Editing It's a Knockout (section)

==History==
The series was broadcast on [[BBC1]] from 7 August 1966 to 30 July 1982; thereafter a number of specials were broadcast until 25 December 1988. An episode was made by [[Television South|TVS]] for [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] which aired on 28 May 1990 as part of its [[ITV Telethon]] that year with [[Bernie Clifton]] as the host.

===Welsh version===
A [[Welsh language|Welsh]] version, ''{{lang|cy|Gemau Heb Ffiniau}}'' (''Games without Frontiers''), was broadcast from 3 August 1991 to 24 December 1994 on [[S4C]]. It had Welsh teams battling against European contestants dressed in pink colours. [[Nia Roberts (presenter)|Nia Chiswell]] and Iestyn Garlick presented. Locations included [[Bodelwyddan Castle]], with Nia dressed as [[Alice in Wonderland]]. The series won a [[BAFTA Cymru]] award in 1994.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/1994/cymru/lighting-studio-or-location|title=1994 Cymru Lighting: Studio or Location &#124; BAFTA Awards|website=awards.bafta.org|access-date=4 May 2020}}</ref>

The series was later re-dubbed into English by [[Stuart Hall (presenter)|Stuart Hall]] and broadcast on [[Challenge (TV channel)|The Family Channel]], from 1993 to 1994.

===Channel 5 version===
In April 1999, [[Channel 5 (British TV channel)|Channel 5]] bought the rights to the show,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/329476.stm|title=BBC News &#124; Entertainment &#124; It's a Knockout! returns|website=BBC News|date=27 April 1999|access-date=3 May 2020}}</ref> and started filming on 15 August in Reading, Berkshire with new presenters [[Keith Chegwin]] and [[Lucy Alexander]], alongside referee [[Frank Bruno]] and scorekeeper [[Nell McAndrew]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/421695.stm|title=BBC News &#124; Entertainment &#124; Channel 5's knockout comeback|website=BBC News|date=16 August 1999|access-date=3 May 2020}}</ref>

The series returned from 3 September 1999 to 6 January 2001 for two series, produced by [[Richard Hearsey]] and Ronin Entertainment, and used consultants and games from the French production. It was developed for Channel 5 with Alan Nixon, and the first show featured Stuart Hall tied up with rope in his garage wishing the new presenters well with the series. As in the previous versions, the theme tune was "[[Bean Bag (instrumental)|Bean Bag]]" by [[Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass]].

On 20 April 2001, it was announced that a third series would not be produced and that it would be replaced by two new challenge game shows, ''[[The Desert Forges]]'' and ''[[Kinniku Banzuke#Spinoffs|Under Pressure]]''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1287863.stm|title=It's a Knockout! out for the count|date=20 April 2001|via=BBC News|access-date=3 May 2020}}</ref>