Bullseye's best bits, a backheeled lob and brilliant barrel jumping | Classic YouTube
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1) The host of darts quiz show Bullseye, Jim Bowen, died aged 80 this week. A look back at any episode is always a wonderful window into a slower, more gentle world of light entertainment. It was often very funny, not least when the prizes were dreadful and the contestants even more so. There was a glorious moment when audience members passed a packed lunch around behind Bowen before he introduced George Best as a celebrity contestant as well as Jocky Wilson throwing the arrows with cigarette in hand. Oh, and here’s Phil Taylor making his first appearance on the show back in 1990. He wasn’t as good as you might think.
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