Tuesday 30 May 2017

696 Odd One Out



First  viewed :  Uncertain

I  wasn't  sure  I'd  seen  this  at  all  but  the  fourth  and  final  season  in  1985  preceded  Top  of  the  Pops  on  a  Thursday  so  it  was  inconceivable  I  wouldn't   have  caught  some  of  it. Watching  an  episode  now,  it  is  vaguely  familiar.

Odd   One  Out  was  a  BBC  games  show  with  the  usual  crap  prizes   and  an  early  vehicle  for  magician  Paul  Daniels  as  host. It  wasn't  easy  either,  requiring  a  considerable  amount  of  general  knowledge  to  do  well. The  contestants  were  shown  four  words  one  by  one  and  could  buzz  in  at  any  point  to  say  the odd  one  out ;if  they  knew  or  guessed  it  right  they  had  a choice  of  challenging  the  other  two  to  explain  why  or giving  the explanation  themselves  so  there was  an  element  of  gambling  as  well.

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