Alan Leyshon - the “non darts player” who hit 100 - was my Uncle. Although he was the one answering the questions, he played darts regularly at his local in Port Talbot. Hence the surprise to everyone (but not him) that he set his colleague up to get one from three darts to win the special prize. Passed away a few years ago. Towards the end of his funeral, as the coffin was going through the curtains, they played the Bullseye theme to put a smile on everyone’s faces! True story.
@@bastogne315If Bullseye ever gets revived again into a new series, I might suggest that the winning team of the episode receive a Jim Bowen Memorial Trophy amongst the prizes in addition to the Bullys and the Tankards/goblets in memory of Jim Bowen the original host of the show.
Looking at the early series, it did kinda look a bit dull without Tony Green, and when he was phased in; I'm not sure what series it was, but when he began checking to see what the dart had landed in on the subjects dartboard in addition to the dartboard scores and checking to see what prize the dart has landed in on the prize dartboard, that's when he became a great co-host and became more well known.
When that tune pipes up I time travel back to the 1980's, Sunday afternoon, sitting down with my Sunday dinner with Bullseye. Happy days....there's no place like home.
Bullseye was really a super, smashing, great game show! Something for the whole family to watch for 30 minutes. Always remember this on a Sunday afternoon. 🙂🎯 They dont make game shows like these anymore 😥
Think they did do a newer version with Dave Spikey but nah didnt have the Bowen magic, dont think anyone could do it justice, and it would be all slick and flashy now.
@@RobertLocksley385You can't have watched very many episodes of Bullseye. Jim said Super/Smashing/Great/Marvellous etc ALL the time, and there's even an episode of Bullseye on here where he 'takes the Micky' out of himself for doing so.
Fascinating to see how it changed, definitely the patter and Tony helped it along later, think Jim got more confident as it progressed. I only remember the late 80s and 90s ones because of my age, what gets me is how the dickens do they split the star prize, like cut the car in two lol, or take turns driving it! I guess they must sell it and split the profit.
I remember watching this episode, where 'Eric' for 'once' didn't shine, and that was a 'shock' at that time Eric had the beating of all of his 'contempories' virtually before a dart was thrown!
Contestants representing HTV Cymru Wales, Yorkshire Television and Grampian Television. (Mentioning the ITV region was a practice that only started in series 2)
I'm still looking for Dean Weller our old section manager at Waitrose, Ealing in the late 90s early 00s. He was still there when I left in 2004. He told me he was on Bullseye once but UA-cam didn't exist then so I could never find any footage. Should of asked him for more details.
My son is severely disabled and this is his absolute favourite show. I have searched everywhere to find find a dvd or video of it but just can't. Can anyone help?
All I could suggest is take a look in your local charity shops. May even be worth leaving a name and phone number and seeing if they'll get in touch if they see one
The same contestants desks for the non dart players, plus the background behind the non dart players and Jim Bowen asking the questions remained until 1986. The yellow that ATV and Central used on both Bullseye and Family Fortunes was truly horrendous.
The thing that annoyed me most about that first series was Jim messing around with the darts after every throw, surely that must of put the darts players off of their stride having to wait while he messed about.
I love Jim telling the contestants the even more rubbish prizes they get for hitting the black (or green here) segments in Bully's Prize Board like half an onion and a lemon peel! He should have done that more often in later series instead of just saying "That's black"
It's incredible Bullseye was recommissioned after this first series because it really was terrible in the beginning! That opening round to decide who goes first is largely pointless, the quiz round is all over the place "Here's a £10 question on history to give you £50" eh??? How blind is Jim that he has to keep stopping the player to fiddle with the darts... it lands point centre in the 1 segment; "That's in 1" yeah, thanks Jim. Pitting two couples up against a pair of county players that could give Eric Bristow a game is clearly unfair. Jim can't count; "That's 20, another 20 (fiddles with the bloody thing again) and 1 (long pause, looks at monitor) that's 41" and what's with Jim pointing at the bloody dartboard every time they go to throw... as if they couldn't figure out what it is they're supposed to be aiming at!!! Absolutely hilarious but for all the wrong reasons... 🤣
Why no VT editor credit, but there is one for a film editor. What does a film editor do on a show like this at all, never mind enough to deserve a credit?
