Bullseye
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32 Years of Bullseye
1980 - 2012
 Bullseye 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.
 The 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
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.
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| John Lowe |
Bob Anderson |
Eric Bristow |
Bronze Bully
 Each 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
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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.
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NEW 2011-2012 Merchandise see the Bullseye website for further details
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