Telly Addicts - Season 5
Season 5
Episodes
Rickard vs. Rossiter
Noel Edmonds is back with a sparkling new series.
Tonight, two families try to further their chances of becoming the champion box watchers of 1989.
Robertson vs. Maylon
More 'Magic Moments' from television's illustrious past are on show tonight as Noel Edmonds grills the goggle-box buffs on how much they really know about the small screen. Rowan and Martin invite you to a 'Laugh-In' and Tarzan will be flexing his chuckle muscles.
Lockett vs. Haffenden
Noel Edmonds puts more families through their paces as they try to guess who, what, when and where from a cornucopia of television clips. How well do they know the comedy favourites and vintage classics on offer? Can you beat them in the Spotlight Relay?
Lee-Smith vs. Allaway
There's something for the fans of 70s soaps tonight, while adventure lovers can revel in the exploits of Robin Hood (resplendent in wrinkly grey tights). Noel Edmonds puts the questions that test the television knowledge of two more families of avid box-watchers.
Plant vs. Keepence
Noel Edmonds quizzes two more families who admit to being addicted to television, and introduces some more of your Magic Moments. The sky's the limit as tonight's contestants lock remote controls in the TV aerial Battle of Britain. So 'chocks away', fasten all safety belts and join Squadron Leader Edmonds on a flight through some classic television. It could turn into quite a dog fight.
Thomas vs. Toy
If you consider the halcyon days of television to be no more than black and white memories, then tonight's show brings those memories flooding back. There's high (and low) drama from both sides of the Atlantic, and another chance to go 'channel hopping'.
'It's easy when you know the answers,' says Noel Edmonds. But who wins in your household when you grapple with his goggle-box teasers?
Whiteaway vs. Brennan
Noel Edmonds puts two more families through their paces with questions on a veritable cornucopia of TV clips.
Rhodes vs. Curtis
Noel Edmonds invites you to pit your gogglebox knowledge against that accumulated by the last two first-round families.
Rossiter vs. Robinson (quarterfinal)
It's the first of the quarter-final matches and the tension mounts as the Rossiter and Robertson families return to be quizzed by Noel Edmonds.
Lee-Smith vs. Lockett (quarterfinal)
Noel Edmonds grills more goggle-box buffs about television. In this second quarter-final match the Lockett family play the Lee-Smiths. All eight will be trying to remember who, what, where, why and when as they battle for a place in the next round.
Plant vs. Toy (quarterfinal)
A clutch of comedians, two classic western series and ground-breaking situation comedy are in the show tonight. In the third quarter -final match. Noel Edmonds tests the Plant and Toy families on their TV knowledge.
Curtis vs. Whiteaway (quarterfinal)
Two more families lock remote controls tonight as Noel Edmonds continues his search for the most telly-addicted family in Britain. There's one more place to be filled in the semi-final, and to win it, tonight's families will be answering questions on some swashbuckling epics from the archives, two classic American comedies and some great British drama.
Rossiter vs. Lockett (semifinal)
It's nail-biting, it's gripping, it's semi-final time.
The Telly Addicts families have been glued to their TVs in readiness for tonight's test - but what have they been watching? Will an encyclopaedic knowledge of Postman Pat stand them in good stead?
Plant vs. Whiteaway (semifinal)
Noel Edmonds plunders the television archives again and comes up clutching more classic clips. It's the second semi-final, and two families of avid box-watchers will be pulling out all the stops to win a place in the final.
Rossiter vs. Whiteaway (final)
There's rib-tickling comedy of the highest order on the menu tonight, along with classic American hokum and a couple of shows that haven't seen the light of day since daylight was invented!
It's tense, nail-biting stuff - the final of the search for the Telly Addicts family of 89. Having been rubbed down with a couple of vintage copies of the Radio Times, these eight gogglebox buffs are ready to answer any TV questions thrown at them by Noel Edmonds.
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