On Safari (1982 game show)

On Safari is a British children's game show that aired on ITV from 16 February 1982 to 11 December 1984, and was hosted by Christopher Biggins and co-hosted by Gillian Taylforth.

On Safari
Genre	Children's game show
Created by	Tony McLaren Tim Edmunds
Presented by	Christopher Biggins
Starring	Gillian Taylforth
Theme music composer	Roar Music
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	4
No. of episodes	54 (inc. 1 special)
Production
Running time	20 minutes
Production company	TVS
Original release
Network	ITV
Release	16 February 1982 (1982-02-16) – 11 December 1984 (1984-12-11)

Gameplay

Each week two teams (three in the first series) consisting of a child and their parent (a celebrity in the third and fourth series) played in a series of games in different jungle settings (i.e. swamps, venus fly traps etc.) and the team with the most points at the end of the show were the winners. The child from the winning team won a major prize, while the losing children went away with consolation prizes.

Transmissions

Series

Series	Start date	End date	Episodes
1	16 February 1982	18 May 1982	13
2	10 September 1982	17 December 1982	15
3	3 January 1984	3 April 1984	13
4	18 September 1984	11 December 1984	13

Series 1 was recorded in late 1981 under Southern like many TVS series that were screened in early 1982 were

Special

Date	Entitle
22 December 1982	Christmas Special

External links

• On Safari at IMDb
• On Safari at UKGameshows.com