The Giddy Game Show facts for kids

The Giddy Game Show was a fun cartoon quiz show made for young children. It aired on Children's ITV in the United Kingdom from 1985 to 1987. The show was created by Yorkshire Television. The stories and questions for the show were written by Marian Lines and Joy Whitby. This show was super special because it was one of the very first TV shows where kids at home could actually interact with what was happening on screen!

About The Giddy Game Show

The show took place in a cool space observatory. This observatory was home to a friendly alien named Giddy. Giddy was a very special alien who could fly around on a magic pink pencil! He would set up simple games and puzzles for the young viewers to solve.

Meet the Characters

Giddy's voice was done by a man named Redvers Kyle. It was a fun surprise for many viewers because he usually sounded very different when he announced other shows for Yorkshire Television!

Other characters lived in the observatory too. There was a silly but friendly gorilla named Gorilla. His voice was provided by Bernard Bresslaw. There was also a clever professor named Gus, voiced by Richard Vernon. The cool pictures and animations for the games were made by John Sharp and Avram Buchanan.

Interactive Fun

The Giddy Game Show was a pioneer in children's television. It was one of the first shows to let kids interact with the screen. Thanks to new technology developed by Peter Schrek, children watching at home had a special "wand." They could use this wand to point at objects on their television screen. This made the show a really engaging and unique experience for its young audience.

When Did The Show Air?

The Giddy Game Show ran for two seasons with a total of 52 episodes. Here's when the different parts of the show were first shown:

• Series 1: 26 episodes aired from September 19, 1985, to March 27, 1986.
• Series 2a: 11 episodes aired from October 7, 1986, to December 16, 1986.
• Series 2b: 15 episodes aired from April 14, 1987, to September 1, 1987.