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Don't Tell Me - First Episode
Television (Full Length Episode) – 1989
The first episode of this showbiz quiz offers a light-hearted trip back to the late 1980s. Teams led by Ginette McDonald (Lynn of Tawa) and writer/presenter Jim Hopkins test their smarts in five rounds of questions about classic and contemporary films, TV and pop music. It's a polite battle of wits, until Hopkins snaps his pencil. Ian Fraser relishes any chance to showcase his classical knowledge. When teammate Nick Tansley suffers a synth-pop brain freeze his "quiet, new wave" rival Dianne Swann is quick to capitalise and grab some points.
Ginette's pencil isn't working...– Dianne Swann looks to her team leader for help on a film question
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