Television, Newsreels, Film, Internet, and Other Videos

Entries are ordered first by date, then the title, and publisher.
date · 
1926
title · 
Tiddly-Winks
title language · 
English
publisher · 
Universal Pictures Corporation
summary

Short comedy film directed by Slim Summerville and starring Arthur Lake, Isobel Milestone, and Billy Engle. Content unknown.

links · 
link (tw-ref-link-id 2204)
type · 
video—film
tw-ref-ID · 
3419
date · 
1934
title · 
Hollywood Party
title language · 
English
persons involved · 
Roy Rowland (director); Jimmy Durante (actor)
publisher · 
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
content

Laurel and Hardy appear at the door while the party is happening. They sold the lions to Baron Munchausen (Jack Pearl) and he paid with a cheque for 50,000 tiddlywinks and they want the lions back.

notability rating · 
very minor
type · 
video—film
tw-ref-ID · 
3420
date · 
1935
title · 
The Irish in Us
title info · 
comedy
title language · 
English
publisher · 
Warner Bros.
content

And you know yourself, Pat, Lucien "Tiddlywinks" O'Malley wasn't bad at all until he got into the ring.

collection · 
digital copy (NATwA)
notability rating · 
very minor
type · 
video—film
tw-ref-ID · 
3422
date · 
1935
title · 
Top Hat
title language · 
English
publisher · 
RKO Radio Pictures
summary

Fred Astaire says "No Horace, and it isn't tiddlywinks, either."

notes · 
Mention occurs 75% through film.
collection · 
video in VHS format (NATwA)
notability rating · 
minor
type · 
video—film
tw-ref-ID · 
3421
date · 
1940
title · 
Green Archer
title language · 
English
subtitle · 
Chapter 8: Garr Castle is Robbed
by · 
James W. Horne
publisher · 
Columbia Pictures
collection · 
digitized video (NATwA)
links · 
link (tw-ref-link-id 2206)
type · 
video—film
tw-ref-ID · 
3423
date · 
1941
title · 
Dangerous Game
title language · 
English
by · 
John Rawlins
publisher · 
Universal Pictures
summary

Biggsby goes into the communal living room, where he becomes outraged when he discovers that his tiddleywinks game is missing.
The detective tells Biggsby that he has ordered Anne to change Olaf's medication and that he knows Biggsby poisoned the physicians' drinks with his tiddleywinks chips. (Synopsis from American Film Institute catalog of mtion pictures produced in the United States: Feature Films, Volume 1, Number 1, page 539.)

notability rating · 
minor but interesting
type · 
video—film
tw-ref-ID · 
3425
date · 
1941
title · 
Meet John Doe
title language · 
English
by · 
Frank Capra
publisher · 
Warner Bros.
content

free people can "beat the world at anything, from war to tiddlywinks, if we all pull in the same direction."

notes · 
Cited in the Los Angeles Times, 14 June 1992.
notability rating · 
minor
type · 
video—film
tw-ref-ID · 
3424
date · 
1952
title · 
Quiet Man
title language · 
English
by · 
John Ford
persons involved · 
John Wayne (actor)
publisher · 
Argosy Pictures/Republic Pictures
summary

The Vicar says to Sean Thornton (John Wayne) "Do you play tiddlywinks?"

type · 
video—film
tw-ref-ID · 
3426
date · 
1958
title language · 
English
publisher country · 
USA
summary

Philadelphia coverage of University of Pennsylvania team

type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3437
date · 
1958
title language · 
English
publisher country · 
UK
summary

Other appearances by John Evans.

type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3501
date · 
1958
title language · 
English
publisher · 
BBC
publisher country · 
UK
summary

Tape recording of Goons match made by David Evans from BBC broadcasts. LP record produced from tape.

type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3498
date · 
26 February 1958
title · 
Sportsview
title info · 
sports show
title language · 
English
publisher · 
BBC
publisher country · 
UK
type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3494
date · 
March 1958
title language · 
English
summary

Cambridge University Tiddlywinks Club vs. the Goons representing Prince Philip.

notability rating · 
important
type · 
video—newsreel
tw-ref-ID · 
3433
date · 
March 1958
title language · 
English
publisher · 
CBS
publisher country · 
USA
summary

Coverage of CUTwC vs. Goons match.

