Bullseye: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Bullseye was a popular British television programme. It was first made for the ITV network by ATV in 1981 and Central from 1982 until 1995, and hosted by Jim Bowen. The show originally aired on Monday nights in the first series, it was then moved to Sunday nights from 1982 to 1993 where it was watched by around 17 million viewers in its primetime slot. It was then moved from its traditional Sunday nights to Saturday afternoons. After an eleven-year hiatus, Bullseye was revived and a new series was recorded for the satellite channel Challenge, produced by Granada at Yorkshire Television in the Leeds Studios, and was hosted by Dave Spikey. Centred around darts, the show placed three pairs of contestants (each team with one person to answer questions and one darts player) against one another to win prizes ranging from a new car, a speedboat, a caravan, or a luxury holiday.

Series details

• Title: Bullseye
• Format: Game Show
• Language: English
• Genres: Sports
• Premiere date: 1981-09-28
• Final broadcast date listed: 2006-05-05
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: ITV1
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 5478
• IMDb ID: tt0200329
• TVDB ID: 71643

Cast and credited roles

• Tony Green — Referee
• Jim Bowen — Host
• Dave Spikey — Host

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1981-09-28; final listed air date 1981-12-21.
• Season 2: premiered 1982-10-10; final listed air date 1983-01-15.
• Season 3: premiered 1983-09-25; final listed air date 1984-02-19.
• Season 4: premiered 1984-09-23; final listed air date 1985-03-31.
• Season 5: premiered 1985-09-22; final listed air date 1985-12-29.
• Season 7: premiered 1987-09-20; final listed air date 1988-03-06.
• Season 8: premiered 1988-09-11; final listed air date 1989-03-05.
• Season 15: premiered 2006-04-17; final listed air date 2006-05-05; episode order: 15.

Source and licence

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