Going for Gold: 48 Games [DVD] [2012] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]

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Going for Gold – BBC One London – 5 July 1995". BBC Genome Project. 5 July 1995 . Retrieved 22 May 2016. The programme has been adapted in France, where it became a very famous game show Questions pour un champion, which still airs today on France 3, is hosted by Samuel Étienne since February 2016, replacing long-time fixture Julien Lepers (November 1988 – February 2016). While the show didn’t award a winner's trophy, David Baddiel had one despite not even appearing on the show. He offered this up for the prize task on Taskmaster series nine, which won him 5 points. Players scored based on the number of consecutive questions they got right – if an incorrect answer was given, their score returned to zero. The score taken from this round was the highest point reached over 40 seconds. After this round, the two highest scoring players went through to the final round. A "first to two" general knowledge playoff was held if there was a tie, using the same style of questions from round 1. There are so many parallels really, the austerity of then and the austerity of now and - personally speaking - I'm hoping that there will be a similar coming together of people and a uniting of spirit. I think the Olympics for Britain is brilliant."

Going for Gold – BBC One London – 12 October 1987". BBC Genome Project. 12 October 1987 . Retrieved 22 May 2016.including Copper’s Tom Weston-Jones. The Nerdist: Comic-Con premieres Saturday, July 28, 9:00pm ET/PT. In The Nerdist: That the 1948 games - the first since 1936 - happened at all was a marvel in itself, with rationing still the norm as Britain struggled in the aftermath of a war that had destroyed its resources and reduced much of London to rubble. But thanks to the British people's refusal to let the event die, the so-called "Austerity Olympics" scored major success.

Their real-life story is the inspiration for the new BBC drama Going for Gold - The '48 Games, which traces their astounding victory in the double sculling event. The Going for Gold screenwriter Billy Ivory says he believes London 2012 is poised to repeat the success of London 1948. I had rowed a very small bit at school. Matt, I don't think, had ever been in a boat ever before," says Hoare. "We had this amazing coach who works for [the elite] Leander Club and also coaches the GB team."Going for Gold – BBC One London – 22 March 1991". BBC Genome Project. 22 March 1991 . Retrieved 22 May 2016. Going for Gold – BBC One London – 25 April 1994". BBC Genome Project. 25 April 1994 . Retrieved 22 May 2016. There were ten series in total (two in 1992). The first five series were broadcast during the winter, and many of these were split in half by the Christmas break. The (second) 1992 and 1993 series went out in the autumn, the last three were broadcast during the summer. The 1996 series featured competitors from the United Kingdom only and was moved to an earlier time slot, immediately before the 1.00 pm news. Bushnell, denied an Olympic berth in his usual event of single sculls, carried a huge chip on his shoulder over the difference in social status between himself and "rowing royalty" Burnell who, of course, knew this would be his last chance to equal his father's gold in the Edwardian-era London games.

Going for Gold – BBC One London – 25 August 1994". BBC Genome Project. 25 August 1994 . Retrieved 22 May 2016. Going for Gold – BBC One London – 1 April 1996". BBC Genome Project. April 1996 . Retrieved 22 May 2016. Maxine Peake ( Little Dorrit, Silk) stars in a profoundly moving drama based on the real diaries of Anne Lister, a landowning woman who defied the conventions of 19th century society to live openly as a lesbian. When it is announced that the love of Anne’s life, Marianna, will be married to the older and wealthy Charles Lawton, Anne is distraught. And so she begins a string of relationships, most notably with the wealthy heiress Ann Walker. But while Ann is a proud, strong and supportive partner in a time when lesbianism just isn’t tolerated, can Anne’s feelings for her ever match those she has for Marianna? Revealing a surprising side to the world painted by Jane Austen and the Brontës, The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister is an inspiring story of the first modern lesbian, a woman who challenged convention and was determined simply to be herself. Bonus features include: The Real Anne Lister with Sue Perkins, a 60-minute documentary exploring Lister’s diary ; Maxine Peake in conversation with the director James Kent. Going for Gold – BBC One London – 17 October 1988". BBC Genome Project. 17 October 1988 . Retrieved 22 May 2016.The Semi-Final weeks occurred at the end of each half of the season with between 7–10 weekly winners (depending upon season length). Each week was made up of four daily heats with the winner of each heat going through to Finals week and the losing players returning each day (there was no weekly final). By this point the contestants were buzzing in noticeably earlier as the standard of competition increased. Finding a way to present the future of the Olympic Stadium post-Games as something other than a complete shambles. Going for Gold – BBC One London – 18 December 1992". BBC Genome Project. 18 December 1992 . Retrieved 22 May 2016. Going for Gold – BBC One London – 9 July 1996". BBC Genome Project. 9 July 1996 . Retrieved 22 May 2016.

Going for Gold – BBC One London – 5 November 1990". BBC Genome Project. 5 November 1990 . Retrieved 22 May 2016. Going for Gold – BBC One London – 12 November 1993". BBC Genome Project. 12 November 1993 . Retrieved 22 May 2016. Going for Gold is a British television game show that originally aired on BBC1 between 12 October 1987 and 9 July 1996. It was revived for Channel 5 from 13 October 2008 to 20 March 2009. Hugh Bonneville ( Downton Abbey) and Frances O’Connor ( Mansfield Park, The Importance of Being Earnest) star in this splendid adaptation of Gustave Flaubert’s dramatic masterpiece. With dreams of escaping her provincial upbringing, Emma Rouault (O’Connor) marries local doctor Charles Bovary (Bonneville), and moves in with him. But it is not long before she feels constrained and frustrated by married life. Ignoring her devoted husband and immersing herself in romantic fantasies, Emma begins a string of affairs. First, a young student, Léon (Hugh Dancy, King Arthur), captures her imagination, but when the dashing aristocrat, Rodolphe, shows Emma the alternatives to married life, she enters into the affair with body and soul. Romantic and tragic, Flaubert’s story of a woman’s quest for fulfillment in love is an enduring classic not to be missed. Bonus features include: A Complex Heart: Gustave Flaubert, a 30-minute profile of the author and the places that inspired him. The show was shown on BBC1 in the UK and on Super Channel (later NBC Super Channel) in Continental Europe and on BBC TV Europe (which carried a mix of BBC1 and BBC2 output up to its dissolution in early 1991).

Going For Gold - The '48 Games

This was once a lunchtime favourite and indeed the idea was repeated in another game show years later (I forget the name) expect without the European element. It was all very entertaining but the European thing made it feel very cheesy. The grand prize was always grand but so very far away in terms of number of shows you had to go through to get it. The rounds idea was clever but it didn't really have anything special and was never able to climb out of being a daytime TV show to be prime time. Going for Gold – BBC One London – 4 November 1991". BBC Genome Project. 4 November 1991 . Retrieved 22 May 2016. How best to market "the Jubilympics" as a joint branding venture between the Queen's Diamond Jubilee and the Olympics. Going for Gold – BBC One London – 23 March 1989". BBC Genome Project. 23 March 1989 . Retrieved 22 May 2016.