type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3435
date · 
March 1958
title language · 
English
publisher · 
ITV
publisher country · 
UK
summary

Coverage of CUTwC-Goons match

notability rating · 
important
type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3496
date · 
1 March 1958
title · 
Tiddley Winks Match—Cambridge vs. the Goons
title language · 
English
publisher · 
BBC
publisher country · 
UK
summary

Synopsis from archives: The Duke of Edinburgh, President of the National Playing Fields Association sent a message to the 2 teams playing. Cambridge University won by 70 points. The captain of the Goons, Spike Milligan was interviewed afterwards.
C/U Tiddley Winks, SOF up Snagge (&): SOF starts: "Please give my best wishes to the two teams taking part...", game starts, playing, shots of game - leans in 80, crowd, hands up, Spike Milligan interviewed (90). Video clip is 1 minute, 39 seconds.

keywords

CUTwC

Goons

notability rating · 
important
type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3495
date · 
7 March 1958
title language · 
English
publisher · 
Fox Movietone News
summary

Cambridge University Tiddlywinks Club vs. the Goons representing Prince Philip.

notes · 
ITN description: CU [Cambridge University] Tiddly Wink Cup. MS Goon team come onto platform, MS Goons wave, CU Milligan & Secombe, (sof) John Snagge reads Prince Philips message, TS Game, CU Sellars,CU Secombe, CU Milligan, TS Play, CU Cup counters go in, CU Secombe.
type · 
video—newsreel
tw-ref-ID · 
3434
date · 
18 March 1958
title · 
A Fine Old Sport
title language · 
English
publisher · 
Movietone
publisher country · 
UK
collection · 
digitized video screener (NATwA)
type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3497
date · 
around 9 May 1958
title language · 
English
publisher · 
CBS
publisher country · 
USA
summary

Coverage of CUTwC vs. Oxford match.

type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3436
date · 
June 1958
title language · 
English
publisher country · 
UK
summary

Coverage of Cambridge-Bristol match.

type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3499
date · 
July 1958
title language · 
English
publisher · 
Television Wales & West
publisher country · 
UK
summary

Appearance by John Evans of Cambridge.

type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3500
date · 
1959
title · 
Donald in Mathmagic Land
title language · 
English
publisher · 
Walt Disney, Buena Vista Productions
summary

Statement by Donald Duck at 16 minutes, 46 seconds into the video.

content

What's Next?

Tiddlywinks?

type · 
video—film
tw-ref-ID · 
3427
date · 
filmed 26 February 1959
title · 
Oxford vs. Cambridge - Tiddly-Winks
title language · 
English
publisher · 
Reuters TV
publisher country · 
UK
summary

Coverage of the 26 February 1959 match between Cambridge and Oxford, won by Cambridge, 64 to 48. Aired 27 February 1959.

content

Summary script of scenes in film. 1. LV. Ext. Cambridge University.

2 ft 2. CU Poster advertising tiddlywink ball 4 ft

3. STV Pan Across the four mats (SOF) Announcing start of match.

4. SV Oxford kick off with a near miss 21 ft 5. SCU Cambridge also just miss a tiddle. 24.5 ft

6. SCU Stirling Moss watching the battle 25.5 ft

7. SCU An Oxford player flips badly. 28 ft

8. STV Crowd 29 ft

9. CU Cambridge player surreptitiously shoving an Oxford wink further away from the tiddle. 34 ft

10. SV A mis-flip by Cambridge. 26.5 ft

11. CU Another. 38 ft

12. SCU Judge inspecting winks closely before giving a decision. 40 ft

13. SV Chris Brasher watching. 42 ft

14. SV From Cambridge to Oxford contestant 45 ft

15. CU Both players flipping. 47 ft

16. STV Cambridge making the winning flip. 51.5 ft

17. SV The Mayor and Mayoress of Cambridge watching. 53.5 ft

18. SV Announcer pronouncing Cambridge the winners. Applaud to end. 62 ft

notes · 
Text about this clip from another source:

Visnews was at Cambridge Feb 26 to film the first official inter-university tiddly winks match between Oxford and Cambridge. After a two hour battle, Cambridge University smashed a first-class Oxford side to become the all-England Tiddlywinks champions.

