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In 1987 the Royal Family descended on Alton Towers, when the park played host to a celebrity version of the popular game show It’s A Knock Out. The Grand Knockout Tournament was the brainchild of Prince Edward and marked his first attempt at television production. Whilst the tournament took place on the main lawns of Alton Towers, the ...
The Grand Knockout Tournament (colloquially also known as It's a Royal Knockout) was a one-off charity event which was shown on British television on 19 June 1987. It followed the format of It's a Knockout, a slapstick TV gameshow which was broadcast in the UK until 1982. The event was staged on the lakeside lawn of the Alton Towers stately home-cum-theme park.
The oft-repeated Penguins game from Aix-Les-Bains, France in 1974 - arguably, Stuart Hall's most famous commentary of all. In a nothing-short-of-bizarre twist, the Royal Family took part in a special Grand Knockout Tournament in 1987. Although they did not take part in the games themselves, they were the team captains.
13 de ago. de 2020 · It almost beggars belief. Taking place on June 15th 1987, the event - officially titled The Grand Knockout Tournament - kicked off on the grounds of Alton Towers. The brainchild of Edward, The Queen's youngest child, it had the best of intentions as a charity fundraiser. But it was doomed from the beginning.
Sign in to vote. Permalink. 8/10. Valiant attempt to reach out to the public. safenoe 21 November 2016. Warning: Spoilers. The aftermath of The Grand Knockout Tournament got a bit of a bad rap (quite unfairly I think) when it screened. Here you had a host of members of the Royal Family gamely and bravely participating in the special royal ...
6 de nov. de 2018 · The infamous show that saw most of the Royal family taking part in a series of It’s A Knockout style games with tons of celebs, all in the aid of charity and instigated by Prince Edward and held at Alton Towers theme park. The numerous celebrities included Python’s Michael Palin and John Cleese, John Travolta, […]
22 de ene. de 2022 · During the tournament, some celebrities suffered embarrassing moments of their own. Tessa Sanderson threw a javelin at John Travolta, while Tom Jones struggled to climb up a ladder. And former broadcaster Stuart Hall - who presented It's a Knockout and the one-off Grand Knockout Tournament - was knocked off his feet when Prince Andrew accidentally set off a cannon early, singeing his eyebrows.