Thank god for Tony Green in the later series; it gave the show more charm with his commentating on what the dart has landed in. No wonder why because poor Jim kept getting the scores wrong! lol😂
How come this is the first episode of the series that they show on Challenge as this is episode 3. I never saw Maureen Flowers throwing for Charity in the ATV series but Jim Bowen recapped what she did the year before when she waa about to throw for charity in the first Central series. So few episodea of the ATV series on Challenge compared with all the later Central series Not all episodes of the first Central series have been shown on Challenge by the looks of it either. Will we ever see the missing ATV and early Central epidodes on Challenge?
The first surviving episode, episodes 1 and 2 were missing because Jim and the crew DESPIED the episodes, so they were never broadcast on TV and never made it into the archives
And because everybody hated them! They were so awful! There's also an episode from May 1989 that you'll never ever see in re-runs, because one contestant was convicted for armed robbery and burglary, and after forensic advances, two double murders and a rape - he is now serving a whole life term in prison (i.e. life without parole).
The first two will never be aired and has been binned because it was apparently really bad. According to Jim The first episode got scrapped because the winners got pissed up. And The Second one because the car had been won. Both were riddled with expletives.
Jim had more to be excited about. The prizes were shit, the jokes were pathetic, the entertainment was only exceeded in banality by the moronic contestants. But the salary for Barrow Boy Jim actually increased.
They never won much money in the ATV series. You even had to answer the question correctly to win any money on the category board round. "Not easy these￡30 questions. They get progressively more difficult."
"Friends of" groups are pretty common. The charity with the number 1086757 is "Friends of Hospitals (Port Talbot)", it was established in 1953 by Roy Hamer to raise funds for Port Talbot general hospital.
Alan Leyshon - the “non darts player” who hit 100 - was my Uncle.
Although he was the one answering the questions, he played darts regularly at his local in Port Talbot. Hence the surprise to everyone (but not him) that he set his colleague up to get one from three darts to win the special prize.
Passed away a few years ago.
Towards the end of his funeral, as the coffin was going through the curtains, they played the Bullseye theme to put a smile on everyone’s faces!
True story.
Sadness but memories. Missed the colours for prizes, he could play darts though. Knowledgeable as well
How old was he when this aired (if you don't mind me asking)?
That was marvellous! I can't remember this version of Bullseye with the strange board at the beginning. Tremendous!
I emailed Mr Bowen shortly before his death and received a lovely reply. What a gent.
He shouldn't have died..
@@bastogne315If Bullseye ever gets revived again into a new series, I might suggest that the winning team of the episode receive a Jim Bowen Memorial Trophy amongst the prizes in addition to the Bullys and the Tankards/goblets in memory of Jim Bowen the original host of the show.
Proper old school good guy
@@sambee8982 What a super (smashing great) idea!
He was super smashing great
Great memories of my childhood, when gameshows were genuinally entertaining. Loved Jim and his enthusiasm RIP.
you can't beat a bit of bully
You having a laugh? This is dreadful TV
@@tobyk8125 a lot better than the crap that they show now
Guess I didn't start watching as a kid til they had Tony Greene - watching Jim Bowen grab the darts was a new experience.
It certainly took the show a few series till it hit its stride.
@@gbgameshows The 1st And 2nd Series Had Nick Owen (Midlands Today ATV Today)
Looking at the early series, it did kinda look a bit dull without Tony Green, and when he was phased in; I'm not sure what series it was, but when he began checking to see what the dart had landed in on the subjects dartboard in addition to the dartboard scores and checking to see what prize the dart has landed in on the prize dartboard, that's when he became a great co-host and became more well known.
Yes me too, I was too young when it started!
@@sambee8982it was series 9 where tony was at the category board and series 4 where tony stood at prize board series 4 84/85 series 9 89/90
When that tune pipes up I time travel back to the 1980's, Sunday afternoon, sitting down with my Sunday dinner with Bullseye.
Happy days....there's no place like home.
Bullseye was really a super, smashing, great game show! Something for the whole family to watch for 30 minutes. Always remember this on a Sunday afternoon. 🙂🎯
They dont make game shows like these anymore 😥
ted rogers 321 in the same bag
I'm so glad I grew up watching this, the nostalgia is incredible. What a time to be a 10 year old in England. Loved it.
