The speed boats, the bendy bullies, the tattoos, fridge freezers, the majesty of Bullseye. Words alone can't do justice to this sleeping titan of 80's quiz shows. But if I had to choose one, I'd like to see Bully sweep across my TV screen, with a dictionary, spelling out the word 'incomparable', or should that be incomparaBULL?

Bullseye really is my favourite game show still. I remember the very first rehearsal. It was at the Grosvenor House Club, Birmingham and it wasn't until Jim was 'chatted up' by two gay guys that he realised that the clientele of the club was predominately gay guys. 

Jim liked the place so much he took his wife there.

During recording of a show of Bullseye in Series four we lost the lighting for over an hour and had to stop recording the programme in front of a live studio audience. The Director of the show - Mr. Peter Harris - also of Muppets fame came down from the Control Room onto the set and had a piano wheeled out on to the set and played it for an hour.  The studio audience had a great time having an knees up and a sing-a-long until the lighting came back on.

During a recording of a programme in Series twelve Jim Bowen was stuck behind the stage and could not get onto the set to open the show. So I quickly realised we had a problem and promptly stepped in and did Jim Bowen's opening routine. The end of which the set moved and Jim was able to come on and take over and complete the recording of the show.

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My wife and I were contestants on the first series of the programme in 1981; she was the dart thrower and I answered the questions! Most of them, that is…

My wife Chris was very pregnant at the time (the show was recorded in June/July and my daughter, who is now 27, was born the following August) and we believe she was the first ever noticeably pregnant TV game show contestant. Our show was broadcast in the November, and I remember my elderly mother was aghast when she saw Chris’s bump – thinking she was pregnant again!

What a fantastic time we had on that day! Everyone associated with the show, the Admin girls, the producer Peter Holmans, Director Peter Harris (and his mother!), Tony Green (with his afro hair!), Keith Lascelles, the floor manager, and of course the inimitable Jim Bowen, all made our day so special. We didn’t get through to the prize board, but the winners decided not to gamble and we got to throw for the star prize, giving up the princely sum of £30 to do so!  If my memory serves me correctly, we scored 94 – and ‘lost’ a caravan; but we won a memory we will treasure for ever; and I still have my Bullseye darts!

Thank you, Bullseye!

With darts on the increase all over the world - we need programmes like Bullseye - all the family enjoy it.  It encourages the youngsters to take up the sport - they are our darting future.   Come on someone - let's see a new series or, better still, a new series of programmes with new players, new hosts, new questions - Bring Back Bully.

Following cancer treatment my husband was confined to the house a lot of the time. Watching Bullseye repeats was a great stimulus for him.  It kept his brain active whilst trying to answer the questions, and his voice too, when shouting advice for where the players should aim.   Many like him would appreciate a sensible and stimulating game show to watch - so please make another series. 

I know he would love to be a contestant - any chance of being put on the list for application please????   Many thanks.

Tess Chapman – Bullseye Fan from London

I am writing to say how much I miss Bullseye and wish it would come back onto our screens. It was THE game show of my youth and I think that today's reality rubbish does not even begin to compare.

One of the contestants who looked frail at the start of the show, gradually got worse though part one. Each time it was his turn to answer the question he got more nervous and very shaky. We managed to get him to the commercial break at the end of part one and we rushed him off to hospital. I was worried that he might be having a heart attack. Fortunately for the show he didn't win part one and he decided he would take the money he had won and drop out of the game. I'm pleased to say he returned home from hospital the next day, not suffering with heart trouble, but stress from appearing on television in front of a live audience.

I have found memories of Bullseye, Jim, Tony, Andy, Norman, Bully and some of happiest moments in my thirty five years of working in television. Bullseye is a great show. How Jim got away with his rehearsal performance is beyond me. It was one hell of a laugh.

Yes, it’s about time BULLSEYE was returned to our screens.

In the history of darts on TV BULLSEYE with Jim Bowen at the helm was the most popular darts programme ever. As a young darter I remember sitting watching the show on a Sunday afternoon whilst having my tea and thinking “I’d like to be there watching that or even taking part.” I wrote to Central Television and Jim Bowen dropped me a note and a couple of tickets to sit in the audience but the dates clashed with a holiday so I never went! 

So, if they bring it back, I might get offered tickets again. Who knows?

Good luck anyway.

Patrick 

I would just like to say Bullseye is such an institution in Britain and made many viewers Sunday afternoon an enjoyable one. I always remember sitting down with the family and watching the program. Great telly and, as they say, they don't make them like they used to.

"It would be wonderful if this great family institution returned to our television screens."

Kevin Evans  

Bullseye is the best game show known to man.

It made so many brilliant darts players become more brilliant. It has made me want to become a darts player. It would be a crime to not make a new Bullseye series.

Mickey Brennan, Programme Associate on Bullseye, Family Fortunes, Blockbuster and The Price Is Right. Mickey was responsible for selecting the contestant to be on Bullseye. The hopeful contestants had to show their skills as a dart player and their partner was asked 20 questions on a wide range of topics. The most unpopular question at the interview was the spelling question.

Of all the shows I worked on over the years, Bullseye was by far and away my favourite show. It was special. I remember asking a would be contestant on the show, a soldier how to spell the word, Ecstasy. He looked horrified and said, O...Aitch...S...Aitch...I...T. All the people in the room burst out laughing. He was selected to appear on the show because his general knowledge was very good and he was a fun person.

We had over 25, 000 pairs of contestants applying to appear on the show such was the shows popularity. Unfortunately, I could not get around to see them all.

Lee Herrett – Bullseye Fan from Surrey

Bullseye needs to return! I grew up watching this show and the weekend has never been the same without it! Who can forget the speedboats, the caravans or the sayings that have gone down in TV history?!

Given how popular Darts has become in recent years, and the large audiences that the televised tournaments pull in, surely this is a prime time for Bullseye to make a comeback?

If the ITV execs don't give Bullseye a new series then someone should give them their BFH and send them on their way!

It is with a warm nostalgia that I reflect upon Sunday tea-times in the 80s and early 90s. Nylon shirts, tankards, Bully's Prize Board and, of course, speedboats...

As everybody is well aware, you can't beat a bit of Bully, and we could all do with a bit of Bully now, more than ever.

Bring back Bullseye! You know it makes sense..