Connections - 1 (1985)

Hosted by Sue Robbie.
with the voice of Charles Foster.
A Granada Television Production.

[@keithwellens]

I absolutely loved watching Connection. 5.15 everyday on itv. I went to see This being recorded at Granada TV in Manchester in 1986.

[@JNYC-gb1pp]

Manchester was mostly English people back then - before it became the third world.

[@peterwilliamskelhorn6675]

​@@JNYC-gb1ppit'll always be the rival City to my hometown Liverpool

[@BULFINCLOSE]

Theme music is brilliant- love it! Great to listen to 😀

[@mouldrz]

I was on this in 1987/88!! If you find that you're a star!

[@BULFINCLOSE]

Luck you Neil! Would love to hear about how you got on and what was involved 'behind the scenes'? How did the board work? And l heard the show took really long to record!

[@tonyhancock3912]

Shouldn't be too hard to find... "And this week, our challenger is Mouldrz!"

[@LIVERNIL723]

I used to always look forward to watching Connections, mainly for Sue Robbie! I forgot, how much of an attractive woman she was back then!

[@Clavinovaman]

Yes, they don't make TV like this nowadays. BBC's First Class hosted by Debbie Greenwood was also around this time.

[@shaunlaws6521]

I loved the catchy theme music to the show and the opening titles were cool 80s technicolour

[@williamhughes934]

Sue Robbie 💖💖💖💖💖💖🌹

[@realsuperdoctor5260]

wow Sue Robbie is 73 now!

[@anthonyperkins7556]

Love the theme tune

[@brendonmcmorrow3886]

I felt sorry for those poor devils who had to play Daniel. He was so fast on the buzzer.

[@seadog365]

Used to watch this back in the day when it was on in the Blockbusters slot.

[@markgreet3543]

Watched way back in 1986

[@antster1983]

And the voice of Granada continuity announcer Charles Foster :o)

[@tellydav]

This was miles better than Blockbusters. Although watching it now, I'd forgotten how few of the rounds were actually to do with connections.

[@DaveAndBeth1978]

Wouldn't go as far as to say it was better than Blockbusters, but Connections was a good series

[@cricketexplained8526]

Theme is like a minor key sibling of Blockbusters. Surprised it's not Ed Welch.

[@markgreet3543]

Sue is lovely did that ask pop questions I'm sure they did great show cheers for this

[@RobinLovechild]

amazing prizes

[@labradormcgraw]

Daniel is not going to be happy when he watches this.

[@markofsaltburn]

I want root perms and back-combing to make a comeback.

[@mercuryvapoury]

12:03 - I guess this is a VHS copy of the master tape. That pause went on for so long they switched the board projectos off.

[@jakamneziak]

some shows are too good to reboot and others I feel never got the chance ot shine. This was one I feel never got the chance to shinie and DESERVES a reboot.

[@taofanarchy96-renzomaracas14]

Daniel is so Punk you won’t believe.

[@dementednun1175]

That Daniel is handsome

[@damiencallaghan9389]

i remember watching this... The HOST gave me a SPECIAL FEELING i KNOW WHAT I WOULD GIVE HER NOW

[@dominewimbury2039]

How did Daniel get that after only two clues?! Amazing

[@AllenJeremy]

This was later hosted by Richard Madeley & then Simon Potter.

[@muhammadalieesaa3379]

Allen Jeremy I remember that, I can't remember Simon Potter though

[@AllenJeremy]

@@muhammadalieesaa3379 Simon hosted the last 2 series.

[@karlstallard2955]

I remember Angela Ripon hosting a quiz show called connections on bbc

[@mkbuddy]

she did masterteam

[@steveh31]

when will challenge tv finally buy the rights

[@neilrobinson1815]

next year

[@englishgeezer655]

I remember an episode where the clues were, nurse, doctor, teacher, police constable, cab driver, Henry the 8th, Dick Turpin, Cleopatra, and "some people going camping". Neither contestant ever got the answer.

[@bradleyhyde8975]

Would not mind seeing this on challenge if they can trim back episodes of the chase as they air too far too many episodes

[@mjstefansson7466]

I wonder if Daniel became a bus driver?

[@SamHodkin23]

Better than that, Director of Law and Governance at Newham and Havering Councils.

[@MewtwoStruckBack]

Playing against Daniel was likely like trying to beat James Holzhauer or Ken Jennings to the buzzer.

[@markgreet3543]

It was general knowledge she asked who sang rise which is public image ltd

[@shaunlaws6521]

Where is Sue Robbie now please tell me now if anyone please let me thank you

[@JonnoD00]

Whatever happened to Sue Robbie?

[@mjstefansson7466]

At 70, porn maybe ?

[@brendonmcmorrow3886]

She was sentenced to life imprisonment for crimes against fashion.

[@aaronjameslockwood2437]

Connections is 1,984% a simple and 1,984% Good ITV Gameshow than The Chase.

[@M200XL]

Was this in the UK?

[@AllenJeremy]

It was a UK programme, it ran from 1985 until 1990.

[@johnthwaites5976]

What a strange question? It's obvious that it's in the UK

[@danielwilliamson6180]

I was born in the UK.

[@bedfordcrusader]

@@danielwilliamson6180 Fascinating thank you

[@danielwilliamson6180]

@@bedfordcrusader Thank you. I live in New Zealand now.

[@M200XL]

Is there a US version or variation of this.

[@sallyquinn9851]

Daniel is such a “know it all” 😡😡

[@danielwilliamson6180]

He's like Billy Bleach.

[@WilliamMorris]

Who is the presenter?

[@tonyandthewhoniverse8527]

She's fit as fuck that's for sure

[@aaronjameslockwood2437]

Sue Robbie (She was one of the Children's ITV presenters back in the 1980s).

[@davidjeffreys9063]

I thought the contestant on the right at the beginning was a lezza

[@witherblaze]

This is a bad 80s version of Only Connect