Good old Jim. "That's 60, another 60 and 20. That's 160"
You sure about that?
This is in need of a comeback!
It was too of it's time, it doesn't work now.
Think they did do a newer version with Dave Spikey but nah didnt have the Bowen magic, dont think anyone could do it justice, and it would be all slick and flashy now.
@@JasmineSurrealVideos I agree & Iove Dave Spikey.
Christmas this year I believe
Memories of Sunday afternoon. Sadly back to school next day
Bath night….😂😂😂
@@stevenward9414 was just thinking the same thing! you didnt mind goig for a bath when the channel was changed to BBC 1 for songs of praise
Not on a Sunday afternoon back when it first started.
From September 1984 onwards when the contestants ran out of time answering the questions instead of the time up buzzer Bullie bellowed in.
@@robertgoh7420
But "I'll check it with bully" for the spelling question came in the 1985/6 series starting September 1985.
Jim said "Marvellous" so many times. This is when: 0:48 3:21 6:31 7:08 11:11
13:10 15:56 17:06 22:17 24:28 24:42 24:56 R.I.P Jim Bowen
absolute legend for finding all the times he said Marvellous
He was supposedly well known for his "great, super, smashing" line, but hardly ever said it.
@@RobertLocksley385
Oh, he said that line when he was coming down the stairs a few years later.
Your attention to detail is Marvellous 👌
@@RobertLocksley385You can't have watched very many episodes of Bullseye.
Jim said Super/Smashing/Great/Marvellous etc ALL the time, and there's even an episode of Bullseye on here where he 'takes the Micky' out of himself for doing so.
Happy 40th Birthday To Bullseye ITV’s Classic Game Show That Can’t Beat A Bit Of Bully!
Happy 40th birthday to bullseye itv classic game show that can't beat of bullseye!!!!
He's only just missed it. Marvelous.
RIP Tony Green the voice of Bullseye
It all seems so complicated and stilted compared to later series!
You are so right
Jims bedside manner is impeccible!
4:10 "That's great, yes. Siddown!" 😄
Gets me every time I watch this 😅😂
Fascinating to see how it changed, definitely the patter and Tony helped it along later, think Jim got more confident as it progressed. I only remember the late 80s and 90s ones because of my age, what gets me is how the dickens do they split the star prize, like cut the car in two lol, or take turns driving it! I guess they must sell it and split the profit.
I remember watching this episode, where 'Eric' for 'once' didn't shine, and that was a 'shock' at that time Eric had the beating of all of his 'contempories' virtually before a dart was thrown!
Contestants representing HTV Cymru Wales, Yorkshire Television and Grampian Television. (Mentioning the ITV region was a practice that only started in series 2)
I'm still looking for Dean Weller our old section manager at Waitrose, Ealing in the late 90s early 00s. He was still there when I left in 2004. He told me he was on Bullseye once but UA-cam didn't exist then so I could never find any footage. Should of asked him for more details.
Should of asked
I think U MEAN Should HAVE asked
@@martipowell2878 'I think u mean' I think you mean 'I think you mean'
@@taffymackem2596 PHONETIC - The language of the Internet IS phonetic
@@martipowell2878 Bull 5hit, the language of Marti Powell is Bull 5hit
If he was a manager he was a lying cnut!
Jim: whereabouts are you from? Barnsley?
Contestant: Barnsley.
Jim: Be new to you then carpet and electric?
Absolute legend 😂
Jim Bowen saying to the audience "Make them nice and welcome" before each of the 3 couples came into the studio when introducung them
"Jim, is it true you and your staff make these questions up as you go along ?" "How dare you ! You're fired !"
Jim Bowen looked as though he was in his 60's there.
He was only in his early to mid forties
@@bonk352
Indeed. It's just that he always looked as though he was much older than that.
Someone once said “Jim Bowen will never live to be as old as he looks”
@@roblancs Bernard Manning used to say that
Yes weird that, Im in my 40s now and he could just about pass as my uncle or dad lol.
It was produced by ATV in the first series and central from 1982-1995.
Well done Hazel and Tony. A pair of plonkers.
Really impressed with the prizes
Yeah they were really good ones on this one.
