Screen Test

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.

For other uses, see Screen test (disambiguation).

Screen Test
GenreChildren's Game show
Presented byMichael Rodd (1970–9)
Brian Trueman (1979–83)
Mark Curry (1984)
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original language(s)English
No. of series21
No. of episodes226 (inc. 6 specials)
Production
Running time20–30 minutes
Production company(s)BBC Manchester
Release
Original networkBBC1
Picture format4:3
Original release18 November 1970 (1970-11-18) –
20 December 1984 (1984-12-20)

The theme music was "Marching On Together" by Syd Dale.

Transmissions

Series
SeriesStart dateEnd dateEpisodes
118 November 1970[1]27 January 1971[2]10
222 September 1971[3]24 November 1971[4]10
37 April 1972[5]16 June 1972[6]11
46 December 1972[7]14 February 1973[8]11
525 September 1973[9]4 December 1973[10]11
629 May 1974[11]17 July 1974[12]8
712 September 1974[13]18 November 1974[14]11
87 July 1975[15]18 August 1975[16]7
931 December 1975[17]10 March 1976[18]11
1028 May 1976[19]6 August 1976[20]11
1130 December 1976[21]10 March 1977[22]11
1220 May 1977[23]29 July 1977[24]11
134 January 1978[25]29 March 1978[26]13
147 November 1978[27]23 January 1979[28]11
155 April 1979[29]14 June 1979[30]11
1615 November 1979[31]31 January 1980[32]11
177 October 1980[33]16 December 1980[34]11
1822 September 1981[35]1 December 1981[36]11
195 October 1982[37]29 December 1982[38]13
205 October 1983[39]14 December 1983[40]11
213 October 1984[41]13 December 1984[42]11

Calling Young Film Makers
SeriesStart dateEnd dateEpisodes
118 June 1977[43]16 July 1977[44]5
220 May 1978[45]24 June 1978[46]6

Specials
DateEntitle
24 December 1971[47]Winners Special
1 January 1974[48]Runners-Up Special
23 December 1974[49]Christmas Special
1 September 1975[50]Champion of Champions Special
21 December 1983[51]Champion of Champions Special
20 December 1984[52]Christmas Special

85 out of 232 episodes survived from the BBC archives, which are Episode 10 of Series 1, Episodes 1-5 of Series 4, The 1974 Christmas Special, Episode 1 of Series 10, all 11 episodes of Series 11 & 12, all 13 episodes of Series 13, Episodes 1, 3, 7-8 & 10-11 of Series 14, Episodes 4 & 11 of Series 15, Episodes 3 & 9-11 of Series 16, Episodes 1–4, 6 & 9-11 of Series 17, Episodes 1, 6 & 9-11 of Series 18, Episodes 1, 4-6 & 10-13 of Series 19, Episodes 1, 4, 6-7 & 9-11 of Series 20, Episodes 1, 6, 9 & 11 of Series 21 and The 1984 Christmas Special.[53]

References
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  53. http://www.lostshows.com/default.aspx?programme=844732e2-7fa3-46f4-a411-3639aa26f52e
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