Screen Test

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Screen Test
Genre Children's Game show
Presented by Michael Rodd (1970–79)
Brian Trueman (1979–83)
Mark Curry (1984)
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series21
No. of episodes226 (inc. 6 specials)
Production
Production location New Broadcasting House [1]
Running time20–30 minutes
Production company BBC Manchester
Original release
Network BBC1
Release18 November 1970 (1970-11-18) –
20 December 1984 (1984-12-20)

Screen Test is a children's game show that aired on BBC1 from 18 November 1970 to 20 December 1984. It was first hosted by Michael Rodd from 1970 to 1979, then by Brian Trueman from 1979 to 1983 and finally by Mark Curry in 1984. It involved its contestants seeing clips from films, and then being asked questions about the films to test their memories of them.

Contents

The theme music was "Marching There and Back" by Syd Dale.

Transmissions

Series

SeriesStart dateEnd dateEpisodes
118 November 1970 [2] 27 January 1971 [3] 10
222 September 1971 [4] 24 November 1971 [5] 10
37 April 1972 [6] 16 June 1972 [7] 11
46 December 1972 [8] 14 February 1973 [9] 11
525 September 1973 [10] 4 December 1973 [11] 11
629 May 1974 [12] 17 July 1974 [13] 8
712 September 1974 [14] 18 November 1974 [15] 11
87 July 1975 [16] 18 August 1975 [17] 7
931 December 1975 [18] 10 March 1976 [19] 11
1028 May 1976 [20] 6 August 1976 [21] 11
1130 December 1976 [22] 10 March 1977 [23] 11
1220 May 1977 [24] 29 July 1977 [25] 11
134 January 1978 [26] 29 March 1978 [27] 13
147 November 1978 [28] 23 January 1979 [29] 11
155 April 1979 [30] 14 June 1979 [31] 11
1615 November 1979 [32] 31 January 1980 [33] 11
177 October 1980 [34] 16 December 1980 [35] 11
1822 September 1981 [36] 1 December 1981 [37] 11
195 October 1982 [38] 29 December 1982 [39] 13
205 October 1983 [40] 14 December 1983 [41] 11
213 October 1984 [42] 13 December 1984 [43] 11

Calling Young Film Makers

SeriesStart dateEnd dateEpisodes
118 June 1977 [44] 16 July 1977 [45] 5
220 May 1978 [46] 24 June 1978 [47] 6

Specials

DateEntitle
24 December 1971 [48] Winners Special
1 January 1974 [49] Runners-Up Special
23 December 1974 [50] Christmas Special
1 September 1975 [51] Champion of Champions Special
21 December 1983 [52] Champion of Champions Special
20 December 1984 [53] Christmas Special

