Going for Gold: 48 Games [DVD] [2012] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]

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This was once a lunchtime favourite and indeed the idea was repeated in another game show years later (I forget the name) expect without the European element. It was all very entertaining but the European thing made it feel very cheesy. The grand prize was always grand but so very far away in terms of number of shows you had to go through to get it. The rounds idea was clever but it didn't really have anything special and was never able to climb out of being a daytime TV show to be prime time. Going for Gold – BBC One London – 18 December 1992". BBC Genome Project. 18 December 1992 . Retrieved 22 May 2016. Going for Gold is a British television game show that originally aired on BBC1 between 12 October 1987 and 9 July 1996. It was revived for Channel 5 from 13 October 2008 to 20 March 2009. Going for Gold – BBC One London – 12 November 1993". BBC Genome Project. 12 November 1993 . Retrieved 22 May 2016. Going for Gold – BBC One London – 31 March 1988". BBC Genome Project. 31 March 1988 . Retrieved 22 May 2016.

Their real-life story is the inspiration for the new BBC drama Going for Gold - The '48 Games, which traces their astounding victory in the double sculling event. The Going for Gold screenwriter Billy Ivory says he believes London 2012 is poised to repeat the success of London 1948. Maxine Peake ( Little Dorrit, Silk) stars in a profoundly moving drama based on the real diaries of Anne Lister, a landowning woman who defied the conventions of 19th century society to live openly as a lesbian. When it is announced that the love of Anne’s life, Marianna, will be married to the older and wealthy Charles Lawton, Anne is distraught. And so she begins a string of relationships, most notably with the wealthy heiress Ann Walker. But while Ann is a proud, strong and supportive partner in a time when lesbianism just isn’t tolerated, can Anne’s feelings for her ever match those she has for Marianna? Revealing a surprising side to the world painted by Jane Austen and the Brontës, The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister is an inspiring story of the first modern lesbian, a woman who challenged convention and was determined simply to be herself. Bonus features include: The Real Anne Lister with Sue Perkins, a 60-minute documentary exploring Lister’s diary ; Maxine Peake in conversation with the director James Kent. How best to market "the Jubilympics" as a joint branding venture between the Queen's Diamond Jubilee and the Olympics.

Going For Gold - The '48 Games

The Beat the Buzzer round was a general knowledge round, played with hands on plungers. Questions were worth one, two or three points. Beginning with a general knowledge question worth one point, a contestant who gave a correct answer would be told the subject of the next question, and got to choose the value to play for. If nobody answered correctly, it restarted with another general knowledge question worth one point. The first three players to reach six points (or nine in the 2008 version) went on to play the next round.

Going for Gold – BBC One London – 12 October 1987". BBC Genome Project. 12 October 1987 . Retrieved 22 May 2016. Going for Gold – BBC One London – 22 March 1991". BBC Genome Project. 22 March 1991 . Retrieved 22 May 2016.Going for Gold – BBC One London – 22 March 1990". BBC Genome Project. 22 March 1990 . Retrieved 22 May 2016.

The Finals week consisted of eight winners from the Semi-Finals (four from each week) competing in a standard week format of three daily heats with the winners advancing to the Grand Final (directly to the Beat the Buzzer round). The Grand Final episode would start with a "First-to-Two" Elimination Round amongst the remaining five contestants and play as normal to the Head to Head where the winner would receive the star prize holiday (as described in every episode) and the runner-up would get a consolation prize (e.g. a colour television, or a gold-plated Going for Gold plate).

Going for Gold – BBC One London – 17 October 1988". BBC Genome Project. 17 October 1988 . Retrieved 22 May 2016. I had rowed a very small bit at school. Matt, I don't think, had ever been in a boat ever before," says Hoare. "We had this amazing coach who works for [the elite] Leander Club and also coaches the GB team."