It’s Bullseye’s legendary host Jim Bowen, and he’s talking to Den Of Geek.
How didBullseyecome about for you?Well, the whole thing was an accident really.
But instead of having numbers around a dartboard you had subjects.
He then gave the concept to Peter Harris at ATV.
All the elements of the game as you remember it were put there, by Harris principally and myself.
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1980 it started and the first series ran.
It struggled through the first series as I wasnt strong enough…well I was crap actually.
We were pathfinding in the game show.
He took offThe Upper Hand,Boon…
So all of ITVs hits at the time?AndBlockbusters, too.
The man took four shows off in one meeting.
Im delighted to say hes unemployed now, but what a plank, an absolute plank.
It was a bit likeCountdown, it just became part of the nations fabric on a Sunday night.
As its been proved since, we made 350 shows and theyre still showing them on Challenge now.
UK Gold bought over 300 shows.
So thats it, I mean we didnt know what we were doing really!
I mean they were bad.
We dropped to seven and then we sort of grew on them like a rash.
Presumably you think it wouldnt get that window now?
And I mean, they seemed to enjoy it.
Are you still doing that show every now and again round the country?I do the ships.
I do An Audience with Jim Bowen on the ships.
Can I ask you one more question?
What was it like being on the receiving end of a Noel Edmonds Gotcha?Oh fabulous, phenomenal.
I mean they did it so well.
I said The bloody computers caught fire.
Its crap it is.
And then Noel came out with a fire extinguisher.
Yes, very good.
It was a joy to be part of it, because they completely took me in at the end.
Jim Bowen, thank you very much….!
