The Indoor League
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The Indoor League was a pub games competition series that was produced by Yorkshire Television
and aired on the ITV
network from 1973 until 1978, the programme was hosted by Fred Trueman
.
The series featured competitors playing a series of pub games which each had a prize of £100 for the winners of each competition.
The games played were:
Darts,
Bar Billiards,
Table Football,
Shove Ha'penny,
Table Skittles,
Pool,
Arm Wrestling.
Among the commentators was Dave Lanning
.
The first series (1973) aired only in the Yorkshire Television
region.
In 2006 a DVD of the first series was released by Network DVD.
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...
and aired on the ITV
ITV
ITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...
network from 1973 until 1978, the programme was hosted by Fred Trueman
Fred Trueman
Frederick Sewards Trueman OBE was an English cricketer, generally acknowledged as one of the greatest fast bowlers in history. A bowler of genuinely fast pace who was widely known as Fiery Fred, Trueman played first-class cricket for Yorkshire County Cricket Club from 1949 until he retired in 1968...
.
The series featured competitors playing a series of pub games which each had a prize of £100 for the winners of each competition.
The games played were:
Darts,
Bar Billiards,
Table Football,
Shove Ha'penny,
Table Skittles,
Pool,
Arm Wrestling.
Among the commentators was Dave Lanning
Dave Lanning
Dave Lanning is a retired English sports commentator and journalist.-Broadcasting career:...
.
The first series (1973) aired only in the 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...
region.
In 2006 a DVD of the first series was released by Network DVD.