Before he was Frank Butcher in Eastenders and somewhere around the same time as Yus My Dear and The Comedians on ITV. Mike Reid became known to a generation of kids through Runaround with his catchphrase Gggggggg go!
Runaround was a quiz show with aspirations to educate and entertain.
Kids would be given three answers to a question and they run to an answer. They would then have a few seconds to change their mind and jump to another answer. I presume this was done to throw people off the scent when they first ran to the answer. In short give people the runaround.
In the between the questions there would be people who turn up to talk about their profession. It could be a confectionery rock maker, a blacksmith, a sidecar motorbike racer, someone working with traction engines. The following question would then be linked with the person who just appeared.
There would also be a pop group that would perform a song and Reid supplied the jokes.
As this was shown on ITV the prizes were much better such as a television. There was no Crackerjack pencil to be seen here.
It was all a bit too stop-start. You get a few questions and then someone on a horse or a steam engine appears for a bit of a chat. Reid was a bit too old for a show like this but he was game. I noticed that both the boys and girls looked all alike. No chance for anyone getting Yew-treed.
I think Runaround eventually got overtaken by the more fun Cheggers Plays Pop on the BBC.
Runaround was a quiz show with aspirations to educate and entertain.
Kids would be given three answers to a question and they run to an answer. They would then have a few seconds to change their mind and jump to another answer. I presume this was done to throw people off the scent when they first ran to the answer. In short give people the runaround.
In the between the questions there would be people who turn up to talk about their profession. It could be a confectionery rock maker, a blacksmith, a sidecar motorbike racer, someone working with traction engines. The following question would then be linked with the person who just appeared.
There would also be a pop group that would perform a song and Reid supplied the jokes.
As this was shown on ITV the prizes were much better such as a television. There was no Crackerjack pencil to be seen here.
It was all a bit too stop-start. You get a few questions and then someone on a horse or a steam engine appears for a bit of a chat. Reid was a bit too old for a show like this but he was game. I noticed that both the boys and girls looked all alike. No chance for anyone getting Yew-treed.
I think Runaround eventually got overtaken by the more fun Cheggers Plays Pop on the BBC.
