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Connections

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Overview

Connections is a British game show, devised and produced by John Huntley, that aired on ITV from 26 April 1985 to 6 June 1990. The daytime version is hosted by Sue Robbie from 1985 to 1988 and Simon Potter from 1989 to 1990, while the primetime version is hosted by Richard Madeley. The main theme music and 'stings' throughout the show were composed by Bill Connor and had a catchy '80's feel to it. The same theme was used in the daytime version hosted by Sue Robbie and primetime version with Richard Madeley. Background The daytime version had teenagers as contestants, in a similar vein to another ITV quiz, Blockbusters, with which the show was alternated. The primetime version had adults as contestants as part of ITV's new primetime schedule in 1988. Gameplay The game involved two contestants (three in the final series in 1990) trying to make connections by virtue of clues given by the host.

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Notable quotes

“The Web does not just connect machines, it connects people.”
— Tim Berners-Lee, in Tim Berners-Lee Speech before Knight Foundation, (14 September 2008)
“In these English farms, if anywhere, one might see life steadily and see it whole, group in one vision its transitoriness and its eternal youth, connect — connect without bitterness until all men are brothers.”
— E. M. Forster, in Howards End (1910), Ch. 33
“Whatever, in connection with my professional practice, or not in connection with it, I see or hear, in the life of men, which ought not to be spoken of abroad, I will not divulge, as reckoning that all such should be kept secret.”
— Hippocrates, in the Oath of Hippocrates (c. 400 BC)
“You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something — your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.”
— Steve Jobs, in an address at Stanford University (12 June 2005)
“Academe needs deprofessionalization and deyuppification. It has to recover its clerical or spiritual roots. Scholarship is an ideal and a calling, not merely a trade or living. Every year at commencement, we put on medieval robes that connect us to a great monastic past.”
— Camille Paglia, “Junk Bonds and Corporate Raiders: Academe in the Hour of the Wolf,” Arion, Third Series, Vol. 1, No. 2 (Spring, 1991)
“Perhaps it is the deprivation that keeps hearts connected.”
— Sanu Sharma, Baako Chashma

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Not who you're looking for? Others named Connections: British documentary television series · quarterly scientific journal · film directed by Martyn Burke · 1995 video game

Notable quotes

“The Web does not just connect machines, it connects people.”
— Tim Berners-Lee, in Tim Berners-Lee Speech before Knight Foundation, (14 September 2008)
“In these English farms, if anywhere, one might see life steadily and see it whole, group in one vision its transitoriness and its eternal youth, connect — connect without bitterness until all men are brothers.”
— E. M. Forster, in Howards End (1910), Ch. 33
“Whatever, in connection with my professional practice, or not in connection with it, I see or hear, in the life of men, which ought not to be spoken of abroad, I will not divulge, as reckoning that all such should be kept secret.”
— Hippocrates, in the Oath of Hippocrates (c. 400 BC)
“You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something — your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.”
— Steve Jobs, in an address at Stanford University (12 June 2005)
“Academe needs deprofessionalization and deyuppification. It has to recover its clerical or spiritual roots. Scholarship is an ideal and a calling, not merely a trade or living. Every year at commencement, we put on medieval robes that connect us to a great monastic past.”
— Camille Paglia, “Junk Bonds and Corporate Raiders: Academe in the Hour of the Wolf,” Arion, Third Series, Vol. 1, No. 2 (Spring, 1991)
“Perhaps it is the deprivation that keeps hearts connected.”
— Sanu Sharma, Baako Chashma

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.

Overview

Connections is a British game show, devised and produced by John Huntley, that aired on ITV from 26 April 1985 to 6 June 1990. The daytime version is hosted by Sue Robbie from 1985 to 1988 and Simon Potter from 1989 to 1990, while the primetime version is hosted by Richard Madeley. The main theme music and 'stings' throughout the show were composed by Bill Connor and had a catchy '80's feel to it. The same theme was used in the daytime version hosted by Sue Robbie and primetime version with Richard Madeley. Background The daytime version had teenagers as contestants, in a similar vein to another ITV quiz, Blockbusters, with which the show was alternated. The primetime version had adults as contestants as part of ITV's new primetime schedule in 1988. Gameplay The game involved two contestants (three in the final series in 1990) trying to make connections by virtue of clues given by the host.

From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).