Uploaded December 2023 | Updated September 2026, 13 hours ago
25 years ago this month, something extraordinary happened.
People often discuss game show cheaters, and perhaps even make television docu-drama series about them. But what about those times when a game show royally screwed over the contestant? When the producers shifted the goalposts without prior warning? When a contestant was so good they just had to be binned?
Sources
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Channel 5 News / MITOGEN: youtube.com/watch?v=nyQOCsLjYTs
UK TV Game Shows: ukgameshows.com/ukgs/100%25
IMDB News: web.archive.org/web/20041012113714/https://www.imdb.com/news/sb/1998-12-17
Highbeam Research: web.archive.org/web/20121023041154/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-60203929.html
Guinness World Records: guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/81247-most-consecutive-wins-on-a-tv-game-show-quiz-show
Boom! Spanish Wikipedia entry: es.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C2%A1Boom!_(Espa%C3%B1a)
Footage
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Channel 5 launch 30th March 1997 Part 1 of 5 / Sticky Tape N Rust: youtube.com/watch?v=Wr0YCPmQaXc
Excerpt of a Lygo episode / TonyT: youtube.com/watch?v=fsrzHEJuKpk
Lesley Davenport on 100% Quiz Show (1998) / Bather100: youtube.com/watch?v=rgMIL7GmG5o
Charles Ingram - The Major Fraud Documentary: youtube.com/watch?v=2SaPf6g87Zc
ITV - Quiz - Trailer | Starring Michael Sheen as Chris Tarrant / Telly Archive: youtube.com/watch?v=9hAIGa2IQOY
Channel 5 Continuity 100 Tuesday 9th September 1997 / ChrisVHS89: youtube.com/watch?v=SLDaHUqzPyU
Press Your Luck Michael Larson Episodes With Unaired Footage / J Luke Hypernova: youtube.com/watch?v=dBtJTFr2DC0
Channel 5 100% incomplete and continuity (4th July 1999) Part 2 of 2 / Sticky Tape N Rust: youtube.com/watch?v=3c43kWA909I
100% (Channel 5 Gameshow) S2 E?? / Stressball13: youtube.com/watch?v=wra2ePwi-e8
Channel 5 Continuity & 100% Sex - Early Hours Of Friday 13th August 1999 / ChrisVHS89: youtube.com/watch?v=Ug8qRRjyStA
100% Channel 5 game show / Tdrury: youtube.com/watch?v=9PJmiVIhhYk
100% '80s Special (2001) Part 1 / Adam Beckwith: youtube.com/watch?v=GFcKAakveE0
100% Finale (2001) / TheMeakers: youtube.com/watch?v=SNAv-NNuWmk
And thanks to Timerino for the animated 100 second countdown clock! youtube.com/watch?v=B8m96Rn0CRM
Timecodes
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0:00 Intro
0:28 Channel 5
1:13 100%
4:13 News report
7:16 Ken Jennings
9:24 The end of 100% & closing opinions
25 years ago this month, something extraordinary happened.
People often discuss game show cheaters, and perhaps even make television docu-drama series about them. But what about those times when a game show royally screwed over the contestant? When the producers shifted the goalposts without prior warning? When a contestant was so good they just had to be binned?