The younger one of the Port Talbot pair was a very mournful looking fella lol
My son is severely disabled and this is his absolute favourite show. I have searched everywhere to find find a dvd or video of it but just can't. Can anyone help?
All I could suggest is take a look in your local charity shops. May even be worth leaving a name and phone number and seeing if they'll get in touch if they see one
I can download these to a usb drive if that’s any help.Please let me know.
It’s on challenge every day! Channel 48
Lovely, smashing, great ❤😂
Didn’t matter what part of the country the contestants were from Jim knew the place well. 😂😂😂
Don’t get presenters like Jim any more… would of made a great pub landlord! Gentlemen
It'd be a funny coincidence if he did run a pub! lol😂
This show will be made again soon Now the rest of the old ones are coming back.
Won't be the same. The original is a great show.
Your announcer is future TV-am presenter Nick Owen.
And Current Midlands Today Presenter
My mother knew the daughter of one of the contestants from Port Talbot.
fascinating
Worst story ever.
@@AM-bf1hx why
Small world eh
Interesting fact..Jim Bowen was 19 years of age at time of recording!
Lol
fab show
The same contestants desks for the non dart players, plus the background behind the non dart players and Jim Bowen asking the questions remained until 1986.
The yellow that ATV and Central used on both Bullseye and Family Fortunes was truly horrendous.
who did the opening animation for this? It looks like the style of VIS... anyone know?
Jim couldn't decide which suit to wear.
LMAO ! You'd be lucky to get £30 for the entire "Bully's Prize Board" at Cash Generator today !
😂😂😂😂 cash generator that's a blast from the past I think the last time I was in one of them Stephen Hendry was still World Champion
You think they would have done better if Hazel had thrown instead of Tony?
Couldn't have done any worse
The thing that annoyed me most about that first series was Jim messing around with the darts after every throw, surely that must of put the darts players off of their stride having to wait while he messed about.
I love Jim telling the contestants the even more rubbish prizes they get for hitting the black (or green here) segments in Bully's Prize Board like half an onion and a lemon peel!
He should have done that more often in later series instead of just saying "That's black"
He got Tony Green to do it after S1 so he couldn’t say it
In Jim's autobiography, he said that the "rubbish prizes" were dropped after S1 because there was nothing funny about losing a colour TV.
19th October 1981 is The Correct Episode!
I’m trying to find an episode my dad was on his name was James Ibinson
I'm disappointed that the star prize wasn't a speedboat.
As peter kay would say how do they split a car
Also from 1982 onwards Tony Green was the scorer.
How on earth this got a dozen more series commissioned is amazing…
“It were shit but it were good, never known a game show like it” 😂😂😂
Peter Kay!
I don't remember these early episodes with Jim going into detail on how the show works
A Mini Metro as the star prize, quietly rusting away!
That should've been given to whoever lost.
Won a brand new Austin Metro.
Still love a bit off bully. Love Jim too.❤
Pure white UK series. Not a Muslim or immigrant in sight. Good old days.
Admit it, you just scrolled to see the crap prizes. 😊
It's incredible Bullseye was recommissioned after this first series because it really was terrible in the beginning! That opening round to decide who goes first is largely pointless, the quiz round is all over the place "Here's a £10 question on history to give you £50" eh??? How blind is Jim that he has to keep stopping the player to fiddle with the darts... it lands point centre in the 1 segment; "That's in 1" yeah, thanks Jim. Pitting two couples up against a pair of county players that could give Eric Bristow a game is clearly unfair. Jim can't count; "That's 20, another 20 (fiddles with the bloody thing again) and 1 (long pause, looks at monitor) that's 41" and what's with Jim pointing at the bloody dartboard every time they go to throw... as if they couldn't figure out what it is they're supposed to be aiming at!!! Absolutely hilarious but for all the wrong reasons... 🤣
22:32 "that there is half an onion and a lmon peel" there will never be a comedion like Jim Bowen to reappear on British Televion! LMFAO!🤦♂
had not realised how bad the program was in the early days!!
Great show
super smashing great
Where were the Bendy Bullies for the first couple eliminated??
