Small Talk is a BBC One

BBC One

BBC One is the flagship television channel of the British Broadcasting Corporation in the United Kingdom. It was launched on 2 November 1936 as the BBC Television Service, and was the world's first regular television service with a high level of image resolution...

 game show that aired from 24 July 1994 to 18 December 1996 and it was hosted by The Two Ronnies

The Two Ronnies

The Two Ronnies is a British sketch show that aired on BBC1 from 1971 to 1987. It featured the double act of Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett, the "Two Ronnies" of the title.-Origins:...

star and Sorry!

Sorry! (TV series)

Sorry! was a British sitcom that aired on BBC1 from 1981 to 1982 and from 1985 to 1988. Starring Ronnie Corbett, it was written by Ian Davidson and Peter Vincent, both of whom had previously written for The Two Ronnies, of whom Corbett was one half....

actor Ronnie Corbett

Ronnie Corbett

Ronald Balfour "Ronnie" Corbett, OBE is a Scottish actor and comedian of Scottish and English parentage who had a long association with Ronnie Barker in the British television comedy series The Two Ronnies...

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Rounds 1 and 2

Corbett asks the three contestants a question that they asked panel of nine children. The contestants secretly lock in what they think the majority of the panel answered (the majority guess), and those who are correct get 10 points (20 points in series 2 and 3).

After this, one by one, the contestants picked a single child and guess what he or she said, and if correct they score 20 points (30 points in series 2 and 3) in Round 1 and 30 points (40 points in series 2 and 3) in Round 2.

Round 3

In this round, only the two players with the highest scores are allowed to play. Now, players alternate randomly selecting children with buzzers located at their lecterns. Otherwise, gameplay is the same, awarding players 40 points per match.

Final round

In the final round the winner will try to turn his or her main game score to 500 and to do this they must do the following. The contestant picks 5 panelists and each is given a question. Each kid holds a card with a number on it from 50 to 500. If the contestant guesses the response of the kid correctly he or she will get the points on the card added to his or her overall score. If the contestant gets 500 points or more they will win the grand prize and £500, if they score less than 500 he or she will win £1 a point minus the number of points needed to make 500; for example, a contestant finishing on 470 points would win £440. In later series, the contestant was given the consolation prize of a "slap-up" night out with theatre tickets and dinner.

Transmissions

Series	Start date	End date	Episodes
1	24 July 1994	25 September 1994	9
2	14 May 1995	20 August 1995	15
3	15 May 1996	18 December 1996	27