UKTV Gold brings back 'Generation Game'

Classic TV game show The Generation Game is making a come back later this year as part of UKTV Gold's £10 million new programming strategy.

Made by Splash Media, The Generation Game: Then Again will be presented by Bruce Forsyth, who hosted the game show when it first aired on the BBC in 1971.

The iconic conveyor belt and cuddly toy will also make a return, along with Forsyth's classic catchphrases "good game, good game" and "Didn't she do well?"

Filmed in front of a live studio audience, the five-part half-hour show will use archive material from the original series alongside newly filmed segments, with Forsyth choosing his funniest moments.

Commenting on his return to the Generation Game, Forsyth said: "I'm so looking forward to bringing back some wonderful memories.....It was always a 'good game, good game!'"

The show has been in development for 18 months, and was commissioned by channel head James Newton and acting head of commissioning Diana Howie.