''Shammy Dab'' is a Scottish comedy panel game show that aired on

Grampian Television Grampian Television was the original name of the Channel 3 service for the north of Scotland founded in 1961 and now named STV. The northern region's coverage area includes the Northern Isles, Western Isles, Highlands (except Fort William a ...

from 8 January 1985 to 1 June 1989.

History

''Shammy Dab'' was created in 1975 by

Bill Torrance William Torrance (born 13 May 1946) is a Scottish broadcaster and entertainer who is known for hosting ''The Beechgrove Garden'' on BBC Scotland throughout the 1990s, Torrance was also a presenter on Dundee radio station Tay 2. William Torranc ...

as part of a series for

Radio Forth Radio Forth is a group of two Independent Local Radio stations serving Edinburgh, Lothians and Fife. Radio Forth is owned and operated by Bauer, based at studios in Edinburgh and forms part of Bauer's Hits Radio network and Greatest Hits Radio net ...

in Edinburgh entitled ''Fair Flummoxed''. The radio version mainly featured Scottish country dance bands. The name was changed to 'Shammy Dab' (referring to a cheap wall decoration where a wall was stippled with a wet sponge - when done well, it was said to be a shammy dab)."The Pres and Journal - Thursday 20 Dec 1984: P5 "Jus the Dad to Start with"

Transmissions

In later years, the series was also aired on

Border Television ITV Border, previously Border Television and commonly referred to as simply Border, is the Channel 3 service provided by ITV Broadcasting Limited for the England/Scotland border region, covering most of Cumbria, Dumfries and Galloway, the Sc ...

and

Scottish Television Scottish Television (now, legally, known as STV Central Limited) is the ITV (TV network), ITV network franchisee for Central Belt, Central Scotland. The channel — the largest of the three ITV franchises in Scotland — has been in operation ...

References

External links

* {{UKGameshow, Shammy_Dab 1985 Scottish television series debuts 1989 Scottish television series endings 1980s British game shows 1980s Scottish television series British English-language television shows ITV game shows Television shows produced by Grampian Television