collection · 
digitized video screener (NATwA)
item ID · 
Reuters ID: 1095205
notability rating · 
important
type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3502
date · 
aired 1 March 1959
title · 
News review
title info · 
news show
title language · 
English
publisher · 
BBC
publisher country · 
UK
summary

Coverage of the 26 February 1959 match between Cambridge and Oxford, won by Cambridge, 64 to 48. Aired 1 March

notes · 
Text about this clip from another source: >Cambridge were at home to Oxford in the first official inter-Varsity tiddlywinks match in aid of the National Playing Fields Association. Cambridge won by 64 points to 48, and became all-England champions.
notability rating · 
important
type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3504
date · 
30 March 1959
title · 
Into Battle - Tiddlywinks
title language · 
English
publisher · 
British Movietone News
publisher country · 
UK
summary

Coverage of a match involving Cambridge University and a team led by General Sir Hugh Stockwell. Duration: 44 seconds.

notes · 
Summary from another source: A world championship tiddlywinks match took place in London, with General Sir Hugh Stockwell (a Suez commander) captaining a team against Cambridge University. It was in aid of the Playing Fields Association. The London team is backed by Prince Philip who sent a message. SHOTLIST: CU wink being tiddled into cup (key). Semi GV game in progress. CU Sir H Stockwell bending over table. TS CU winks being tiddled. MS Denis Compton playing. CU winks falling into cup. CU Terry Thomas bending over table. CU wink falling into cup. Semi GV games in progress. MS opposing team. MS member playing. Another same. CU Terry Thomas takes a drink.
collection · 
digitized video (NATwA)
type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3505
date · 
early 1960 s
title · 
Dick van Dyke Show
title info · 
comedy show
title language · 
English
publisher · 
CBS
publisher country · 
USA
type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3562
date · 
around 19 February 1961
title language · 
English
publisher · 
BBC & Anglia
publisher country · 
UK
summary

Oxford vs. Cambridge.

notes · 
Cited in Winking World 1, page 3.
type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3507
date · 
7 April 1961 5:55 pm
title · 
Tiddlywinks Trophy Final
title language · 
English
publisher · 
ITV Early Evening News
publisher country · 
UK
summary

Coverage of the first Prince Philip Silver Wink competition. Oxford beat Cambridge. Duration: 54 seconds.

notes · 
Summary: Final of the Inter-Universities Tournament was won by Oxford; the captain was presented by Spike Milligan with 'The Silver Wink', a trophy donated to the tournament by the Duke of Edinburgh. Cited in Winking World 2, page 1.
type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3508
date · 
1962
title language · 
English
publisher country · 
USA
summary

Coverage of Oxford tour of the United States

type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3439
date · 
1962
title language · 
English
publisher country · 
USA
summary

Coverage of Harvard matches.

type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3440
date · 
1962 to 1963
title language · 
English
publisher · 
BBC
publisher country · 
UK
summary

Coverage of University College London winkers.

type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3509
date · 
1962 to 1963
title language · 
English
publisher · 
ITV
publisher country · 
UK
summary

Coverage of University College London winkers.

type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3510
date · 
1962
title · 
To Tell the Truth
title info · 
game show
title language · 
English
publisher · 
CBS
publisher country · 
USA
summary

Appearance of an Oxford winker on the game show.

notability rating · 
notable
type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3441
date · 
1962 to 1963
title · 
Tonight Show
title info · 
talk show
title language · 
English
publisher · 
NBC
publisher country · 
USA
summary

Appearance of a Harvard winker on the talk/variety show.

type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3443
date · 
late June 1962
title language · 
English
publisher · 
CBS
publisher country · 
USA
summary

Filming of Oxford team in London.

type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3438
date · 
December 1962
title language · 
English
publisher country · 
USA
summary

15 minute demonstration by the Harvard team on national TV.

notes · 
Cited in Winking World 4, page 9.
type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3442
date · 
21 January 1963
title · 
I've Got a Secret
title info · 
game show
title language · 
English
publisher · 
CBS
publisher country · 
USA
summary

Appearance of a Harvard winker on the game show.

type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3444
date · 
1964
title · 
Zulu
title language · 
English
by · 
Cy Endfield (director)
publisher · 
Embassy Pictures
notes · 
Cited in Winking World 6, page 7.
type · 
video—film
tw-ref-ID · 
3428
date · 
January 1964
title language · 
English
publisher country · 
UK
summary

