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It's A Knockout

Season 1981 1981

  • 1981-05-28T23:00:00Z on BBC One
  • 30m
  • 3h (6 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
It's a Knockout! is a British game show first broadcast in 1966. It was adapted from the French show Intervilles, and was part of the international Jeux sans frontières franchise. It featured teams representing a town or city competing tasks in absurd games, generally dressed in large foam rubber suits. Games were played in the home town's park, with weather often turning grassland into mud. The team scoring most points would advance to the next stage. Teams could double points in one round by choosing to "play their Joker". The games were originally refereed by Rugby League's Eddie Waring but eventually refereed by former international football referee Arthur Ellis from 1969 to 1982.

6 episodes

Season Premiere

1981-05-28T23:00:00Z

1981x01 Heat 1: Sherborne

Season Premiere

1981x01 Heat 1: Sherborne

  • 1981-05-28T23:00:00Z30m

Three towns compete for a place in the Italian heat of Jeux sans Frontières.
Tonight's programme comes from the beautiful castle grounds at Sherborne in Dorset. Teams taking part: Sherborne v Dorchester v Lyme Regis

1981-06-04T23:00:00Z

1981x02 Heat 2: Whitby

1981x02 Heat 2: Whitby

  • 1981-06-04T23:00:00Z30m

Three towns compete for a place in the Yugoslav heat of Jeux sans Frontières
The programme comes from the harbour-side at the picturesque Yorkshire fishing town of Whitby. Teams taking part: Whitby v Filey v Hull

1981-06-11T23:00:00Z

1981x03 Heat 3: Dartmouth

1981x03 Heat 3: Dartmouth

  • 1981-06-11T23:00:00Z30m

Three towns compete for a place in the Portuguese heat of Jeux sans Frontières
This week's setting is the riverside gardens in Dartmouth, South Deven. Teams taking part:
Dartmouth v Exmouth v Plymouth

1981-06-18T23:00:00Z

1981x04 Heat 4: Luton

1981x04 Heat 4: Luton

  • 1981-06-18T23:00:00Z30m

Three towns compete for a place in the Belgian heat of Jeux sans Frontières
Tonight's programme comes from Wardown Park, Luton Teams taking part:
Luton v Epping Forest v Welwyn Garden

1981-06-25T23:00:00Z

1981x05 Heat 5: Dunfermline

1981x05 Heat 5: Dunfermline

  • 1981-06-25T23:00:00Z30m

Three towns compete for a place in the Swiss Heat of Jeux sans Frontières
Heat five of the programme is a truly Scottish joust in the lea of Dunfermline Abbey, noted for its association with Robert the Bruce Teams taking part: Dunfermline v Cumbernauld v Glenrothes

1981-07-02T23:00:00Z

1981x06 Heat 6: Blackpool

1981x06 Heat 6: Blackpool

  • 1981-07-02T23:00:00Z30m

Three towns compete for a place in the French heat of Jeux sans Frontières
Blackpool provides the fun-packed venue for the final heat of the 1981 series. The programme comes from the Derby Baths and is the first-ever indoor Knockout. Teams taking part:
Blackpool v Chorley v Warrington

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