The 14th season of the international television game show Jeux sans frontières was held in the summer of 1978. Broadcasters from Belgium, France, Italy, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, West Germany, and, for the first time, Yugoslavia participated in the competition coordinated by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), while the Netherlands withdrew due to their broadcaster showing the heats on a delayed basis, and many of its viewers were watching them live on Belgian television.Series Guide: 1977 - Introduction The different heats were hosted by each of the participant broadcasters in locations in their countries such as Verbania (Italy), Rochefort (Belgium), Grömitz (West Germany), Zemun (Yugoslavia), Bourgoin-Jallieu (France), Arosa (Switzerland), and Lincoln (United Kingdom). The grand final was held in Montecatini Terme (Italy). The head international referees in charge of supervising the competition were Gennaro Olivieri and .
The season was won by the team from Abano Terme, Italy, the runner-up being the team from Sandwell, United Kingdom.
Participants Country Broadcaster Code Colour RTBF / BRT B Yellow Antenne 2 F Green RAI I Blue SRG SSR TSI CH Gold (designated as in Heat 3) BBC GB (NI in Heat 3) Red ARD D Light blue JRT YU White and blue
Heat Heat 1 Heat 1 was hosted by RAI on 31 May 1978 in Verbania, Italy, presented by and Milly Carlucci. Place Country Town Points 1 CH Bad Ragaz 41 2 I Verbania 39 3 D Friedrichsthal 37 3 GB Bath 37 5 YU Split 36 6 B Dilbeek 33 7 F Meudon 22
Heat 2 Heat 2 was hosted by RTBF on 13 June 1978 in Rochefort, Belgium, presented by Paule Herreman and Michel Lemaire. Place Country Town Points 1 D Sobernheim 44 2 B Rochefort 39 3 I Abano Terme 39 4 CH Yverdon 34 5 GB Crewe and Nantwich 32 6 YU Novo Mesto 27 7 F La Rochelle 25
Heat 3 Heat 3 was hosted by ARD on 28 June 1978 in Grömitz, West Germany, presented by and Brigitte März. Place Country Town Points 1 B Willebroek 43 2 F Cambrai 37 3 NI Derry 35 4 D Grömitz 32 5 I Battipaglia 31 6 YU Mostar 28 7 CH Cavergno 27
Heat 4 Heat 4 was hosted by TV Belgrade on behalf of JRT on 12 July 1978 in Zemun, Yugoslavia, presented by , and Minja Subota. Place Country Town Points 1 GB Sandwell 48 2 F Fontainebleau 44 3 CH Altdorf 36 4 B Silly 33 4 YU Zemun 33 6 D Lahnstein 25 7 I Tolfa 20
Heat 5 Heat 5 was hosted by Antenne 2 on 26 July 1978 in Bourgoin-Jallieu , France, presented by Guy Lux and . Place Country Town Points 1 GB East Kilbride 46 2 CH Novazzano 38 3 B Hamme 37 4 D Wesseling 36 4 F Bourgoin-Jallieu 36 6 YU Ohrid 22 7 I Montecatini Terme 21
Heat 6 Heat 6 was hosted by TV DRS on behalf of SRG SSR TSI on 9 August 1978 in Arosa, Switzerland, presented by and . Place Country Town Points 1 CH Arosa 44 2 GB Stevenage 42 3 D Drolshagen 36 4 F Arette-la-Pierre-Saint Martin 35 5 I Pescasseroli 34 6 B Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve 22 7 YU Kotor 21
Heat 7 Heat 7 was hosted by the BBC on 23 August 1978 in Lincoln, United Kingdom, presented by Stuart Hall and Eddie Waring. Place Country Town Points 1 B Hasselt 37 1 YU Kragujevac 37 3 D Telgte 36 3 F Mandelieu 36 5 CH Tramelan 35 6 GB Cleethorpes 29 7 I Pianoro 24
Qualifiers The teams with the most points from each country advanced to the grand final: Country Town Place won Points won GB Sandwell 1 48 CH Arosa 1 44 D Sobernheim 1 44 B Willebroek 1 43 YU Kragujevac 1 37 F Fontainebleau 2 44 I Abano Terme 2 39
Final The final was hosted by RAI on 6 September 1978 in Montecatini Terme, Italy, presented by Ettore Andenna and Milly Carlucci. Place Country Town Points 1 I Abano Terme 43 2 GB Sandwell 41 3 F Fontainebleau 36 4 CH Arosa 31 4 YU Kragujevac 31 6 B Willebroek 28 7 D Sobernheim 25
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