Use the arrow keys to move between letters. Press Enter or Space on the first letter of a word, then again on the last letter. Press Escape to cancel.
A few of the words
- TISWAS
- TISWAS stood for 'Today Is Saturday Watch And Smile', ITV's anarchic rival to the BBC's Saturday morning line-up, famous for its custard pies and the Phantom Flan Flinger.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- GRANDSTAND
- Grandstand had been the anchor of BBC Saturday afternoons since 1958, filling hours with swimming, showjumping, wrestling and the football results read at breakneck speed.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- BLANKETY
- Blankety Blank ran on BBC One through the early 1980s with Terry Wogan, then Les Dawson, the famously cheap star prize, a Blankety Blank chequebook and pen, became a running joke beloved by millions.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- SUPERSTORE
- Saturday Superstore launched on BBC One in 1982 as a glossier successor to Swap Shop, mixing pop guests, phone-ins and live studio chaos every Saturday morning.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
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Saturday telly word search
Saturday Telly: a free large-print word search
Saturday telly word search, free and large-print. Swap Shop, Grandstand, Blankety Blank and all the Saturday classics are hidden in the grid.
About Saturday Telly
Saturday television in the 1980s had its own unhurried rhythm, mornings given over to Noel Edmonds and his multi-coloured telephone, afternoons swallowed by the sweep of Grandstand's results service, and evenings lit up by Bruce Forsyth coaxing contestants through The Generation Game. Blankety Blank drew the family onto the sofa with its tinsel wand and gentle chaos, while the TARDIS spun through time and space just before the nine o'clock news. It was a day that began with cereal in front of the telly and ended with everyone agreeing they hadn't watched that much.
How to play
- 1Find a word.Tap its first letter, then tap along to its last — the trail fills in and finishes itself when it spells a word. Or press the first letter and drag.
- 2Words run in straight lines.Across and down, and on the harder difficulties diagonally and backwards.
- 3It marks itself.Each word you find takes on its own soft colour on the grid and is crossed off the list.
- 4Choose a difficulty.Relaxed, Classic or Challenging set those directions and how much the word list helps — never the grid size. Tap the A buttons at the top to enlarge the letters, or pinch the grid.
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