Busman's Holiday (game show)
Encyclopedia
Busman's Holiday is a British television
game show, which was produced by Granada Television
and ran on the ITV
network from 26 February 1985 to 28 June 1993. Its hosts over the years were Julian Pettifer
, Sarah Kennedy
and Elton Welsby
.
The format of the programme consisted of multiple rounds of quizzing: world geography, questions of the other's profession or brain teasers, questions of their own profession—sometimes quite embarrassing, and questions on a final destination— revealing which team had conducted the best research prior to the match. And there was a review of the prior weeks winning contestants holiday.
British television
Public television broadcasting started in the United Kingdom in 1936, and now has a collection of free and subscription services over a variety of distribution media, through which there are over 480 channelsTaking the base Sky EPG TV Channels. A breakdown is impossible due to a) the number of...
game show, which was produced by Granada Television
Granada Television
Granada Television is the ITV contractor for North West England. Based in Manchester since its inception, it is the only surviving original ITA franchisee from 1954 and is ITV's most successful....
and ran on the ITV
ITV
ITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...
network from 26 February 1985 to 28 June 1993. Its hosts over the years were Julian Pettifer
Julian Pettifer
Julian Pettifer OBE is a British television journalist. He was President of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds and is Vice President of the Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts...
, Sarah Kennedy
Sarah Kennedy
Sarah Mary Kennedy MBE is a British TV and radio broadcaster. She presented her own daily early morning radio show, The Dawn Patrol, on BBC Radio 2 from 1993, before announcing her decision to leave the show on 3 September, 2010.Kennedy was honoured in the Queen's Birthday Honours in 2005, when...
and Elton Welsby
Elton Welsby
Roger Elton Welsby is an English television sports presenter.-Education:Welsby was educated at the independent school Liverpool College in the city of Liverpool in Merseyside....
.
Game
Contestants were divided into competing teams of three based upon career, at first three teams and in later series just two teams. They were dressed in their regular work clothes. The goal was an exotic vacation where they have to work.The format of the programme consisted of multiple rounds of quizzing: world geography, questions of the other's profession or brain teasers, questions of their own profession—sometimes quite embarrassing, and questions on a final destination— revealing which team had conducted the best research prior to the match. And there was a review of the prior weeks winning contestants holiday.
Transmissions
| Series | Start date | End date | Episodes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 26 February 1985 | 21 May 1985 | 13 |
| 2 | 7 January 1986 | 1 April 1986 | 13 |
| 3 | 6 January 1987 | 24 March 1987 | 12 |
| 4 | 11 February 1988 | 5 May 1988 | 13 |
| 5 | 8 March 1989 | 31 May 1989 | 13 |
| 6 | 25 April 1990 | 18 July 1990 | 13 |
| 7 | 12 June 1991 | 28 August 1991 | 13 |
| 8 | 5 April 1993 | 28 June 1993 | 13 |
External links
- Busman's Holiday at BFI