That's Showbusiness Explained

Genre:	Game show
Creator:	Jeremy Pascall Phil Swern
Presenter:	Mike Smith
Starring:	Team captains Gloria Hunniford (1989-91) Kenny Everett (1989-91)
Theme Music Composer:	Ed Welch (1989-91) Debbie Wiseman (1992-94) Helene Muddiman (1995-96)
Country:	United Kingdom
Language:	English
Num Series:	8
Num Episodes:	132 (inc. 8 specials)
Location:	New Broadcasting House^[1]
Runtime:	30 minutes
Company:	BBC North
Channel:	BBC1

That's Showbusiness is a game show that aired on BBC1 from 20 May 1989 to 8 July 1996 and hosted by Mike Smith.

Format

In the first three series, the game was played with two teams of three, with team captains Kenny Everett and Gloria Hunniford competing. From the fourth series onwards, the game was played with two teams of two celebrities with no team captains competing. The quiz was split into various rounds and scoring was usually two points per answer or one point if offered across to the opposing team for a bonus. The rounds altered slightly from series to series. The following featured significantly:

• Three Questions – based on a comedy clip.
• Romantic Triangles – where the teams must try and guess which celebrity two other celebrities had been romantically involved with.
• Guess which of these three people said this particular quote
• Movie – Each team member would see a clip of a classic or newly released film and asked relevant questions on the film and/or its stars.
• Videoke – Each team would sing along to a music video or performance, the video would fade out and hopefully, when it was faded back in again, they would be in the right place.
• "Quickfire" – 12 themed questions to be answered alternately by teammates within one minute.

Transmissions

Series

Series	Start date	End date	Episodes
1	20 May 1989^[2]	26 August 1989^[3]	14
2	2 June 1990^[4]	25 August 1990^[5]	12
3	20 April 1991^[6]	13 July 1991^[7]	13
4	11 April 1992^[8]	18 July 1992^[9]	14
5	9 January 1993^[10]	3 April 1993^[11]	13
6	17 January 1994^[12]	15 August 1994^[13]	27
7	6 March 1995^[14]	15 September 1995^[15]	26
8	1 April 1996^[16]	8 July 1996^[17]	13

Specials

Date	Entitle
30 December 1989^[18]	Holiday Special
31 December 1990^[19]	New Year's Eve Special
31 December 1991^[20]	New Year's Eve Special
31 December 1992^[21]	New Year's Eve Special
20 December 1993^[22]	Christmas Special
22 December 1994^[23]	Christmas Special
18 February 1995^[24]	Eastenders Special
29 December 1995^[25]	Movies Special

Notes and References

1. Web site: Old BBC Regional Production Studios . TV Studio History . 21 December 2021.
2. Web site: That's Showbusiness – BBC One London – 20 May 1989 . . 10 August 2016.
3. Web site: That's Showbusiness – BBC One London – 26 August 1989 . . 10 August 2016.
4. Web site: That's Showbusiness – BBC One London – 2 June 1990 . . 10 August 2016.
5. Web site: That's Showbusiness – BBC One London – 25 August 1990 . . 10 August 2016.
6. Web site: That's Showbusiness – BBC One London – 20 April 1991 . . 10 August 2016.
7. Web site: That's Showbusiness – BBC One London – 13 July 1991 . . 10 August 2016.
8. Web site: That's Showbusiness – BBC One London – 11 April 1992 . . 10 August 2016.
9. Web site: That's Showbusiness – BBC One London – 18 July 1992 . . 10 August 2016.
10. Web site: That's Showbusiness – BBC One London – 9 January 1993 . . 10 August 2016.
11. Web site: That's Showbusiness – BBC One London – 3 April 1993 . . 10 August 2016.
12. Web site: That's Showbusiness – BBC One London – 17 January 1994 . . 10 August 2016.
13. Web site: That's Showbusiness – BBC One London – 15 August 1994 . . 10 August 2016.
14. Web site: That's Showbusiness – BBC One London – 6 March 1995 . . 10 August 2016.
15. Web site: That's Showbusiness – BBC One London – 15 September 1995 . . 10 August 2016.
16. Web site: That's Showbusiness – BBC One London – 1 April 1996 . . 10 August 2016.
17. Web site: That's Showbusiness – BBC One London – 8 July 1996 . . 10 August 2016.
18. Web site: That's Showbusiness – BBC One London – 30 December 1989 . . 10 August 2016.
19. Web site: That's Showbusiness – BBC One London – 31 December 1990 . . 10 August 2016.
20. Web site: That's Showbusiness – BBC One London – 31 December 1991 . . 10 August 2016.
21. Web site: That's Showbusiness New Year's Eve Show – BBC One London – 31 December 1992 . . 10 August 2016.
22. Web site: That's Showbusiness – BBC One London – 20 December 1993 . . 10 August 2016.
23. Web site: That's Showbusiness Christmas Special – BBC One London – 22 December 1994 . . 10 August 2016.
24. Web site: That's Eastenders – BBC One London – 18 February 1995 . . 10 August 2016.
25. Web site: That's Showbusiness Movies Special – BBC One London – 29 December 1995 . . 10 August 2016.