Coverage of talk about changing the name of the game.

notes · 
Cited in Winking World 5, page 1.
type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3512
date · 
around 2 January 1964 to 3 January 1964
title language · 
English
publisher country · 
UK
summary

Coverage of Sixth Northern Junior Championships

notes · 
Cited in Winking World 5, page 1.
type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3511
date · 
26 April 1964
title · 
Student Rag
title language · 
English
subtitle · 
All the fun of the student rage, with pram pushing, tiddlywinks and piano smashing; cuts/outakes from shoot
publisher · 
British Pathé
publisher country · 
UK
content

Summary text from website: Sloane Square, London.

Students from London Universities raise money for charities by performing various stunts in their annual rag. The camera follows a pram race, with one student with a potty on his head, one in pyjamas, and a girl sucking a lolly sitting in a pram. We also follow a tiddlywinks race in Kensington High Street, where the students are seen trying to get a tiddlywink back from a drain, and try to prise the drain cover off with an umbrella.

collection · 
original (British Pathé, master tape PM0275, canister CP 487, plus also cuts (outakes))
type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3513
date · 
1965
title · 
Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders
title language · 
English
by · 
Terence Young (director)
publisher · 
Paramount Pictures
summary

Kim Novak appears flicking coins into a glass.

type · 
video—film
tw-ref-ID · 
3429
date · 
15 February 1965
title language · 
English
publisher · 
BBC Scotland
publisher country · 
UK
summary

Appearance by Martin O'Shea, Helen Mathers, Charles McLeod, Iain Brodie. Demonstration and interviews.

notes · 
Cited in Winking World 8, page 16.
type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3514
date · 
15 February 1965
title language · 
English
publisher · 
ITV Granada
publisher country · 
UK
summary

Appearance by Martin O'Shea, Helen Mathers, Charles McLeod, Iain Brodie. Demonstration and interviews.

notes · 
Cited in Winking World 8, page 16.
type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3515
date · 
11 March 1965
title · 
Tiddlywinks at City Centre
title language · 
English
publisher country · 
UK
type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3516
date · 
around April 1965 to October 1965
title · 
Late Night Line-Up
title language · 
English
publisher · 
BBC 2
publisher country · 
UK
summary

Interview of Geoff Wilsher.

type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3520
date · 
around April 1965 to October 1965
title · 
Pick the Winner
title info · 
game show
title language · 
English
publisher · 
BBC 2
publisher country · 
UK
summary

Appearance by Tony Herbert and Geoff Wilsher.

type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3519
date · 
around 4 April 1965
title language · 
English
publisher · 
BBC (Midland Region)
publisher country · 
UK
summary

Coverage of 1965 Tiddlywinks Congress.

notes · 
Cited in Winking World 8, page 11.
type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3517
date · 
around 21 April 1965
title language · 
English
publisher · 
BBC (Welsh Region)
publisher country · 
UK
summary

Coverage of England vs. Wales match, including interviews with Penny Gardner and Pat Bonham.

notes · 
Cited in Winking World 8, pages 3, 11.
type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3518
date · 
around 5 January 1966
title language · 
English
publisher · 
BBC
publisher country · 
UK
summary

Northern Junior Tiddlywinks Championships.

notes · 
Cited in Winking World 9, page 3.
type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3521
date · 
around 5 January 1966
title language · 
English
publisher · 
ITV Granada
publisher country · 
UK
summary

Northern Junior Tiddlywinks Championships.

notes · 
Cited in Winking World 9, page 3.
type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3522
date · 
28 January 1966
title · 
Avengers
title info · 
espionage show
title language · 
English
subtitle · 
The Thirteenth Hole
notes · 
Whole episode number 95.
type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3563
date · 
4 February 1966
title language · 
English
publisher country · 
UK
summary

Interview with Geoffrey Scott of Queens Tiddlywinks Club, Belfast.

type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3506
date · 
4 February 1966
title · 
Tiddlywinks at Queen's
title language · 
English
persons involved · 
Leslie Dawes, Geoffrey Scott (winkers)
publisher · 
Ulster Television (UTV)
publisher country · 
UK
publisher location · 
Northern Ireland
summary

