The Giddy Game Show was an animated quiz show for pre-school children, made by Yorkshire Television

Yorkshire Television

Yorkshire Television, now officially known as ITV Yorkshire and sometimes unofficially abbreviated to YTV, is a British television broadcaster and the contractor for the Yorkshire franchise area on the ITV network...

 from 1985 to 1987. Scripts were by Marian Lines

Marian Lines

Marian Alice Lines is a British writer and actress. The majority of Lines' works are libretti for musical productions, and many are for performance by children.-Biography:...

 and Joy Whitby. The first interactive children's television programme. Using technology developed by Peter Schrek, children had a wand to indicate objects on the screen.

The programme was set in a scientific observatory inhabited by Giddy, a friendly alien who flew around on a magic pink pencil, setting simple games and puzzles.

Redvers Kyle

Redvers Kyle

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 provided the voice for Giddy, although the little alien sounded very different from the familiar and distinctive sound of Kyle in his regular role as programme announcer for Yorkshire Television.

The other characters that inhabited the observatory were a stupid but lovable gorilla called Gorilla (voiced by Bernard Bresslaw

Bernard Bresslaw

Bernard Bresslaw was an English actor. He is best remembered for his comedy work, especially as a member of the Carry On team.-Biography:...

), and a professor called Gus (voiced by Bill Fraser

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).

Games Graphics by John Sharp & Avram Buchanan.

Transmission Guide

• Series 1: 26 editions from 19 September 1985 - 27 March 1986
• Series 2: 26 editions from 27 October 1986 - 1 September 1987