Yesterday you saw part, one of this important list, so here is part two. The final few on the list of the greatest TV game shows from history.

Dale’s Supermarket Sweep
Based on the American version, Dale’s Supermarket Sweep was a fun game show which for a while turned everyone into wannabe shop lifters. Basically, if you haven’t heard of this groundbreaking show, there are three teams of two contestants who answer questions and riddles in a set that looks like a supermarket. Each correct question got the team more time in the ‘Big Sweep’ round, where they pretty much just run around the shop throwing as much stuff in their trolley as possible. The team with the shopping trolley filled with the items of the most value wins the chance to enter the final. Oh, and it quite possible has the worst theme music and opening titles of any show ever! Just watch the clip below.

Blind Date
At the height of its popularity in the 1980s, 18.2 million tuned in to watch Blind Date on a Saturday night. This is 18.2 million more viewers than Take Me Out, hosted by Paddy McGuinness, gets.
Blind Date was glamorous and was hosted by Britain’s favourite scouser Cilla Black. The show saw three lonely people competing to get win a date with another lonely person on the other side of a wall. The questions were cheesy and the answers were sometimes unbearable but that just added to the entertainment factor on what was a great show. Oh and don’t forget about ‘our Graham’, or that episode where Mr Bean ended up on the show.

Bullseye
Everyone loved a bit of bully. Hosted by the gritty yet lovable Jim Bowen contestants had to throw darts and answer questions to win great prizes… Like a speedboat. The cartoon bull, called ‘Bully’ was the mascot for the show and a little known fact about him is that he was ambidextrous. In the opening credits of the show he was shown to throw his darts with his right hand, however prior to the advert break midway through the show he can be seen to write “End of part one” using his left hand. It is hard to describe just how good Bullseye was, so here is a clip of some outtakes.

Family Fortunes
The third presenter of Family Fortunes was Les Dennis, who played a large part in making this show as iconic as it is today. Looking back at the old shows, they are dated and beyond retro, but they still have a certain charm that is hard to explain. Also, this show was amazing because quite often the contestants were plain stupid. I mean there really were some abysmal answers, however this clip has one of my favourites.

And, just to see you out, here is a compilation of funny answers on game shows.

The Metro today contained the news that athletics star Mo Farah became the first person to complete the game show The Cube. This is an impressive feat, as the current 5000m world champion took part in the game show for a special charity edition, and ended up completing it with 6 lives remaining.

In the past a number of contestants have managed to complete six levels and win themselves £100,000. However, Mo Farah managed to complete all seven levels and in doing so became the first person to beat The Cube!

So, we started reminiscing about all of our favourite TV game shows over the years, from the grainy offerings of old, to the futuristic and sometimes ridiculous (Golden Balls) shows we have today. Here are some of our favourites.

Bruce Forsyth’s Generation Game
This is most certainly one of the most fantastic game shows ever and since it was first broadcast in the early 1970s Brucey has become a favourite in homes up and down the country. The Generation Game has gone on to be hosted by Roy Castle, Larry Grayson, Jim Davidson and Graham Norton, but it just never lived up to the greatness of Bruce Forsyth’s Generation Game.

Catchphrase
Two contestants, one male and the other female, battle it out to identify the common catchphrase represented by a retro piece of animation… What is there not to like here? A classic show which even has some of its very own catchphrases. It warms the cockles of my heart to hear Roy Walker saying: ‘Say what you see’, ‘What’s Mr Chips doing there?’ and my personal favourite: ‘You can’t win if you don’t buzz in’. And what was with Roy telling all those awful jokes?

Who Wants to be a millionaire?
The first few series of this presented by Christ Tarrant were tense and dramatic throughout. It was different from most other game shows as only one contestant played at a time. This show had everything, drama, lifelines, controversy and a whopping great prize. It is almost impossible to talk about Who Wants to be a Millionaire? without mentioning British Army Major Charles Ingram, who managed to cheat his way to the million pound jackpot. Here is a clip from the American version where a contestant gets the first question wrong!

Deal or No Deal
The first format of this show was the Dutch version called Miljoenenjacht (Hunt For Millions) and it is now in many countries across the globe, however, most of you will know it as the show that resurrected Noel Edmunds’ career. This is most probably the least skilled gameshow ever, where contestants have to open boxes at random, hoping not to open a box with a large amount of money in it. This show is usually more fun if you want the contestants to lose, because more often than not it is greed which drives them to turn their nose up at substantial amounts of money. Noel is wacky throughout, like a crazy uncle you only see at Christmas and ‘the banker’ has to be one of the most unlikeable characters, which is strange considering you never see him. Here is a funny clip from the Australian version of the show were the contestant has the unluckiest opening round possible.

Takeshi’s Castle
This Japanese game show is a classic and since digital TV became mainstream it seems to be on all day. Watching a massive group of contestants trying to run through walls or acting as human bowling pins is surely one of the funniest things any game show has ever brought us, but Takeshi’s Castle went from the wonderfully funny to the plain strange at times and was also fantastically narrated by Craigh Charles. Oh, and I don’t think I have ever seen anyone win! Here are some of the funniest moments.

The Crystal Maze
When I think of the 90s a few things come to mind, Blur, Oasis, Adidas popper trousers, the ending of the Cold War and of course; The Crystal Maze. This show was quite frankly stunning. A great concept, a great presenter and some bonkers challenges for the usually bewildered contestants. I could watch hours of this show even today. I even had the Crystal Maze Choose Your Own Adventure style Gamebook. Oh and what a theme tune! Here is a funny moment where a contestant cannot see the obvious clue in front of them.

Part two is soon to come, so stay tuned…