Top Club
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Top Club was a Scottish
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

 regional television game show produced and broadcast by Grampian Television
Grampian Television
Grampian Television is the ITV franchisee for the North and North East of Scotland. Its coverage area includes the Scottish Highlands , Inverness, Aberdeen, Dundee and parts of north Fife...

 (now STV North) between 1971 and 1998. During the mids 1970s a spin off called Top team was also aired.

Running for over 25 years, Top Club was an annual tournament of general knowledge quiz games involving clubs and organisations from the Northern Scotland region. According to an interview with presenter Frank Gilfeather, the programme was the most watched regional light entertainment programme in the ITV network, winning audience shares of up to 46%.

From 1989 the series was also broadcast on Scottish Television
Scottish Television
Scottish Television is Scotland's largest ITV franchisee, and has held the ITV franchise for Central Scotland since 31 August 1957. It is the second oldest ITV franchisee still active...

region, broadcast during the daytime.

The series was axed in 1998.

Presenters

Top Club had 6 presenters over its 25 year run.
  • Jimmy Spankie (1978-9)
  • ?? (1980-1983)
  • Jimmy Mack (1984)
  • ?? (1985-1989)
  • Frank Gilfeather (1990-98)
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