Winner Takes All (1976)

[@onionsmonion]

I was chatting with friends last night and mentioned that my dad had been on Winner Takes All in the '70s. None of us could remember the show, so we looked it up on youtube and clicked on the link to this video. I was astonished to see that it was the episode featuring my dad as a contestant! Thanks for uploading it, my dad passed away in 1996, so it was quite something to see him again; even though he didn't win and "Take All".

[@gbgameshows]

Really happy to know that you've found this episode! Hope it brings back happy memories of your dad. :-)

[@philipbonner6486]

@Emily Bishop Those to people were not around then

[@w1lf1ewoo]

@Emily Bishop think u mean over 45

[@witherblaze]

Question: When a champion decides to return on the next show, does the champion play the qualifier round as well as the finals?

[@martin77722]

bring back the old shows a lot better than they have now good old days

[@lolgrant]

Tarby so slick he couldn’t even pronounce the name of the show, which was paying him, correctly.

[@leeejack]

painful but brilliant to watch

[@seanatkinson770]

When real people appeared on British TV game shows as contestants unlike the Stepford lookalikes of today

[@stumpysteven73]

Cheers for upload! Brilliant programme this was :)

[@andrewscott1253]

I want to watch the next one now.

[@alanslevin2757]

The guy that won was on Countdown too. Lost on that.

[@speakfreeley4473]

Sounds like the announcer at 1:25 is Redvers Kyle.

[@TheChronicRift]

What's with the Tomorrow People-like opening graphics?

[@alberttatlock5237]

3.27 he says Phillip you sit down then and you " looks at his card, because he's forgot her name" and says Betty, and this wasn't live as such, they'd have rehearsed prior to filming, like bullseye it was done on the cheap, they'd spend about 4 hours filming 4 episodes, at the end of each, it'd be " see you next week" That was Jimmy Starbucks, Tarbrush, Toothbrush or what ever name the diamond stealing thief used and it was off to play golf for the next few weeks

[@PeterPete]

I'm glad I never shook that guy's hand, the guy who worked in the meat canning factory.

[@mrceleb2006]

1:22 - What font is this for the 'Winner Takes All' logo? This is also used on the logo for 'Elvis Duran and the Morning Show' as well as the CarQuest logo.

[@Hey-Its-Retro]

For anyone still interested I think it's called "Marvin Visions" and was used a lot in the 1970s, particularly on book covers.

[@mrceleb2006]

Or "Marbold"!

[@Hey-Its-Retro]

@@mrceleb2006 Yes - nice find! I think that's free too if anyone wants to recreate the titles of "Winner Takes All!" Also, we just resurrected a 6 year old comment which is nice...

[@mrceleb2006]

@@Hey-Its-Retro Thanks!

[@av9109]

King Tarby King of the Bland......King Tarby King of crap jokes.......

[@JJONNYREPP]

Winner Takes All (1976). 15.10.24. I recall winner takes all. Tarby's crummy patter...don't get me wrong his patter was part of the show....and wheeler's erudite manner kept the show from falling apart...

[@jeffrey44]

I wonder what is cut out at 25:03. Challenge[TV} have shown this episode twice with that edit in place. I wonder if they did it or if it was edited in 1976.

[@w1lf1ewoo]

what a fascinating thing to ponder

[@jameshodges1496]

Piss poor, Jimmy Tarbrush has stolen a living!

[@pattimmins3777]

Tarbuck and this crass show are complete shit he is enough to make you want to go outside and puke

[@duncanholding7636]

It's buck Tarbrush

[@fransam1961]

later editions with Tarbuck were much more colourful and slicker..this is a very early one...

[@alberttatlock5237]

This show went on for year's, Huge audience figures and multiple host's, couldn't stand it, but there was only 3 tv channels back in the mid 70s so it was either this or looking at paint dry, by the mid 80s it was still on, and still looked outdated, when did it finally end, it must have been engrained in everyone's mind like a brain tumour

[@georgemaster9271]

What was the American equivalent of this show,if any?

[@Jack21Spades]

I'll venture to say that "Celebrity Sweepstakes" is comparable.

[@georgemaster9271]

@@Jack21Spades Okay.

[@kwameaboagye940]

Winner Takes All hosted by motormouth Jimmy Tarbuck 76-84 and his colleague Geoff Wheeler took over from him in 84.

[@holydiver73]

If I remember rightly Geoffrey Wheeler was the voice over man throughout Tarbuck’s tenure as host.

[@AllenJeremy]

It was actually 1987 when Geoffrey Wheeler became the host as the show moved to a daytime slot that year.

[@zacheryalderton6699]

I need the rules of game

[@leetylr]

I hate the fact P.Hardingham chewing gun on national television, Yuk.

[@AlexAlexon3897]

Yes, loutish.

[@zacheryalderton1626]

What are the rules

[@taofanarchy96-renzomaracas14]

16:12 🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️

[@97channel]

Winner *Take* All? Not quite, Tarby.

[@quizmaster85]

I think it's how some Yorkshire people talk.

[@gavinreid8937]

Geoffrey Wheeler invented WTA after years of presenting Top Of The Form & seeing seemingly intelligent pupils wilt at the dreaded reply of "I don't know the answer" . WTA offers the answer & both contestants can be right of wrong.

[@samholden4171]

I always thought the show was creepy in a way don't know why.

[@someoneorother2222]

Wow!! We used to watch this at Sunday tea-time in the 70's but I cant remember it being this awful.

[@adrinathegreat3095]

I'm guessing the shows host is new to television, he seems nervous and doesn't appear to no what to do or say, very awkward to watch, he tries and fails at poor jokes. Wonder what Happened to him, guess he had his 5 minutes of fame and disappeared for ever

[@MrDannyDetail]

Not sure if you're serious or not.... Jimmy Tarbuck had been on British television since 1964, and spent a couple of years in the sixties presenting Sunday Night At The London Palladium, which also included a game show element within each edition. This is also the second series of Winner Takes All, though the first one to be fully networked across the country. But I do agree he does seem strangely nervous and inept here, and the format of the show doesn't help as since Geoffrey reads the actual questions it means Jimmy is slightly superfluous even before the contestants started cracking better gags than him!

[@WillScarlet1991]

MrDannydoodah I think the person you're responding to was being sarcastic.

[@pattimmins3777]

Don't worry you are spot on Tarbuck has always been shit