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The Grand Knockout Tournament was an annual event sponsored by the British Royal Family in which costumed famous people duel against one another or play medieval era-inspired games. Features Rowan Atkinson as Blackadder.
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- Comedy, Family, Game-Show
- Geoff Wilson, Martin Hughes
- 1987-08-12
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The Grand Knockout Tournament (also known as It's a Royal Knockout) was a one-off charity event which took place on 15 June 1987, and was shown on British television on 19 June 1987 ( BBC1, repeated on 27 December 1987), in addition to airing on American TV via the USA Network on 12 August 1987, and European satellite channel Superchannel on 6 ...
- The Co-op Canadian Open plays a significant part in the history of the series as it’s the one that kicked off the Grand Slam era in December 2001.
- The triple knockout preliminary round makes the Co-op Canadian Open unique among the six Pinty’s Grand Slam of Curling events. Although it may look confusing at first glance, there’s one simple rule to remember: win three games before you lose three games in order to qualify for the playoffs.
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- What’s at stake? The championship-winning teams earn $33,000 plus invitations to the KIOTI Tractor Champions Cup taking place May 2-7 in Regina.
It’s a Royal Knock Out. In 1987 the Royal Family descended on Alton Towers, when the park played host to a celebrity version of the popular game show It’s A Knock Out. The Grand Knockout Tournament was the brainchild of Prince Edward and marked his first attempt at television production.
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The Grand Knockout Tournament (colloquially also known as It's a Royal Knockout) was a one-off charity event which was shown on British television on 19 June 1987. It followed the format of It's a Knockout, a slapstick TV gameshow which was broadcast in the UK until 1982.
