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British children's game show From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
On Safari is a British children's game show that aired on ITV from 16 February 1982 to 11 December 1984, and was hosted by Christopher Biggins and co-hosted by Gillian Taylforth.
On Safari | |
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Genre | Children's game show |
Created by | Tony McLaren Tim Edmunds |
Presented by | Christopher Biggins |
Starring | Gillian Taylforth |
Theme music composer | Roar Music |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 4 |
No. of episodes | 54 (inc. 1 special) |
Production | |
Running time | 20 minutes |
Production company | TVS |
Original release | |
Network | ITV |
Release | 16 February 1982 – 11 December 1984 |
Each week two teams (three in the first series) consisting of a child and their parent (a celebrity in the third and fourth series) played in a series of games in different jungle settings (i.e. swamps, venus fly traps etc.) and the team with the most points at the end of the show were the winners.[1] The child from the winning team won a major prize, while the losing children went away with consolation prizes.
Series | Start date | End date | Episodes |
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1 | 16 February 1982 | 18 May 1982 | 13 |
2 | 10 September 1982 | 17 December 1982 | 15 |
3 | 3 January 1984 | 3 April 1984 | 13 |
4 | 18 September 1984 | 11 December 1984 | 13 |
Date | Entitle |
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22 December 1982 | Christmas Special |
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