They came in season 5 and tankards were introduced up to the end series both contestants on series 8/14 got tankards and bullys
According to Eric Bristow in the 1st Series of Bullseye, ATV had the Dartboard 8 inches Too High for the dart Players to Hit the Board Correctly.
I think this was before used the saying “nothin for two in a bed in this game.”
This Is The First Surviving Edition From Episode 3
Why no VT editor credit, but there is one for a film editor. What does a film editor do on a show like this at all, never mind enough to deserve a credit?
You would NRVER get away with opening titles like that anymore....poke your eye out 😂
Yep, if a middle class women feels upset it’s immediately banned
They didn't then it got a lot of complaints its the reason they changed them in series 2
Why?
13:06 Jim got the score wrong. Must be nerves 🙂
Thank god for Tony Green in the later series; it gave the show more charm with his commentating on what the dart has landed in. No wonder why because poor Jim kept getting the scores wrong! lol😂
Peter Kay brought me here.
How come this is the first episode of the series that they show on Challenge as this is episode 3. I never saw Maureen Flowers throwing for Charity in the ATV series but Jim Bowen recapped what she did the year before when she waa about to throw for charity in the first Central series.
So few episodea of the ATV series on Challenge compared with all the later Central series
Not all episodes of the first Central series have been shown on Challenge by the looks of it either.
Will we ever see the missing ATV and early Central epidodes on Challenge?
A radio alarm as a prize... times change
The first surviving episode, episodes 1 and 2 were missing because Jim and the crew DESPIED the episodes, so they were never broadcast on TV and never made it into the archives
Ah ha....so that's why E3 is the first one
And because everybody hated them! They were so awful! There's also an episode from May 1989 that you'll never ever see in re-runs, because one contestant was convicted for armed robbery and burglary, and after forensic advances, two double murders and a rape - he is now serving a whole life term in prison (i.e. life without parole).
i bet SpongBob liked those episodes
The first two will never be aired and has been binned because it was apparently really bad.
According to Jim The first episode got scrapped because the winners got pissed up.
And The Second one because the car had been won.
Both were riddled with expletives.
According to his autobiography, Jim said that the first 2 episodes were burned at a cost of well over £20'000.
I can certainly see why they re-edited that intro, to say the least lol
Great smashing super
So do they share the car or what? Or do they get one each?
share
The spelling question has always been there since 1981.
I'd take the workbench and tools the champagne 🥂 and the pen & pencil sets. You can keep the rest.
Fucking brilliant Jim….
This Is The First Surviving Episode From Series 1 Episode 3
Because Episode 1 and Episode 2 Never Shown, So Which It A Clip
"once they've been darted"....is this before the legendary catchphrase!?
Definitely! I took Jim a few series to really hit his stride! 😄
The titles got "edited" for Series 2 to hide the nipples after complaints!
I can well imagine that happening!!😄
It was a much more complicated game before Tony Greene!
From 1984-1985 food became potluck and from 1985 onwards potluck became faces.
Lol Bowen loves it
Jim had more to be excited about. The prizes were shit, the jokes were pathetic, the entertainment was only exceeded in banality by the moronic contestants. But the salary for Barrow Boy Jim actually increased.
Sorry for Hazel from Barnsley, her husband is terrible at darts.
yes the early episodes were a bit of a mess
Rip eric bristow..
Brain box, a slight over statement.
You throw first to see who throws?
Surely for a gameshow that has contestants playing in pairs, they win a car each?
Haha, no. IBA regulations on prizes and prize money at the time would have made that an impossibility.
They never won much money in the ATV series. You even had to answer the question correctly to win any money on the category board round.
"Not easy these￡30 questions. They get progressively more difficult."
Too early a series for "iiiiiiiiin one!"
24:39 WIN!
Been on bullseye UK show for 40 years
20:52 That doesn't sound like a registered charity.
"Friends of" groups are pretty common. The charity with the number 1086757 is "Friends of Hospitals (Port Talbot)", it was established in 1953 by Roy Hamer to raise funds for Port Talbot general hospital.
From 1982 onwards myths became words, art became Britain and bible became affairs.
Had to get tony , to say take your time
Have you got Bullseye 1982 Christmas Special Christmas Special 1983 Christmas Special 1986 and Christmas Special 1989 please
6:08 he got the bullseye £50!