Going for Gold: 48 Games [DVD] [2012] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]

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There are so many parallels really, the austerity of then and the austerity of now and - personally speaking - I'm hoping that there will be a similar coming together of people and a uniting of spirit. I think the Olympics for Britain is brilliant." This was once a lunchtime favourite and indeed the idea was repeated in another game show years later (I forget the name) expect without the European element. It was all very entertaining but the European thing made it feel very cheesy. The grand prize was always grand but so very far away in terms of number of shows you had to go through to get it. The rounds idea was clever but it didn't really have anything special and was never able to climb out of being a daytime TV show to be prime time. Going for Gold – BBC One London – 25 August 1994". BBC Genome Project. 25 August 1994 . Retrieved 22 May 2016. Each edition began with a short general knowledge round to all seven contestants. Out of the contestants who started the show, four would go through to the next round (always referred to as the "first round proper" by Kelly). These four would be the first who managed to answer each of the four general knowledge questions correctly. These questions would usually take the form of a 20 to 30-second description of an object, person, animal or place (usually beginning "Who am I?", "What am I?", etc.), with progressively more details being revealed by Kelly until someone was able to identify it. By the Thursday show, there would be only four contestants left to play the opening round and so several questions were asked and the first person to two points would join the previous days' winners in "the first round proper".

Going for Gold – BBC One London – 17 October 1988". BBC Genome Project. 17 October 1988 . Retrieved 22 May 2016. Going for Gold – BBC One London – 23 March 1989". BBC Genome Project. 23 March 1989 . Retrieved 22 May 2016. How best to market "the Jubilympics" as a joint branding venture between the Queen's Diamond Jubilee and the Olympics.The Semi-Final weeks occurred at the end of each half of the season with between 7–10 weekly winners (depending upon season length). Each week was made up of four daily heats with the winner of each heat going through to Finals week and the losing players returning each day (there was no weekly final). By this point the contestants were buzzing in noticeably earlier as the standard of competition increased.

Going for Gold – BBC One London – 5 July 1995". BBC Genome Project. 5 July 1995 . Retrieved 22 May 2016.

I had rowed a very small bit at school. Matt, I don't think, had ever been in a boat ever before," says Hoare. "We had this amazing coach who works for [the elite] Leander Club and also coaches the GB team."