The Adventure Game

TV Series
1980–1986

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Adventure Family Fantasy Game Show Sci-Fi

Two celebrities and a member of the public take a trip to the planet Arg - sometimes willingly, sometimes not - and attempt to work their way through a series of puzzles set by the alien Arg... Read allTwo celebrities and a member of the public take a trip to the planet Arg - sometimes willingly, sometimes not - and attempt to work their way through a series of puzzles set by the alien Argonds.Two celebrities and a member of the public take a trip to the planet Arg - sometimes willingly, sometimes not - and attempt to work their way through a series of puzzles set by the alien Argonds.

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Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
- 1 nomination total

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Christopher Leaver

Gandor

Charmian Gradwell

Gnoard

Anne Palmer

Assistant Argond…

Richard Lewis

Assistant Argond

Karen Walker

Assistant Argond

Bill Homewood

Dagnor…

Sarah Lam

Dorgan…

Lesley Judd

Lesley Judd…

Kenny Baker

A Highly Trained Aspidistra

Patrick Dowling

Self - Presenter

Moira Stuart

Darong

Ian Messiter

The Rangdo

Jane Kite

Assistant Assistant Argond

Sue Lipscombe

Assistant Assistant Argond

Lynn Allen

Assistant Assistant Argond

Paul Darrow

Self - Explorer

Denise Coffey

Self - Explorer

Mark Dugdale

Self - Explorer

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Trivia
Out of all of the episodes made for the series, four episodes no longer exist on their original broadcast-quality formats - two from the first season are lost as are two from the second season - and are thought to survive only as domestic off-air recordings. The following seasons survive intact.

Quotes
Opening narration: [FIRST SEASON] Many light years away, on the far side of the galaxy, in a region often visited by time-travelers, lies Arg. A small planet of little consequence. Naturally, the inhabitants of Arg get a bit fed up with trippers and tend to discourage them. Often they will even nick the essential crystal off their time machines and hide it. Visitors from planet Earth enquiring after their crystal can nevertheless feel quite at home here, because the Argons are a polite race and careful to adapt their shape so as not to frighten strangers. Unfortunately, they also have a regrettable sense of humor...

Crazy credits
All the cast credits list the actors as being played by the characters they portray.

Connections
Featured in The 100 Greatest Kids TV Shows (2001)

Soundtracks
Duo in G, Opus 34
(uncredited)
Composed by Ferdinando Carulli
Performed by Julian Bream and John Williams
(series theme-tune)

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9/10

Here be dragons!

A very clever and funny programme, this was aimed at children but much enjoyed by adults (especially this one). I hated to miss an episode. It was a great brain workout, with that great feeling of satisfaction when you got the answers right! I also always enjoyed the Vortex, when they stepped on the wrong square at the end of the game and were evaporated just before they reached their goal... I especially appreciated the use of anagrams of "dragon" for everything - character names, currency - the lot! Even now, whenever I see a word that looks similar to an anagram of dragon, I'm transported back to The Adventure Game. With its logic problems, so much better than any of the more recent "puzzle" type games seen on TV, and the guests who appeared had intelligence. So sad to see that some of the episodes are lost, but couldn't we have the rest on a DVD, please, BBC?