 x 30' 01/09/1984 - 22/12/1984

(Source: ITN Source website)

Gameplay

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• Judy Gridley, who went on to play Percy Sugden's niece Elaine who married Bill Webster in Coronation Street
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At the beginning of each show they would all look into the camera one at a time and introduce themselves.. 'I'm Matthew', 'I'm Patti' etc... From the third series onwards the Punchliners consisted of a mixture of the original Punchliners and more well known celebrities.

Bonus Round

In the final round the winning contestant had to match 7 of the 8 punchlines correctly to win the star prize but if they failed to do so they went away with the prize that corresponded to how many correct punchlines they had matched.