NEWSNIGHT

BBC2 Transmission: Thursday 16th March 2000, 10.30-11.20pm
Programme Number: N:ANDN012A

Notes:

A studio discussion concerning the BBC "reality" series Castaway where a group of people have to live on a remote island for a year generates a comment from Chris Dunkley, the TV critic for the Financial Times, that the series is about as unreal as It's A Knockout.

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WE ARE HISTORY: ARMADA!

BBC2 Transmission: Friday 14th April 2000, 11.25-11.35pm
Programme Number: NBRA421T

Notes:

One of a series of ten minute spoof history documentaries presented by David Oxley (actor Marcus Brigstocke). He looks at how Britain would be if Spain had won in 1588 and re-enacts Drake's finest hour using a school swimming lesson and an It's A Knockout rulebook.

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I LOVE A 1970s CHRISTMAS

BBC2 Transmission: Sunday 24th December 2000, 8.30-10.00pm
Programme Number: NMYN148S

Notes:

A nostalgic look back at Christmas 1970s style, fronted by ex-Blue Peter presenters Peter Purves, John Noakes and Valerie Singleton. Twenty minutes 40 seconds into the programme, there was a look taken at 1970s Christmas Knockout spectaculars, featuring clips from Christmas editions and interviews with Stuart Hall and Glynne and Geoff Wilson. Duration: 3 minutes, 41 seconds.

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