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The Grand Knockout Tournament: Directed by Geoff Wilson, Martin J.O. Hughes. With Stuart Hall, Duke of Abercorn, Jenny Agutter, Anthony Andrews. The Grand Knockout Tournament was an annual event sponsored by the British Royal Family in which costumed famous people duel against one another or play medieval era-inspired games.
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- Comedy, Family, Game-Show
- Geoff Wilson, Martin Hughes
- 1987-08-12
The Grand Knockout Tournament (also known as It's a Royal Knockout) was a one-off charity event which took place on 15 June 1987, and was shown on British television on 19 June 1987 (BBC1, repeated on 27 December 1987), in addition to airing on American TV via the USA Network on 12 August 1987, and European satellite channel Superchannel on 6 March 1988 (repeated on Christmas Day 1988).
- Game Show, Charity
The Grand Knockout Tournament was an annual event sponsored by the British Royal Family in which costumed famous people duel against one another or play medieval era-inspired games. Features Rowan Atkinson as Blackadder.
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 Grand Knockout Tournament 1987: Summer Special: Event Staged: Monday 15th June 1987 Venue: Alton Towers, Alton, Staffordshire, England. Transmission: BBC1 (GB): Friday 19th June 1987, 7.40-9.00pm Network Ten (Sydney AU): Wednesday 8th July 1987, 7.30-9.20pm USA Network (USA): Wednesday 12th August 1987: Theme: Sponsored Games
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Things were slightly different in 1987 and killing very bad people wasn't allowed . Instead someone somewhere thought it might be a good idea to bring in the somewhat lowly regarded Queen's children to lead an all star celebrity IT'S A KNOCKOUT and involve Edmund Blackadder and Stuart Hall . Edmund Blackadder was always the man to hate in ...
