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The Generation Game

Season 21 1999 - 2000

  • 1999-09-04T19:00:00Z on BBC One
  • 1h
  • 20h (20 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • English
The Generation Game is a British game show in which four teams of two people from the same family, but different generations, compete to win prizes. In the first two rounds, two couples would compete against each other. One game usually involved first seeing a skilled professional construct or perform something, such as pottery or dancing. The contestants would then attempt to do the same, and a score would be given by the professional. The other game usually involved more of a quiz element, such as identifying pieces of music. At the end of each of the first two rounds, the couple with the lowest score was eliminated. The two highest-scoring couples then competed against each other in the final. This was often a big set-piece performance. The couple that scored the highest went through to the final ‘conveyor belt’. At the end of the show, one member of the victorious team watched prizes pass on a conveyor belt, and then won as many as they could remember in a set time.

20 episodes

Season Premiere

1999-09-04T19:00:00Z

21x01 Episode 1

Season Premiere

21x01 Episode 1

  • 1999-09-04T19:00:00Z1h

This week's contestants make a splash in a paddling pool aerobic routine and cause havoc serving a meal using robotic arms. Guests include England rugby star Kyran Bracken and actress Bonnie Langford.

1999-09-11T19:00:00Z

21x02 Episode 2

21x02 Episode 2

  • 1999-09-11T19:00:00Z1h

This evening's winning couples end the show performing numbers from the hit musical Oh! What a Night-with Kid Creole taking them through their paces.

1999-09-18T19:00:00Z

21x03 Episode 3

21x03 Episode 3

  • 1999-09-18T19:00:00Z1h

There is a French theme to this week's entertainment, as contestants try to emulate Jean Pierre Blanchard 's portrait of Marilyn Monroe , and the Doris Dances troupe from Paris's Moulin Rouge who perform the cancan. A Zimbabwean gumboot dance and an ice cream cone contest are among the other challenges.

1999-09-25T19:00:00Z

21x04 Episode 4

21x04 Episode 4

  • 1999-09-25T19:00:00Z1h

More couples take on light-hearted challenges in the family game show. Presented by Jim Davidson with Melanie Stace, and guests Wayne Sleep, Anna Ryder Richardson, Oliver Skeete and Stephen Lewis.

1999-10-02T19:00:00Z

21x05 Episode 5

21x05 Episode 5

  • 1999-10-02T19:00:00Z1h

Family couples take on challenges including cossack-dancing and making candyfloss. Joining Jim Davidson and Melanie Stace are guests including pop band Cartoons.

1999-10-09T19:00:00Z

21x06 Episode 6

21x06 Episode 6

  • 1999-10-09T19:00:00Z1h

More family couples attempt to master challenges which include dog obedience training, floral hat making and Apache dancing. Joining Jim Davidson and Melanie Stace on this week's show is comedian Freddie Davies.

1999-10-16T19:00:00Z

21x07 Episode 7

21x07 Episode 7

  • 1999-10-16T19:00:00Z1h

Family couples from Yorkshire, Norfolk, Kent and the West Midlands attempt to master more unusual challenges, while the star guests joining Jim Davidson and Melanie Stace are sports agent Eric Hall and comic Joe Pasquale.

1999-10-23T19:00:00Z

21x08 Episode 8

21x08 Episode 8

  • 1999-10-23T19:00:00Z1h

Family couples try to master bizarre challenges including Morris dancing and modelling lard while yodelling. Also the City Ballet of London perform the Neapolitan tarantella dance.

1999-10-30T19:00:00Z

21x09 Episode 9

21x09 Episode 9

  • 1999-10-30T19:00:00Z1h

There's a Halloween theme to this week's show as family couples get to grips with spooky challenges. Guests include Lionel Blair and Anthea Turner.

1999-11-06T20:00:00Z

21x10 Episode 10

21x10 Episode 10

  • 1999-11-06T20:00:00Z1h

Rhythmic gymnastics and preparing breakfast are two of the tasks awaiting this week's couples on the family game show.

1999-11-13T20:00:00Z

21x11 Episode 11

21x11 Episode 11

  • 1999-11-13T20:00:00Z1h

Synchronised swimming, cocktail-shaking, salsa dancing and sausage-making are among the tasks awaiting this week's couples on Jim Davidson 's family game show.

1999-11-20T20:00:00Z

21x12 Episode 12

21x12 Episode 12

  • 1999-11-20T20:00:00Z1h

Barn-dancing, tent-erecting and miming songs are among the tasks awaiting this week's couples on the family game show. Guests include Brian Blessed , his Mount Everest climbing partner Alan Hinkes , actor Ian Lavender and singer Charlotte Church.

1999-11-27T20:00:00Z

21x13 Episode 13

21x13 Episode 13

  • 1999-11-27T20:00:00Z1h

Family couples attempt unusual challenges, and Jim Davidson performs a duet with his son Cameron.

21x14 Episode 14 (Christmas Special)

  • 1999-12-25T20:00:00Z1h

A festive edition of the light-hearted game show, including a challenge to complete the Royal Marines' arctic assault course and a cavalcade of guests including Rick Wakeman, Lawrence Dallaglio, Kathy Staff, Stephen Lewis and John Virgo.

21x15 Episode 15 (New Year Special)

  • 2000-01-01T20:00:00Z1h

Family couples attempt unusual challenges, including sword dancing with the Edinburgh Tattoo Ceilidh Dancers, a balloon ballet led by Jim Davidson and Barbara Windsor, assembling a Millennium Dome cake and performing a Wild West stunt routine.

2000-01-08T20:00:00Z

21x16 Episode 16

21x16 Episode 16

  • 2000-01-08T20:00:00Z1h

Family couples attempt unusual challenges, including canine capers with Crufts champion Mary Ray and her dancing dogs, a farming implement guessing game and a Las Vegas-style feather finale.

2000-01-15T20:00:00Z

21x17 Episode 17

21x17 Episode 17

  • 2000-01-15T20:00:00Z1h

Another four family couples attempt unusual challenges, including cocktail mixing and creating a canopy for a four-poster bed with Anna Ryder-Richardson, plus a finale of traditional Greek dancing.

2000-01-22T20:00:00Z

21x18 Episode 18

21x18 Episode 18

  • 2000-01-22T20:00:00Z1h

Among the challenges facing tonight's family couples are emergency first aid with the Caister lifeboat crew, African ensemble dancing, and arranging a hanging basket under the supervision of Charlie Dimmock.

2000-01-29T20:00:00Z

21x19 Episode 19

21x19 Episode 19

  • 2000-01-29T20:00:00Z1h

Kick-boxing aerobics, mud beauty treatments and a Danish pastry challenge face tonight's family couples as they fight for a place in the Broadway finale.

2000-02-05T20:00:00Z

21x20 Episode 20

21x20 Episode 20

  • 2000-02-05T20:00:00Z1h

More family couples attempt unusual challenges, including candlemaking, marzipan modelling, balloon bursting and calypso dancing.

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