Crazy Cottage

Crazy Cottage is a children's game show that aired on ITV from 4 April 1996 to 29 May 1998. It was hosted by Rick Adams for the first series until he was replaced by Jez Edwards for the next two series. A puppet cuckoo called Vera was voiced by Steve Nallon. The gimmick of the show was that most things had to be performed backwards.

Crazy Cottage
Genre	Children's Game show
Created by	Paul Zenon
Presented by	Rick Adams (1996) Jez Edwards (1997-98)
Voices of	Steve Nallon (Vera the Cuckoo)
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	3
No. of episodes	33
Production
Production location	Carlton Studios[1]
Running time	25 minutes
Production companies	Action Time and Carlton
Original release
Network	ITV
Release	4 April 1996 (1996-04-04) – 29 May 1998 (1998-05-29)

The show started with the presenter saying "goodbye", and then starting the games at Round 5. One of the rounds involved a series of actions that had to be performed in a certain order so that when it was played back in reverse, it matched what they were asked to do. Another round was a kitchen set up on a slope, but appeared to the viewers as a normal room.

At the end of the programme, the winning team (who had the fewest points) won a prize, such as a trip to Alton Towers. The losing team (with the most points) would win a backward invention, for example, a black lightbulb.

Transmissions

Series	Start date	End date	Episodes
1	4 April 1996	4 July 1996	13
2	4 April 1997	6 June 1997	10
3	20 March 1998	29 May 1998	10