Screen Test

For other uses, see Screen test (disambiguation).

Screen Test is a children's game show that aired on BBC1 from 18 November 1970 to 20 December 1984. It was first hosted by Michael Rodd from 1970 to 1979, then by Brian Trueman from 1979 to 1983 and finally by Mark Curry in 1984. It involved its contestants seeing clips from films, and then being asked questions about the films to test their memories of them.

Screen Test
Genre	Children's Game show
Presented by	Michael Rodd (1970–79) Brian Trueman (1979–83) Mark Curry (1984)
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	21
No. of episodes	226 (inc. 6 specials)
Production
Production location	New Broadcasting House[1]
Running time	20–30 minutes
Production company	BBC Manchester
Original release
Network	BBC1
Release	18 November 1970 (1970-11-18) – 20 December 1984 (1984-12-20)

The theme music was "Marching There and Back" by Syd Dale.

Transmissions

Series

Series	Start date	End date	Episodes
1	18 November 1970[2]	27 January 1971[3]	10
2	22 September 1971[4]	24 November 1971[5]	10
3	7 April 1972[6]	16 June 1972[7]	11
4	6 December 1972[8]	14 February 1973[9]	11
5	25 September 1973[10]	4 December 1973[11]	11
6	29 May 1974[12]	17 July 1974[13]	8
7	12 September 1974[14]	18 November 1974[15]	11
8	7 July 1975[16]	18 August 1975[17]	7
9	31 December 1975[18]	10 March 1976[19]	11
10	28 May 1976[20]	6 August 1976[21]	11
11	30 December 1976[22]	10 March 1977[23]	11
12	20 May 1977[24]	29 July 1977[25]	11
13	4 January 1978[26]	29 March 1978[27]	13
14	7 November 1978[28]	23 January 1979[29]	11
15	5 April 1979[30]	14 June 1979[31]	11
16	15 November 1979[32]	31 January 1980[33]	11
17	7 October 1980[34]	16 December 1980[35]	11
18	22 September 1981[36]	1 December 1981[37]	11
19	5 October 1982[38]	29 December 1982[39]	13
20	5 October 1983[40]	14 December 1983[41]	11
21	3 October 1984[42]	13 December 1984[43]	11

Calling Young Film Makers

Series	Start date	End date	Episodes
1	18 June 1977[44]	16 July 1977[45]	5
2	20 May 1978[46]	24 June 1978[47]	6

Specials

Date	Entitle
24 December 1971[48]	Winners Special
1 January 1974[49]	Runners-Up Special
23 December 1974[50]	Christmas Special
1 September 1975[51]	Champion of Champions Special
21 December 1983[52]	Champion of Champions Special
20 December 1984[53]	Christmas Special