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{{Short description|British quiz show}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}} {{refimprove|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox television | image = <!-- include ALT text per [[WP:ALT]] guideline --> | caption = | alt_name = | genre = | creator = | developer = | writer = | director = | creative_director = | presenter = [[Bruce Forsyth]] | theme_music_composer = | opentheme = | endtheme = | composer = | country = United Kingdom | language = English | num_series = 1 | num_episodes = 10 | executive_producer = | producer = | cinematography = | camera = | runtime = | company = | channel = [[BBC One|BBC1]] | first_aired = {{Start date|2004|1|15|df=y}} | last_aired = {{End date|2004|3|18|df=y}} | related = }} '''''Didn't They Do Well''''' is a short-lived [[BBC]] [[television]] [[quiz]] show presented by [[Bruce Forsyth]] that ran from 15 January to 18 March 2004. It consisted of archive television clips, many of which were from previous quiz show episodes, in which modern day contestants were shown a question and then asked to answer it.<ref>{{cite news |last=Ramsey |first=Terry |date=January 15, 2004 |title=Quiz show |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/evening-standard-quiz-show-by-terry-rams/164486880/ |work=[[Evening Standard]] |access-date=February 1, 2025 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> Its title was one of Forsyth's [[catchphrase]]s when hosting ''[[The Generation Game]]'' in the 1970s and again in the 1990s. ==List of quizmasters shown== *[[Magnus Magnusson]] *[[Bob Monkhouse]] *[[Bob Mortimer]] *[[Jeremy Paxman]] *[[Vic Reeves]] *[[Anne Robinson]] *[[Jimmy Tarbuck]] ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== *{{UKGameshow|Didn't_They_Do_Well!}} [[Category:BBC television game shows]] [[Category:2000s British game shows]] [[Category:2004 British television series debuts]] [[Category:2004 British television series endings]] {{BBC-tv-prog-stub}}
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