That's Showbusiness

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That's Showbusiness
Genre Game show
Created by Jeremy Pascall
Phil Swern
Presented by Mike Smith
StarringTeam captains
Gloria Hunniford (1989-91)
Kenny Everett (1989-91)
Theme music composer Ed Welch (1989-91)
Debbie Wiseman (1992-94)
Helene Muddiman (1995-96)
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series8
No. of episodes132 (inc. 8 specials)
Production
Production location New Broadcasting House [1]
Running time30 minutes
Production company BBC North
Original release
Network BBC1
Release20 May 1989 (1989-05-20) –
8 July 1996 (1996-07-08)

That's Showbusiness is a game show that aired on BBC1 from 20 May 1989 to 8 July 1996 and hosted by Mike Smith.

Contents

Format

In the first three series, the game was played with two teams of three, with team captains Kenny Everett and Gloria Hunniford competing. From the fourth series onwards, the game was played with two teams of two celebrities with no team captains competing. The quiz was split into various rounds and scoring was usually two points per answer or one point if offered across to the opposing team for a bonus. The rounds altered slightly from series to series. The following featured significantly:

Transmissions

Series

SeriesStart dateEnd dateEpisodes
120 May 1989 [2] 26 August 1989 [3] 14
22 June 1990 [4] 25 August 1990 [5] 12
320 April 1991 [6] 13 July 1991 [7] 13
411 April 1992 [8] 18 July 1992 [9] 14
59 January 1993 [10] 3 April 1993 [11] 13
617 January 1994 [12] 15 August 1994 [13] 27
76 March 1995 [14] 15 September 1995 [15] 26
81 April 1996 [16] 8 July 1996 [17] 13

Specials

DateEntitle
30 December 1989 [18] Holiday Special
31 December 1990 [19] New Year's Eve Special
31 December 1991 [20] New Year's Eve Special
31 December 1992 [21] New Year's Eve Special
20 December 1993 [22] Christmas Special
22 December 1994 [23] Christmas Special
18 February 1995 [24] Eastenders Special
29 December 1995 [25] Movies Special

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