Lycra, foam pugil sticks, and the Eliminator. Saturday night ITV at its absolute peak.
Wolf, Shadow, Jet, Lightning. The names were half the show. Filmed in Birmingham in front of a crowd that was audibly losing its mind.
Every school playground reenacted Duel and Hang Tough at break, usually resulting in injuries.
Cost back then
Free on ITV
Goes for now
Back on the BBC
Keep going
Saturday afternoon spent hitting the reveal button and waiting for a score to change.
Sticker albums moved to the new Premier League, and the badges were foil, and everyone needed the same three.
A character from Noel's House Party who became a genuine Christmas number one and then a theme park.
An entire encyclopedia on one CD, with video clips that ran at postage-stamp size and a "Mind Maze" game nobody finished.