Finders Keepers (UK TV series)
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Finders Keepers was a CITV
game show based on the original American format of the same name. It was originally broadcast from 12 April 1991 to 1996, hosted by Neil Buchanan
. It was then revived from 6 January to 14 April 2006, hosted by Jeff Brazier
.
In it's original format, the teams took turns searching the first four rooms (two rooms for each team), they had 30 seconds to find the hidden object and score 25 points. Then they went over to a garage to find four answers to four questions behind eight numbers to win more rooms to raid. Each correct answer found & hidden object found was worth double or 50 points. Later shows had the answer searching game aka "Find & Keep" be played in both rounds before the room searches, with the answers in round one worth 25 points. The final series allowed the team to have to find tools in a pit of tar to win more rooms to raid. When the show was revived in 2006, "Find & Keep", the answer finding game was revived too.
The programme was pretty hectic because the rooms the contestants trashed had streamers, confetti and Silly String raining from the ceiling as they raided the rooms.
The team with the most points won the right to go on a "Super Search" for a star prize.
CITV
CITV is a British television channel from ITV Digital Channels Ltd, a division of ITV plc. It broadcasts content from the CITV archive, as well as commissions and acquisitions. CITV itself is the programming block on the main ITV Network .The CITV channel broadcasts from 06:00 to 18:00...
game show based on the original American format of the same name. It was originally broadcast from 12 April 1991 to 1996, hosted by Neil Buchanan
Neil Buchanan
Neil Buchanan is an English television presenter best known for his work on the CITV programme Art Attack, a television programme that he presented during its run from 1990 to 2007...
. It was then revived from 6 January to 14 April 2006, hosted by Jeff Brazier
Jeff Brazier
Jeffrey Carl Brazier is a British television presenter and reality TV star. Before becoming a television personality, he was a footballer on the books of Leyton Orient for three years, although he never played for the first team and quit the game due to injury.-Career:In 2001, Brazier took part in...
.
Format
Two teams of two had to trash eight rooms in two rounds (four rooms each round) to find hidden objects to gain points.In it's original format, the teams took turns searching the first four rooms (two rooms for each team), they had 30 seconds to find the hidden object and score 25 points. Then they went over to a garage to find four answers to four questions behind eight numbers to win more rooms to raid. Each correct answer found & hidden object found was worth double or 50 points. Later shows had the answer searching game aka "Find & Keep" be played in both rounds before the room searches, with the answers in round one worth 25 points. The final series allowed the team to have to find tools in a pit of tar to win more rooms to raid. When the show was revived in 2006, "Find & Keep", the answer finding game was revived too.
The programme was pretty hectic because the rooms the contestants trashed had streamers, confetti and Silly String raining from the ceiling as they raided the rooms.
The team with the most points won the right to go on a "Super Search" for a star prize.
Rooms
- Mum and Dads Bedroom
- Bathroom
- Landing
- Kids Bedroom
- Fantasy Room/Mystery Room
- Store Room/Utility Room/Garden Room
- Kitchen
- Hallway
- Living Room
- Study
Jeremy's Joker
In the Buchanan series, some rooms (usually the Fantasy Room) had Jeremy's Joker on them. If the team found the object, they would win a holiday. This was named after Jeremy Stockwell, the in voice announcer for the early Finders Keepers series.Super Search
The winning team got to do the super search. They had to raid all 8 rooms in 4 minutes (3 minutes in the TVS and Revival versions) to get a super prize. The more rooms raided, the better the prize.External links
- Finders Keepers at itv.com/citvItv.comitv.com is the main website of ITV plc, the UK's largest commercial television broadcaster which operates 11 out of 15 regions on the ITV network under the ITV1 brand. The website offers on-line streaming, ITV archive, news, sport, entertainment, games, soaps, lifestyle, drama and an interactive TV...
- Finders Keepers (1991-1996) at BFI
- Finders Keepers (2006) at BFI