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Ahh... fond memories. Bamboozle was an infuriating multiple choice "interactive" gameshow, a bit like Who Wants To Be A Millionaire. There was even, for a while
by dtf 17y ago
Ahh... fond memories. Bamboozle was an infuriating multiple choice "interactive" gameshow, a bit like Who Wants To Be A Millionaire. There was even, for a while, a late night adult section called Teletext After Hours - I particularly remember a comic called Turner The Screw, about a profane prison guard. It really was quite innovative for a while (not to mention the BBC's Ceefax services with their downloadable computer programs), but inevitably turned into dross as they tried to monetize it with horoscopes and personal ads funded by premium rate telephone numbers.
- halo 17y agoI remember reading a story that Teletext After Hours used to share their teletext pages with the kids pages and they were swapped after a certain time. Only one morning the childrens pages weren't successfully swapped back over, and soon after the Teletext After Hours got cancelled...