The Generation Game

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  • Premiered: Oct 1971
  • Episodes: 413
  • Followers: 0
  • Ended
  • BBC One
  • Saturday at 20
  • Comedy Game show

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Season 17
17x1
Episode 1
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Air date
Oct 21, 1995
Boyzone and dance troupe Siverka are among the guests on the game show in which family members pair up for series of unfamiliartasks.
17x2
Episode 2
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Air date
Oct 28, 1995
Guest Leslie Grantham joins host Jim Davidson and Sally Meen as eight more family members tackle some unfamiliartasks.
17x3
Episode 3
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Air date
Nov 05, 1995
The Riverdance cast and impressionist George Marshall join Jim Davidson and Sally Meen as more family members tackle a series of unfamiliar tasks.
17x4
Episode 4
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Air date
Nov 11, 1995
Mister Motivator, Mystic Meg and, Patsy Palmer join Jim Davidson and Sally Meen as more family members tackle unfamiliar tasks.
17x5
Episode 5
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Air date
Nov 18, 1995
Zsa Zsa Gabor , Golden Girls actress, Estelle Getty , Jim Bowen , Andi Peters , Anneka Rice , Willy Thorne and Dale Winton join Jim Davidson and Sally Meen as more family members tackle unfamiliar tasks.
17x1
Episode 1
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Air date
Nov 25, 1995
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17x6
Episode 6
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Air date
Nov 25, 1995
Hinge and Bracket, Petula Clark and Don Henderson join Jim Davidson and Sally Meen as more family members tackle unfamiliar tasks. Tonight's finale, part of this year's Children in Need event, is a play performed in glorious Smell-o-Vision.
17x7
Episode 7
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Air date
Dec 02, 1995
Alpha Connection and Terri Carol join Jim Davidson and Sally Meen as more family members tackle unfamiliar tasks. Tonight's finale is a limbo complete with Caribbean cocktails.
17x8
Episode 8
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Air date
Dec 09, 1995
Top basketball team the London Towers and African dance troupe Adzidojoin hosts Jim Davidson and Sally Meen as more family members tackle unfamiliar tasks.
17x9
Episode 9
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Air date
Dec 16, 1995
England rugby union stars Mike Catt and Dean Richards and mime/sound duo the Umbilical Brothers join Jim Davidson and Sally Meen as more family members tackle unfamiliar tasks.
17x10
Episode 10 (Christmas Special)
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Air date
Dec 23, 1995
Jim Davidson and Sally Meen present a special Christmas edition of the show in which family members tackle unfamiliar tasks.
17x11
Episode 11
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Air date
Dec 30, 1995
Danny La Rue joins Jim Davidson and Sally Meen as the show takes a trip down memory lane to New Year 1941. More family members tackle unfamiliar tasks, including parcel wrapping, sherry pouring and naval aerobics.
17x12
Episode 12
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Air date
Jan 06, 1996
The Royal Marines put the contestants through their paces tonight as more family members tackle unfamiliar tasks. With Jim Davidson and Sally Meen.
17x13
Episode 13
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Air date
Jan 13, 1996
The programme ventures outside the studio for the first time as more family members tackle unfamiliar tasks, including trying to serve breakfast cereal with mechanical diggers.
17x14
Episode 14
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Air date
Jan 20, 1996
Jim dons tartan togs for tonight's show, which celebrates Burns Night early. More contestants tackle unfamiliar tasks, including the proper way to put on a kilt. With Sally Meen , and .. show full overview
17x15
Episode 15
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Air date
Jan 27, 1996
More contestants tackle unfamiliar tasks, including samba dancing and dog discipline game. Hosted by Jim Davidson , with Sally Meen and guest, co-presenter of How Do They Do That?, Eamonn Holmes.
17x16
Episode 16
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Air date
Feb 02, 1996
Tonight's guests imitate the plate-spinning skills of the Chinese State Circus, get covered in chocolate, have their knowledge of biology tested and try cutting out a silhouette of talk .. show full overview
17x17 Season finale
Episode 17
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 10, 1996
In the last show in the current run, contestants will be playing some of the most popular games from this series. Hosted by Jim Davidson , with Sally Meen and guests Dale Winton and comedian Bradley Walsh.

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