Busman's Holiday

Busman's Holiday
Presented by Julian Pettifer (1985–8)
Sarah Kennedy (1989–91)
Elton Welsby (1993)
Voices of Charles Foster
Country of origin United Kingdom
Original language(s) English
No. of series 8
No. of episodes 103
Production
Running time 30 minutes (inc. adverts)
Production company(s) Granada Television
Distributor ITV Studios
Release
Original network ITV
Picture format 4:3
Original release 26 February 1985 (1985-02-26) – 28 June 1993 (1993-06-28)

Busman's Holiday is a British television game show produced by Granada for the ITV network from 26 February 1985 to 28 June 1993. Its hosts over the years were Julian Pettifer (1985-8), Sarah Kennedy (1989–91) and Elton Welsby (1993). Charles Foster was the announcer.[1]

Title

The phrase "busman's holiday" is defined in the Oxford English Dictionary as a period of holiday or leisure time spent doing something similar to one's normal occupation, first shown to be used in 1893.[2]

Format

Contestants were divided into competing teams of three based upon career, at first three teams and later in the series just two teams. They were dressed in their regular work clothes. The winning team went on an exotic holiday where they had to work, to learn how their jobs were performed in other locations.[3]

The format of the programme consisted of multiple rounds of quizzing: world geography, questions of the other's profession or brain teasers, questions of their own profession—sometimes quite embarrassing, and questions on a final destination— revealing which team had conducted the best research prior to the match. There was also a review of the prior week's winning contestants' holiday.

Transmissions

SeriesStart dateEnd dateEpisodes
126 February 198521 May 198513
27 January 19861 April 198613
36 January 198724 March 198712
411 February 19885 May 198813
58 March 198931 May 198913
625 April 199018 July 199013
712 June 199128 August 199113
85 April 199328 June 199313

References

  1. ↑ "Busman's Holiday". IMDB.com. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
  2. ↑ "Busman's holiday n.". Oxford English Dictionary. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
  3. ↑ "Busman's Holiday – Great Smoky Mountains National Park". The Trustees of Indiana University. Retrieved 17 August 2012.

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