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Crosswits
Crosswits is a British game show produced by Tyne Tees in association with Cove Productions and Action Time, and filmed from Tyne Tees' City Road studios in Newcastle upon Tyne. First shown on 3 September 1985, it was originally hosted by Barry Cryer for the first two series; comedian Tom O'Connor then took over from series 3 until the show ended on 23 December 1998. The show consisted of two members of the public competing against each other to solve simple crossword puzzles. A "celebrity" partner helped each player. The announcers for the show were generally Tyne Tees, as well as continuity announcers Judi Lines, Jonathan Morrell and Bill Steel.
The teams consisted of two players (one celebrity and one contestant), solving words in a crossword puzzle (by virtue of clues), with six words to solve and with a clue word, all of which were clues to a keyword. Each correct answer kept control and earned one point per letter in the answer, plus a chance to solve the keyword for 10 bonus points. On the first two series, which were transmitted weekly, the teams played for pounds. Later in the run, teams always took turns whether they were right or wrong.
There were also special rounds in the game:
The team with the most points when time ran out won the game, and played the same Crossfire round as the American version. The other player received a dictionary and thesaurus.
The winning team was shown one last crossword puzzle with 10 words, none of which were clues to a master puzzle. If they could solve all ten clues in 60 seconds or less, the player would win a holiday, or a gold pen and pencil set otherwise.
The first series aired on Tuesday afternoons at 3 pm, apart from TVS who aired the series on Thursday afternoons at the same time.
The second series aired on Monday evenings at 6:30 pm in the Tyne Tees region. The rest of the regions aired the series on Tuesday afternoons at 3 pm.
The third series aired on Tuesday to Thursday afternoons at 2 pm, apart from TVS which aired the series on Monday afternoons at 3 pm, but did not air all the episodes, and Channel which aired the series on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday afternoons at 3 pm.
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Crosswits
Crosswits is a British game show produced by Tyne Tees in association with Cove Productions and Action Time, and filmed from Tyne Tees' City Road studios in Newcastle upon Tyne. First shown on 3 September 1985, it was originally hosted by Barry Cryer for the first two series; comedian Tom O'Connor then took over from series 3 until the show ended on 23 December 1998. The show consisted of two members of the public competing against each other to solve simple crossword puzzles. A "celebrity" partner helped each player. The announcers for the show were generally Tyne Tees, as well as continuity announcers Judi Lines, Jonathan Morrell and Bill Steel.
The teams consisted of two players (one celebrity and one contestant), solving words in a crossword puzzle (by virtue of clues), with six words to solve and with a clue word, all of which were clues to a keyword. Each correct answer kept control and earned one point per letter in the answer, plus a chance to solve the keyword for 10 bonus points. On the first two series, which were transmitted weekly, the teams played for pounds. Later in the run, teams always took turns whether they were right or wrong.
There were also special rounds in the game:
The team with the most points when time ran out won the game, and played the same Crossfire round as the American version. The other player received a dictionary and thesaurus.
The winning team was shown one last crossword puzzle with 10 words, none of which were clues to a master puzzle. If they could solve all ten clues in 60 seconds or less, the player would win a holiday, or a gold pen and pencil set otherwise.
The first series aired on Tuesday afternoons at 3 pm, apart from TVS who aired the series on Thursday afternoons at the same time.
The second series aired on Monday evenings at 6:30 pm in the Tyne Tees region. The rest of the regions aired the series on Tuesday afternoons at 3 pm.
The third series aired on Tuesday to Thursday afternoons at 2 pm, apart from TVS which aired the series on Monday afternoons at 3 pm, but did not air all the episodes, and Channel which aired the series on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday afternoons at 3 pm.