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Chain Letters

1987-09-07 · 30 min / episode · ★ 7.0

Chain Letters was a British television game show produced by Tyne Tees. The show was filmed at their City Road studios in Newcastle Upon Tyne and first broadcast on ITV in the United Kingdom from 7 September 1987 to 6 July 1990, then again from 2 January 1995 to 25 April 1997. Three contestants competed to win money by changing letters in words to form new words. Its original host was the late Jeremy Beadle, followed by Andrew O'Connor, Allan Stewart, Ted Robbins, Vince Henderson and Dave Spikey.

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Ted RobbinsTed Robbins
Andrew O'ConnorAndrew O'Connor
Jeremy BeadleJeremy Beadle

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