The Fight for Saturday Night

00:00:02 This programme contains some strong language.

00:04:44 He caught me at a time when I was lying there in a hospital bed

00:09:53 ♪ If you don't play the game with two

00:13:54 But then we thought, that wouldn't work

00:17:37 I thought, if we do the potter's wheel one more time

00:21:05 'The show, I thought, '

00:24:34 but it did demonstrate to the ITV network as a whole

00:28:06 and I never discovered why.

00:32:11 said to me, "If I asked you to jump out of an aeroplane, would you?"

00:35:55 for Game For A Laugh.

00:39:31 I said, "What about Cilla?" I thought, hm - let's get her in.

00:43:21 over Christmas about what she might like to... do.

00:47:31 "where everybody feels they're at a party..."

00:52:14 as I was concerned it wasn't light cavalry, it was heavy artillery.

00:56:26 he was convinced would be a blockbuster.

01:00:04 And we played the game.

01:04:08 And they had one that they wanted us to do

01:07:49 "I'm not going to recommission it." We were like, "Right, OK".

01:11:29 so I thought...

01:14:50 Big Brother was happening, and other things were happening -

01:18:39 - Yep. - It hit straightaway?

01:22:02 saying it's a big hit in America, and we're saying...

01:25:37 So, what is the ideal Saturday night schedule?

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