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British TV series or programme
50/50
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The pill logo used from Series 2 onwards. The original logo consisted of two bubbles arranged diagonally in the manner of a "%" sign.
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Genre
| Children's
game show
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Presented by
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Narrated by
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- Matthew Davies
(1998?2000)
- Gary Martin
(2000?2001)
- Dave Kelly
(2001?05)
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Country of origin
| United Kingdom
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Original language
| English
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No.
of series
| 9
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No.
of episodes
| 118 (inc. 4 Christmas specials)
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Running time
| 25 minutes
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Production company
| BBC Scotland
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Network
| BBC One
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Release
| 7 April 1997
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1997-04-07
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12 July 2005
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2005-07-12
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50/50
is a British
children's television
game show
for
BBC
television. Airing on
BBC One
's
children's television block
, it was first broadcast on 7 April 1997 and ended its run on 12 July 2005 after 9 series. Repeats aired on
BBC One
,
BBC Two
and the
CBBC
channel until 2009.
Sally Gray
hosted the show from its inception until 2002, followed by
Angellica Bell
until 2004 and
Sophie McDonnell
in 2005. The voice of the show's computer, named 'Flynn', was provided by Matthew Davies between 1998 and 2000, then by Gary Martin in 2001 and finally by Dave Kelly from 2002 to 2005.
The show featured a competition contested by two teams, each represented by
schools
, of fifty 11? and 12?year?old pupils
[1]
who were randomly selected to take part in physical games and quiz rounds to score points. In addition, all players voted in 'true or false' questions to observational rounds. In most series, prizes were awarded to both schools, but a trophy was awarded to the winning team from series 5 onwards.
Format
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The contestants were also the studio audience and sat in raised seating on opposite sides of the studio. The two schools competing were originally represented by the T-shirt colours orange and green before they changed to blue and yellow for the rest of the show's run from the second series in 1998. The contestant numbers were randomly selected, each used once only, for both teams (occasionally one team only) and announced and displayed by a large-screened computer named 'Flynn'. The physical games usually consisted of inflatable obstacle courses, similar to those found in other children's game shows such as
Get Your Own Back
,
Fun House
,
Run the Risk
and
Pump It Up
. Quiz rounds also featured, as well as an observational round featuring a pop music video in which all contestants played by voting 'true' or 'false' on keypads.
The winning team won a prize for their school, and in later series a glass trophy.
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Series
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Series
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Start date
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End date
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Episodes
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1
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7 April 1997
[2]
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16 June 1997
[3]
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9
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2
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6 April 1998
[4]
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3 August 1998
[5]
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13
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3
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12 April 1999
[6]
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26 July 1999
[7]
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13
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4
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3 April 2000
[8]
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17 July 2000
[9]
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13
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5
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2 April 2001
[10]
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16 July 2001
[11]
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13
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6
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15 April 2002
[12]
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22 July 2002
[13]
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13
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7
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8 April 2003
[14]
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8 July 2003
[15]
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14
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8
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6 April 2004
[16]
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13 July 2004
[17]
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15
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9
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5 April 2005
[18]
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12 July 2005
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15
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Christmas Specials
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Date
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28 December 1998
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26 December 1999
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25 December 2000
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26 December 2001
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