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  2. ↑ "Screen Test – BBC One London – 18 November 1970". BBC Genome Project . Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  3. ↑ "Screen Test – BBC One London – 27 January 1971". BBC Genome Project . Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  4. ↑ "Screen Test – BBC One London – 22 September 1971". BBC Genome Project . Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  5. ↑ "Screen Test – BBC One London – 24 November 1971". BBC Genome Project . Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  6. ↑ "Screen Test – BBC One London – 7 April 1972". BBC Genome Project . Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  7. ↑ "Screen Test – BBC One London – 16 June 1972". BBC Genome Project . Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  8. ↑ "Screen Test – BBC One London – 6 December 1972". BBC Genome Project . Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  9. ↑ "Screen Test – BBC One London – 14 February 1973". BBC Genome Project . Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  10. ↑ "Screen Test – BBC One London – 25 September 1973". BBC Genome Project . Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  11. ↑ "Screen Test – BBC One London – 4 December 1973". BBC Genome Project . Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  12. ↑ "Screen Test – BBC One London – 29 May 1974". BBC Genome Project . Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  13. ↑ "Screen Test – BBC One London – 17 July 1974". BBC Genome Project . Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  14. ↑ "Screen Test – BBC One London – 12 September 1974". BBC Genome Project . Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  15. ↑ "Screen Test – BBC One London – 18 November 1974". BBC Genome Project . Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  16. ↑ "Screen Test – BBC One London – 7 July 1975". BBC Genome Project . Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  17. ↑ "Screen Test – BBC One London – 18 August 1975". BBC Genome Project . Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  18. ↑ "Screen Test – BBC One London – 31 December 1975". BBC Genome Project . Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  19. ↑ "Screen Test – BBC One London – 10 March 1976". BBC Genome Project . Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  20. ↑ "Screen Test – BBC One London – 28 May 1976". BBC Genome Project . Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  21. ↑ "Screen Test – BBC One London – 6 August 1976". BBC Genome Project . Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  22. ↑ "Screen Test – BBC One London – 30 December 1976". BBC Genome Project . Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  23. ↑ "Screen Test – BBC One London – 10 March 1977". BBC Genome Project . Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  24. ↑ "Screen Test – BBC One London – 20 May 1977". BBC Genome Project . Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  25. ↑ "Screen Test – BBC One London – 29 July 1977". BBC Genome Project . Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  26. ↑ "Screen Test – BBC One London – 4 January 1978". BBC Genome Project . Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  27. ↑ "Screen Test – BBC One London – 29 March 1978". BBC Genome Project . Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  28. ↑ "Screen Test – BBC One London – 7 November 1978". BBC Genome Project . Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  29. ↑ "Screen Test – BBC One London – 23 January 1979". BBC Genome Project . Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  30. ↑ "Screen Test – BBC One London – 5 April 1979". BBC Genome Project . Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  31. ↑ "Screen Test – BBC One London – 14 June 1979". BBC Genome Project . Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  32. ↑ "Screen Test – BBC One London – 15 November 1979". BBC Genome Project . Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  33. ↑ "Screen Test – BBC One London – 31 January 1980". BBC Genome Project . Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  34. ↑ "Screen Test – BBC One London – 7 October 1980". BBC Genome Project . Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  35. ↑ "Screen Test – BBC One London – 16 December 1980". BBC Genome Project . Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  36. ↑ "Screen Test – BBC One London – 22 September 1981". BBC Genome Project . Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  37. ↑ "Screen Test – BBC One London – 1 December 1981". BBC Genome Project . Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  38. ↑ "Screen Test – BBC One London – 5 October 1982". BBC Genome Project . Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  39. ↑ "Screen Test – BBC One London – 29 December 1982". BBC Genome Project . Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  40. ↑ "Screen Test – BBC One London – 5 October 1983". BBC Genome Project . Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  41. ↑ "Screen Test – BBC One London – 14 December 1983". BBC Genome Project . Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  42. ↑ "Screen Test – BBC One London – 3 October 1984". BBC Genome Project . Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  43. ↑ "Screen Test – BBC One London – 13 December 1984". BBC Genome Project . Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  44. ↑ "Screen Test – BBC One London – 18 June 1977". BBC Genome Project. Archived from the original on 7 January 2017. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  45. ↑ "Screen Test – BBC One London – 16 July 1977". BBC Genome Project . Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  46. ↑ "Calling Young Film Makers – BBC One London – 20 May 1978". BBC Genome Project . Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  47. ↑ "Calling Young Film Makers – BBC One London – 24 June 1978". BBC Genome Project . Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  48. ↑ "Screen Test – BBC One London – 24 December 1971". BBC Genome Project . Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  49. ↑ "Screen Test – BBC One London – 1 January 1974". BBC Genome Project . Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  50. ↑ "Screen Test – BBC One London – 23 December 1974". BBC Genome Project . Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  51. ↑ "Screen Test – BBC One London – 1 September 1975". BBC Genome Project . Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  52. ↑ "Screen Test – BBC One London – 21 December 1983". BBC Genome Project . Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  53. ↑ "Screen Test – BBC One London – 20 December 1984". BBC Genome Project . Retrieved 7 January 2016.
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