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32 Years of Bullseye 1980 - 2012

Bullseye TV GameshowBullseye returned to the UK TV screens in 2007 courtesy of Challenge TV. Dave Spikey made his Bullseye debut as the show host replacing the shows original host Jim Bowen. Tony Green  returned as co-host, score caller / referee and prize announcer.

The original show aired between 1981 to 1985 and boasted over 15 million viewers very Sunday evening. Dart fans were obviously pleased to see the show return for a new series as the game show still receives some of the highest viewing figures for UK TV game shows. It also gave Challenge TV for the first time in their history a bigger market share than Sky One.

The show

Every week contestants play darts and answer questions to win prizes. the winners sometimes gambled  their winnings for the star prize. More often that not the star prize would be a speedboat!, just what you always wanted if you live in the centre of the country! Never the less the show has all the attributes you would expect from a good game show; skill, tension, nerves, and a bit of luck! Would you gamble all your winnings for an undisclosed star prize? 101 or more with six darts? Three darts for the non dart player (the person who has to answer the questions) and three for the dart player? It sound easy!, not when you have the lights and camera's on you! And was the crowd right to say gamble! Who knows, but that is what makes this show special, a must to see and a TV producers dream.. The new series has taken northing away from it's original format which is now receives cult viewing.

Bronze BullyThe famous Bronze Bully also features in the new series. Professional dart players and TV celebrities throw their darts for charity. The players have nine darts to score as much as they can and if the total score exceeds 301 the score is doubled and the same value in UK £'s is given the the winning contestants choice of charity. The player or celebrity with the highest scored in the series also wins the famous bronze Bully for a year to take on tour with him / her to raise money for charity. Jocky Wilson is reported of saying the Bronze Bully was harder to win than an actual Professional Darts Tournament. All dart professional want to win this unique prize and only a few can say they have.

The highest nine dart score during the TV shows is held jointly by Eric Bristow and  Mike Gregory  both scored an impressive 380*. However during the 2011 Bullseye Theatre Tour Bob Anderson top the leader table with an incredible 420! Making this the new highest score thrown for the Bronze Bully. The charity for the theatre tour was Help for Heroes and they received £840.

Where does Bully live today? Well if he isn't on tour then he is safely locked away and he lives with the owner and creator of Bullseye Andrew Wood.

To view more about Bullseye and learn some more interesting facts about the show and it's place in the UK TV social arena visit  the Bullseye web site but before you click the link read a bit more about Bullseye Tour 2011 below  www.bullseyetvgameshow.com

* Information gained from Wikipedia

The Bullseye 2011 Theatre Tour

Bullseye Theatre Tour - 2011

2011 Bullseye Theatre Tour 15th October - 20th November 2011

The 2011 Bullseye Theatre tour was Super, Smashing, Great!. I attended the first event in Redhill in Surrey and I got to meet the legends of the show John Lowe, Eric Bristow & Bob Anderson. Not forgetting Andrew Wood the creator of Bullseye his wife Jane and Laura his daughter. 

It was a fun night and a few lucky people were selected at random from the audience to play. It didn't matter if you didn't want to play as you could just enjoy the show as I did. But if you were one of the lucky few to be selected then you stood a chance of winning £500!!!

Click here to see a few pictures. Unfortunately the theatre rules prohibited photo's being taken of the show itself however in the VIP lounge and in the foray you could. All the legends were very happy to have their photo's taken with you and sign autographs . There was also lots of Bullseye memorabilia to buy and if you missed out then you can still buy some on the memorabilia on-line. For further details see below and visit the Official Bullseye website.
John Lowe Bob Anderson Eric Bristow

Bronze Bully

Bronze BullyEach event the dart professionals threw for the Help for Heroes Charity. The highest score with 9 darts during the events was 420! thrown by Bob Anderson. This figure was doubled and sent to Help for Heroes charity. For all the event score details please click here.

FREE BULLSEYE PC & iPHONE WALLPAPER

 

Why not spice up your PC & iPhone with some Bullseye Wallpaper! There are now three PC and five new iPhone Wallpapers to choose from. Just select the design and screen resolution from below, copy and save as wallpaper.

To see them all click here

NEW 2011-2012 Merchandise see the Bullseye website for further details

Bullseye Merchandise 2011-2012

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