Small Talk (British game show)

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Small Talk
Genre Game show
Presented by Ronnie Corbett
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series4
No. of episodes52
Production
Running time30 minutes
Production company Reg Grundy Productions
Original release
Network BBC1
Release24 July 1994 (1994-07-24) 
18 December 1996 (1996-12-18)
Related
Child's Play

Small Talk is a British television game show that aired on BBC1 from 24 July 1994 to 18 December 1996 and is hosted by Ronnie Corbett.

Contents

Gameplay

Rounds 1 and 2

Corbett asks the three contestants a question that they asked panel of 9 children (10 or 11 if 1 or 2 squares have pairs). The contestants secretly lock in what they think the majority of the panel answered (the majority guess), and those who are correct get 10 points (5 points in series 1) in round one and 20 points (10 points in series 1) in round two.

After this, one by one, the contestants picked a single child or single pair of children and guess what he, she or they said, and if correct they score 20 points (10 points in series 1) in Round 1 and 30 points (20 points in series 1) in Round 2. During the first series, an incorrect prediction eliminated that player until the end of the round.

Round 3

In this round, only the two players with the highest scores are allowed to play. Now, players alternated thrice by randomly selecting children by square with buzzers located at their lecterns. Otherwise, gameplay is the same, awarding players 40 points per match (30 in series 1).

Final round

In the final round, the winner will try to turn his or her main game score to 500 and to do this they must do the following. The contestant picks 5 panelists and each is given a question. Each kid or pair holds a card with a number on it from 50 to 500 (4 have 50, 2 each of 100 and 250, and one 500). If the contestant guesses the response of the kid or pair correctly he or she will get the points on the card added to his or her overall score. If the contestant gets 500 points or more they will win a weekend holiday. If the winner scored less than 500 points, he or she would be treated to a night out. All players received a souvenir Small Talk trophy.

Transmissions

SeriesStart dateEnd dateEpisodes
1*24 July 199425 September 199412
6 August 199520 August 1995
214 May 199530 July 199512
315 May 199628 August 199612
44 September 199618 December 199616

International versions

CountryTitleHostNetworkPremiereFinale
Flag of Germany.svg GermanySmall Talk [2] Birgit Lechtermann RTL 19971998
Flag of Greece.svg GreeceOσα Ξέpει τo ΠαιδίYiannis Zouganelis Mega 19981999
Flag of Indonesia.svg IndonesiaCeloteh Anak Dewi Hughes Indosiar 8 February 200124 December 2005
Flag of South Africa.svg South AfricaSmall TalkJames Lennox SABC 2 2005
Flag of Sweden.svg SwedenSmåpratarnaTV419931997
Flag of Thailand.svg ThailandSmall Talk
Flag of the United States.svg United States Small Talk Wil Shriner The Family Channel 30 September 19963 January 1997
Flag of Vietnam.svg VietnamChuyện nhỏThanh BạchHTVJanuary 2005December 2012

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