You Should Be So Lucky!

YOU SHOULD BE SO LUCKY!
Made by: ?
Shown on: BBC1
Years shown: circa 1986

Theme tune: "You should be so/You should be so/You should be so lucky!"

What were the inventors of this game show thinking? I can’t even begin to give a comparison. You Should Be So Lucky! was a quiz which involved a snakes and ladders board, an assortment of traditional fairground stalls (hook-a-duck, coconut shy), and a dreadful, white-toothed, faux-American host called Vince Purity (played by Colin Bennett.) He was assisted by four stage-school kids, who were equally deserving of a firing squad; the three girls and one boy dressed in twee Edwardian costumes, and sometimes went by the names April, May, June and…Alexander (the latter’s non-conformity was thought to be hilarious.) The competing children, most of whom were also stage-school material, would take part in a number of different games, which were arbitrarily judged by an audience clap-o-meter. There were also the dreaded 'talent turns', where the contestants partook in various variety show-style antics....ugh, my skin is crawling. I was mildly diverted by this when I was seven, but hopefully I’d be more discerning these days.

SQUARE EYES RATING: 3/10