We Are the Champions (TV series)

We Are the Champions is a children's game show that ran from 13 June 1973 to 25 July 1995. It was originally presented by Ron Pickering but, when he died in 1991, Gary Lineker, Linford Christie and Judy Simpson took over as presenter of the remaining one-off specials.[1]

We Are the Champions
GenreChildren's game show
Created byAlan Russell
Ron Pickering
Presented byRon Pickering (1973–90)
Gary Lineker (1991–92)
Linford Christie (1993–94)
Judy Simpson (1995)
Paddy McGuinness (2010)
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series16
No. of episodes104 (inc. 13 specials)
Production
Running time30 minutes
Release
Original networkBBC1
Picture format4:3
Original release13 June 1973 (1973-06-13) –
12 March 2010 (2010-03-12)

The programme was formatted around a traditional British school sports day, where children would compete in various athletics and swimming competitions. Each programme concluded with Ron Pickering shouting to the children ""Away Y' Go" at which point they would all run and jump/dive into the swimming pool as the titles ran.

In March 2010, We Are the Champions was revived as part of the BBC's Sport Relief programming. It was hosted by Paddy McGuinness with team captains Tim Henman, Amir Khan, Dame Kelly Holmes and Mark Foster.[2]

Transmissions

Series
SeriesStart dateEnd dateEpisodes
113 June 197325 July 19737
24 June 19742 July 19745
34 July 19751 August 19755
410 August 197621 September 19767
57 July 19774 August 19775
627 June 19788 August 19787
71 June 197913 July 19797
826 June 19807 August 19807
92 July 198113 August 19817
1028 July 19828 September 19827
1130 June 198311 August 19837
1221 June 19842 August 19847
1327 June 19858 August 19857
143 June 198615 July 19867
152 July 198713 August 19877
168 March 201012 March 20105

Specials
DateEntitle
18 August 1983Disabled Special
15 August 1984Disabled Special
15 August 1985Disabled Special
22 July 1986Disabled Special
20 August 1987Disabled Special
18 August 1988Disabled Special
7 September 1989Disabled Special
9 August 1990Disabled Special
5 September 1991Disabled Special
10 September 1992Disabled Special
9 September 1993Disabled Special
6 September 1994Disabled Special
25 July 1995Disabled Special

References
  1. Newsham, Gavin (7 November 2003). "The 10 funniest sports shows". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 22 November 2012.
  2. Barney Ronay (15 March 2010). "We Are the Champions returns to our screens | Television & radio". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 1 August 2012.

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