Season
- Season 23 2001-09-08
- Season 22 2000-10-07
- Season 21 1999-09-04
- Season 20 1998-09-05
- Season 19 1997-10-18
- Season 18 1996-08-31
- Season 17 1995-10-21
- Season 16 1994-09-10
- Season 15 1993-09-10
- Season 14 1992-09-19
- Season 13 1991-09-14
- Season 12 1990-09-07
- Season 11 1981-09-05
- Season 10 1980-08-30
- Season 9 1979-09-01
- Season 8 1978-09-23
- Season 7 1977-09-10
- Season 6 1976-09-11
- Season 5 1975-09-27
- Season 4 1974-09-21
- Season 3 1973-09-15
- Season 2 1972-09-16
- Season 1 1971-10-02
- Season 0 1978-06-03
Episode
- Episode 1: Series 8, Show 1
- Episode 2: Series 8, Show 2
- Episode 3: Series 8, Show 3
- Episode 4: Series 8, Show 4
- Episode 5: Series 8, Show 5
- Episode 6: Series 8, Show 6
- Episode 7: Series 8, Show 7
- Episode 8: Series 8, Show 8
- Episode 9: Series 8, Show 9
- Episode 10: Series 8, Show 10
- Episode 11: Series 8, Show 11
- Episode 12: Series 8, Show 12
- Episode 13: Series 8, Show 13
- Episode 14: Christmas Special 1978
- Episode 15: Series 8 Compilation
- Episode 16: Easter Special 1979
The Generation Game Season 8 Series 8, Show 5
The Generation Game was a British game show produced by the BBC in which four teams of two competed to win prizes. The programme was first broadcast in 1971 under the title Bruce Forsyth and the Generation Game and ran until 1982, and again from 1990 until 2002.
The show was based on the Dutch TV show Een van de acht, "One of the Eight", the format devised in 1969 by Theo Uittenbogaard for VARA Television. Mrs. Mies Bouwman - a popular Dutch talk show host and presenter of the show - came up with the idea of the conveyor belt. She had seen it on a German programme and wanted to incorporate it into the show.
Another antecedent for the gameshow was 'Sunday Night at the London Palladium' on ATV, which had a game called Beat the Clock, taken from an American gameshow. It featured married couples playing silly games within a certain time to win prize money. This was hosted by Bruce Forsyth from 1958, and he took the idea with him when he went over to the BBC.
