Trivial Pursuit (UK game show)
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Trivial Pursuit was a game show loosely based on the board game of the same name
. The show first aired on BBC1 from 4 September to 18 December 1990 hosted by Rory McGrath
. It was revived on The Family Channel from 1993 to 1994 hosted by Tony Slattery
. Questions were written by the UK Trivial Pursuit question writer Brian Highley
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Trivial Pursuit
Trivial Pursuit is a board game in which progress is determined by a player's ability to answer general knowledge and popular culture questions. The game was created in 1979 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, by Canadian Chris Haney, a photo editor for Montreal's The Gazette and Scott Abbott, a sports...
. The show first aired on BBC1 from 4 September to 18 December 1990 hosted by Rory McGrath
Rory McGrath
Patrick Rory McGrath is an English comedian and writer. He is best known for roles in Who Dares Wins, Chelmsford 123, Three Men in a Boat and its successors. He was also a regular panellist on They Think It's All Over....
. It was revived on The Family Channel from 1993 to 1994 hosted by Tony Slattery
Tony Slattery
Anthony Declan James "Tony" Slattery is an English actor and comedian who has appeared on British television regularly since the mid 1980s, most notably as a regular on the Channel 4 improvisation show Whose Line Is It Anyway? As a film actor, both comedic and serious, his credits include The...
. Questions were written by the UK Trivial Pursuit question writer Brian Highley
Brian Highley
Brian Highley was born in Halifax, Yorkshire. He was a UK TV scriptwriter for Spitting Image, and feature writer for national magazines.In 1984 Brian Highley became the UK question writer for Trivial Pursuit...
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External links
- Trivial Pursuit at UKgameshows.com