Connections (game show)

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Connections, A television game show, which was produced by Granada Television and was aired on the ITV Network from 1985 - 1990.

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[edit] Hosts

The Show was originally presented by Sue Robbie, with Richard Madeley taking over in 1988 & Simon Potter presented the final two series in 1989 & 1990. During the Richard Madeley period, a year after becoming the first female Krypton Factor champion, Marian Chanter co-hosted in a segment in which she would appear somewhere in the UK and viewers had to phone in and guess the person connected with that particular area based on clues given.

[edit] Gameplay

The game involved two contestants (Three in the final series in 1990) trying to make connections by virtue of clues given by the host.

[edit] Connect the Clues

Contestants were asked questions, and they can answer by buzzing-in. Correct answers earned points, revealed picture, and try and spot connections to win bonus points.

[edit] Find the Figure

The "Find the Figure" round was where a correct answer revealed either a number or a mathematical symbol. The sum went in a clockwise direction around the board, ending with an equals (=) sign. The sum was hidden behind the centre square. The contestants job was to buzz-in to give the answer to that sum to score.

[edit] The Bonus Game

The series had two bonus games.

[edit] Link the Letters

The winner played the Link the Letters end game. He/she got 50 seconds to answer eight questions. Each correct answer revealed a letter behind one of the screens (the first letter of the answer). After the eight questions, the winning player used whatever time he/she had left to identify the 8-letter word, arranged clockwise. It became hard to win if some of the letters were missing and without knowing where the word started. This changed in a later version of the show by having the eight letters arranged in circular form, but still without revealing where it actually started. Solving the 8-letter word won a grand prize.

Note: When Richard Madeley & Simon Potter took over, this bonus became the final round of the main game.

[edit] The Final Connection

Later in the series, Link the Letters was dumped in favor of The Final Connection game. Now the winning player was given the first & last pictures on the board. The object was to connect the first picture to the last (with the help of three clues on each).

[edit] Consolation Prizes

During the Sue Robbie era the losing contestants went away with a Connections camera and the points that they scored was turned into cash and donated to charity, when Richard Madeley became the host the losers left with a 'goody bag' and in the last 2 series with Simon Potter the losers left with a pocket TV.

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