(hosted by Jim Bowen) which was broadcast by ITV in 1981 and then Central TV from 1982 to 1995. Much later, in March 1968, BBC ‘Channel 1’īegan a new weekly series entitled ‘Quiz Time Gentlemen Please!’ where ‘PubsĬompete with darts and general knowledge’ a forerunner of the TV quiz show Bull’s-eye May 1937 BBC ‘London Television’ broadcast from Alexandra Palace a programmeĬleverly entitled ‘Darts and Shove Ha’penny’ a competition ‘between two rival Nearly four decades earlier the first pub games broadcast on BBC Television was World darts championship in 1972 but apart from that… This was not strictly trueĪs Westward TV had been running a darts tournament since theĮarly 1960s and ITV had first covered the Up with the title whilst watching his fatherīecome worked up over a game of table skittles.Ĭhipped in that darts had long been neglected on TV. Original concept, of pitching pub and club champions against each other in various pub game disciplines. In that meeting attended by Sid was Donaldīaverstock, the Programme Controller for YTV, the Raod and its links with darts history see the Annakin story elsewhere on this Indoor League was mapped out ‘in a posh office atĪgreed format and an empty crate of ‘Double Diamond’. Television public like never before (or since). World of public house games was exposed to the Then came the team from YTV (which included They were more concerned about theįriendship and sociability for which such games are rightly renowned. Never really bothered about the profile of their League tables and results with no detailed reports. More serious organised pub leagues made the Most matches were friendly and never made the headlines. Depending on where you lived the bar would resound to theĪs three darts hit their target or the indescribable banshee-like shriek as someone Many years indoor pub games had existed peacefully (and sometimes not soīars, vaults and tap rooms of thousands of ordinary pubs across Britain.
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