About this season
Punchlines was a comedy game show series hosted by Lennie Bennett that was produced by LWT and aired on the ITV network from January 3, 1981 until December 22, 1984. The show was based on an unsold U.S. pilot hosted by Bill Cullen which was made for daily syndication on December 30, 1979 as an attempt to revive Eye Guess which ran on NBC from January 3, 1966 to September 26, 1969 and, like Punchlines, was created by Bob Stewart and hosted by Cullen. An Australian pilot was also made for the Seven Network on August 20, 1986 - hosted by Jeremy Kewley but it failed to sell.
Episodes (14)
1. Series 1, Show 1
Aired 3 January 1981 • 30 min
2. Series 1, Show 2
Aired 10 January 1981 • 30 min
3. Series 1, Show 3
Aired 17 January 1981 • 30 min
4. Series 1, Show 4
Aired 24 January 1981 • 30 min
5. Series 1, Show 5
Aired 31 January 1981 • 30 min
6. Series 1, Show 6
Aired 7 February 1981 • 30 min
7. Series 1, Show 7
Aired 14 February 1981 • 30 min
8. Series 1, Show 8
Aired 21 February 1981 • 30 min
9. Series 1, Show 9
Aired 28 February 1981 • 30 min
10. Series 1, Show 10
Aired 7 March 1981 • 30 min
11. Series 1, Show 11
Aired 14 March 1981 • 30 min
12. Series 1, Show 12
Aired 21 March 1981 • 30 min
13. Series 1, Show 13
Aired 28 March 1981 • 30 min
14. Cup Final Punchlines!
Aired 9 May 1981 • 30 min