Country of origin Ireland Camera setup Multi-camera First episode date 21 November 1984 Presented by Ronan Collins Language English | Original language(s) English Running time 30 minutes Final episode date 9 April 1994 Genre Game show Distributor Raidió Teilifís Éireann | |
Starring Twink (1984-1994)
Brendan Grace (1984-1985)
Derek Davis (1986-1994) Location(s) RTÉ Television Centre, Donnybrook, Dublin 4, Ireland Similar The Movie Show, Republic of Telly, Love/Hate, The Clinic, RTÉ News: One O'Clock | ||
Play The Game is an Irish televised game show version of charades which was broadcast by RTÉ from 1984 to 1994. The show was hosted by Ronan Collins and featured two teams, one captained by Twink and the other by Brendan Grace. Later versions of the programme had Derek Davis as captain of the men's team.
Format
The game was based on charades, a party game where players used mime rather than speaking to demonstrate a name, phrase, book, play, film or television programme. Each player was given roughly two minutes to act out their given subject in front of his/her team, and if the others were unsuccessful in guessing correctly, the opposing team would have a chance to answer for a bonus point.
References
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