Lingo
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Host
Central version: Martin Walker
National ITV version: Martin Daniels
Broadcast
Central, 1987
ITV, 1988
Synopsis
A mixture of Bingo and Scrabble, two teams of two players attempted to find five letter words using a Mastermind sort of system (the board game thing, not the one with the Black Chair). If they did it, they could draw balls from their table which would get crossed off their board and if they made a line they would get mega points. Then they would start again. They also had to avoid picking a "Dreaded Red" ball which automatically handed control over to their opponents.
The end game was played in reverse, the winning team had to guess words but the longer they took, the more balls they would have to draw with a view of NOT making a line. There was a silver ball in this round that did something amazing too, if memory serves.
Inventor
Devised by Harry de Winter.
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