Cheggers Plays Pop

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cheggers Plays Pop
Format Children's Game Show
Starring Keith Chegwin
Country of origin United Kingdom
No. of series 9
No. of episodes 77 (inc. 4 Xmas specials)
Production
Producer(s) BBC Manchester
Running time 30 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel BBC1
Picture format 4:3
Original run 10 April 1978 – 7 November 1986

Cheggers Plays Pop was a British children's television show broadcast from 10 April 1978 to 7 November 1986. The show's format consisted of a series of physical and mental challenges undertaken by two teams of children representing their respective schools, together with studio performances by contemporary pop music acts.

The show was filmed at the BBC Manchester studios, hence most of the participating schools were predominantly from the North/North West areas of the UK.

The show was hosted by Keith Chegwin, who is commonly known to the British public as "Cheggers".

Some editions from the 1983 and 1984 series have been wiped from the BBC archives, although all earlier and later editions survive.

Transmissions

Series

Series Start date End date Episodes
1
10 April 1978
19 June 1978
9
2
2 April 1979
11 June 1979
11
3
31 March 1980
9 June 1980
8
4
6 April 1981
15 June 1981
8
5
5 April 1982
14 June 1982
8
6
20 April 1983
8 June 1983
8
7
17 April 1984
5 June 1984
8
8
12 September 1985
31 October 1985
8
9
12 September 1986
7 November 1986
9

Christmas Specials

Date
22 December 1980
30 December 1981
26 December 1982
30 December 1983

External links


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike; additional terms may apply for the media files.