That's Showbusiness

That's Showbusiness is a game show that aired on BBC1 from 20 May 1989 to 8 July 1996 and hosted by Mike Smith.

Format In the first three series, the game was played with two teams of three, with team captains Kenny Everett and Gloria Hunniford competing. From the fourth series onwards, the game was played with two teams of two celebrities with no team captains competing. The quiz was split into various rounds and scoring was usually two points per answer or one point if offered across to the opposing team for a bonus. The rounds altered slightly from series to series. The following featured significantly:

Three Questions – based on a comedy clip. Romantic Triangles – where the teams must try and guess which celebrity two other celebrities had been romantically involved with. Guess which of these three people said this particular quote Movie – Each team member would see a clip of a classic or newly released film and asked relevant questions on the film and/or its stars. Videoke – Each team would sing along to a music video or performance, the video would fade out and hopefully, when it was faded back in again, they would be in the right place. "Quickfire" – 12 themed questions to be answered alternately by teammates within one minute.

Transmissions Series Series Start date End date Episodes 1 20 May 1989 26 August 1989 14 2 2 June 1990 25 August 1990 12 3 20 April 1991 13 July 1991 13 4 11 April 1992 18 July 1992 14 5 9 January 1993 3 April 1993 13 6 17 January 1994 15 August 1994 27 7 6 March 1995 13 September 1995 26 8 1 April 1996 8 July 1996 13

Specials Date Entitle 30 December 1989 Holiday Special 31 December 1990 New Year's Eve Special 31 December 1991 New Year's Eve Special 31 December 1992 New Year's Eve Special 20 December 1993 Christmas Special 22 December 1994 Christmas Special 18 February 1995 Eastenders Special 29 December 1995 Movies Special

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