Shammy Dab is a Scottish comedy panel game show that aired on Grampian Television from 8 January 1985 to 1 June 1989.
History Shammy Dab was created in 1975 by Bill Torrance as part of a series for Radio Forth in Edinburgh entitled Fair Flummoxed. The radio version mainly featured Scottish country dance bands.
The name was changed to 'Shammy Dab' (referring to a cheap wall decoration where a wall was stippled with a wet sponge - when done well, it was said to be a shammy dab)."The Pres and Journal - Thursday 20 Dec 1984: P5 "Jus the Dad to Start with"
Transmissions In later years, the series was also aired on Border Television and Scottish Television.
Series Start date End date Episodes 1 8 January 1985 12 February 1985 6 2 14 May 1985 18 June 1985 6 3 11 March 1986 22 April 1986 7 4 14 July 1986 18 August 1986 6 5 20 January 1987 14 April 1987 13 6 16 February 1989 1 June 1989 16
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