Finders Keepers is a British children's game show television series that aired on BBC1 from 13 February 1981 to 1 March 1985, hosted by Richard Stilgoe.
Format The show combined a quiz element with a computerised version of the game Battleships. Two teams of three primary school-aged pupils would compete against each other.Finders Keepers on Sausagenet – Access Date 25 April 2018 On scoring a "hit" at the Battleships game, the team had to answer a question to gain the associated points.
Theme The show was notable for host Richard Stilgoe playing the theme on a synthesiser live in the studio at the beginning, as well as the use of the phonetic alphabet to indicate the square on the battleship grid.Finders Keepers on UK Game Shows
Transmissions Series Start date End date Episodes 1 13 February 1981 3 April 1981 8 2 19 February 1982 2 April 1982 7 3 25 February 1983 1 April 1983 6 4 9 January 1984 26 March 1984 12 5 4 January 1985 1 March 1985 9
The series was a victim of the BBC's wiping of their children's programming in the 1990s. 28 out of 42 episodes survive in the BBC archives. The surviving episodes are:
Series 1: Episodes 1 and 4; Series 2: Episodes 1–2 and 4; Series 3: Episodes 1 and 4–6; Series 4: Episodes 1–6, 8 and 10–12. Series 5 exists in its entirety
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