Sources
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Channel 5 News / MITOGEN: youtube.com/watch?v=nyQOCsLjYTs
UK TV Game Shows: ukgameshows.com/ukgs/100%25
IMDB News: web.archive.org/web/20041012113714/https://www.imdb.com/news/sb/1998-12-17
Highbeam Research: web.archive.org/web/20121023041154/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-60203929.html
Guinness World Records: guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/81247-most-consecutive-wins-on-a-tv-game-show-quiz-show
Boom! Spanish Wikipedia entry: es.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C2%A1Boom!_(Espa%C3%B1a)
Footage
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Channel 5 launch 30th March 1997 Part 1 of 5 / Sticky Tape N Rust: youtube.com/watch?v=Wr0YCPmQaXc
Excerpt of a Lygo episode / TonyT: youtube.com/watch?v=fsrzHEJuKpk
Lesley Davenport on 100% Quiz Show (1998) / Bather100: youtube.com/watch?v=rgMIL7GmG5o
Charles Ingram - The Major Fraud Documentary: youtube.com/watch?v=2SaPf6g87Zc
ITV - Quiz - Trailer | Starring Michael Sheen as Chris Tarrant / Telly Archive: youtube.com/watch?v=9hAIGa2IQOY
Channel 5 Continuity 100 Tuesday 9th September 1997 / ChrisVHS89: youtube.com/watch?v=SLDaHUqzPyU
Press Your Luck Michael Larson Episodes With Unaired Footage / J Luke Hypernova: youtube.com/watch?v=dBtJTFr2DC0
Channel 5 100% incomplete and continuity (4th July 1999) Part 2 of 2 / Sticky Tape N Rust: youtube.com/watch?v=3c43kWA909I
100% (Channel 5 Gameshow) S2 E?? / Stressball13: youtube.com/watch?v=wra2ePwi-e8
Channel 5 Continuity & 100% Sex - Early Hours Of Friday 13th August 1999 / ChrisVHS89: youtube.com/watch?v=Ug8qRRjyStA
100% Channel 5 game show / Tdrury: youtube.com/watch?v=9PJmiVIhhYk
100% '80s Special (2001) Part 1 / Adam Beckwith: youtube.com/watch?v=GFcKAakveE0
100% Finale (2001) / TheMeakers: youtube.com/watch?v=SNAv-NNuWmk
And thanks to Timerino for the animated 100 second countdown clock! youtube.com/watch?v=B8m96Rn0CRM
Timecodes
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0:00 Intro
0:28 Channel 5
1:13 100%
4:13 News report
7:16 Ken Jennings
9:24 The end of 100% & closing opinions
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If you watch only one part, make it this one. Not to give anything away...
Can England, controlled by the Big God in the Sky AKA Harry Yack, win the World Cup? I hope not, because the victory screen will probably be a total disappointment anyway.")
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I really didnt know that the penalties option meant all fouls - I assumed that it referred to having penalties to decide a drawn match. I only found that out AFTER Id done the bulk of the video, and had to tag on that bit in the middle about the instruction manual.")
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Goes on ten minutes too long considering I only demo half the game, but what the heck.
Of all the subjects you could make a text adventure about, cricket is probably the least likely. Thankfully, this game has little to do with the sport, instead focusing on the continuing adventures of the England cricket team circa 1988.
Action centres around events described in Ian Ram Bothams autobiography Guano and Gower. Youll have to watch the video to find out what happens, because the book was pulled by the ECB after only 300 copies were printed. Apparently they dont like players blabbing about top secret operations in Natangaville, Kerguezeland.
The verdict? Favourable, as it happens. Its not too difficult to find your way around, and a very British sense of humour is prevalent to brighten the most boring of situations. Plus theres a walkthrough available on the internet just in case you get confused in all the guano-pilfering action.
I wonder what we had to pick up those tea bags for? Considering why we eventually needed the cigarettes, Id suggest they may be to feed a hungry shark with a taste for Earl Grey.")
![Virtuality 1000CS Virtual Reality machine [1992] with Dactyl Nightmare - Play Expo Manchester 2014](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/jqO-S4Bxoh8/mqdefault.jpg "Virtuality 1000CS Virtual Reality machine [1992] with Dactyl Nightmare - Play Expo Manchester 2014
Hey, remember that virtual reality thing from season 2 of GamesMaster? Enthusiast Simon Marston has bought and restored not one, but TWO of them! The one in this video was donated to the Retro Computer Museum for the benefit of lucky expo visitors.
In this video, Simon gives us a brief rundown of the game while other people laugh at how silly their mates look in the pods.
Also, note that the machine cost 35 grand new! Wow.
http://cressall-pr.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/never-say-game-over.html
http://www.retro-vr.co.uk/test/1000CS.html")
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Presented by Bear Fools. Come, hace a try!")
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After Collies definitive review of the Speccys Advanced Lawnmower Simulator (AKA Advanced Lawnmowing Simulator, or just Lawnmower Simulator), I promised myself I wouldnt make any more videos of the game. But when I discovered an Amstrad version, I couldnt *not* give it a go!
Its a fairly faithful port, this. I find it just as hard as ever to earn that most coveted of video game rewards: the corned beef sandwich, and you can still get exploded by leaving your malfunctioning mower out in the rain. Blooming budget brands - thats the last time I do my electronics shopping at PoundSava.")