3 minutes and 43 seconds black-and-white video

content

Summary of video from web page: Queen’s students practice the serious sport of Tiddlywinks ahead of a championship match. Geoffrey Scott, leader of the university club, tells Leslie Dawes all about it and how the game is played. It is much more complicated than the game we played as children.

links · 
type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3525
date · 
before October 1966
title language · 
English
publisher country · 
Canada
summary

Interview with the Waterloo team.

notes · 
Cited in Winking World 10, page 9.
type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3553
date · 
around 13 October 1966 to 15 October 1966
title language · 
English
publisher · 
CBC
publisher country · 
Canada
summary

National news coverage of University of Waterloo marathon.

notes · 
Cited in Winking World 11, page 6.
type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3554
date · 
around 8 January 1967
title language · 
English
publisher country · 
UK
summary

Coverage of the First Irish Tiddlywinks Convention.

notes · 
Cited in Winking World 11, page 7.
type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3523
date · 
around 19 January 1967 to 22 January 1967
title language · 
English
publisher · 
CBC
publisher country · 
Canada
summary

National coverage of University of Toronto marathon

notes · 
Cited in Winking World 11, page 6.
type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3555
date · 
around 27 October 1967 to 28 October 1967
title language · 
English
publisher · 
CBC
publisher country · 
Canada
summary

Coverage of the Continentals team championship held at the University of Waterloo.

notes · 
Cited in Winking World 12, page 9.
type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3556
date · 
5 April 1968
title language · 
English
publisher · 
BBC regional
publisher country · 
UK
summary

Appearance by Charles Relle.

notes · 
Cited in Winking World 13, page 1.
type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3524
date · 
1969
title language · 
English
publisher · 
Boston television station
publisher country · 
USA
publisher location · 
Boston, Massachusetts
summary

Coverage of 1969 Continentals team championships.

type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3445
date · 
3 March 1969
title · 
CBS Evening News
title info · 
news show
title language · 
English
subtitle · 
On the Road
by · 
Charles Kuralt
publisher · 
CBS
publisher country · 
USA
summary

5 minutes coverage of the 1969 Continentals team championships in the MIT Student Center's Sala de Puerto Rico.

collection · 
VHS video (NATwA); digitized video (NATwA)
notability rating · 
important
type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3447
date · 
12 March 1969
title · 
What's My Line
title info · 
game show
title language · 
English
publisher · 
CBS
publisher country · 
USA
summary

Mitch Wand appearance on game show.

notability rating · 
notable
type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3448
date · 
1970
title language · 
English
by · 
Dave Garroway (host)
publisher country · 
USA
publisher location · 
Boston, Massachusetts
summary

Appearance of Moishe (Michael Schwartz) and L (Richard Hussong) on the Boston-based talk show.

type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3450
date · 
13 April 1970
title · 
Tonight Show
title info · 
talk show
title language · 
English
by · 
Johnny Carson
publisher · 
NBC
publisher country · 
USA
summary

Phil Villar appearance on the talk/variety show after the 1970 Continentals team championship.

notability rating · 
notable
type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3449
date · 
23 December 1970
title · 
Nationwide
title info · 
news show
title language · 
English
publisher · 
BBC 1
publisher country · 
UK
summary

Duration: 1 minute 49 seconds

content

Summary of video from web page: Bob LANGLEY reports on the game of Tiddleywinks - a game of chance and therefore not allowed to be played in York.

type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3526
date · 
1971
title language · 
English
publisher country · 
USA
summary

Toronto team appearance, possibly associated with the 1971 Continentals team championships.

type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3451
date · 
28 March 1972
title language · 
English
publisher · 
BBC
publisher country · 
UK
summary

Tim Schiller, Franz Christ, and Alan Dean appear live on BBC for $30, in the middle of the 1972 World Team Championship.

notes · 
Cited in Winking World 21, page 17.
type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3527
date · 
28 March 1972
title language · 
English
publisher · 
ITV
publisher country · 
UK
summary

Tim Schiller, Franz Christ, and Alan Dean appear live on ITV in the middle of the 1972 World Team Championship.

notes · 
Cited in Winking World 21, page 17.
type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3528
date · 
18 April 1972
title · 
To Tell the Truth
title info · 
game show
title language · 
English
publisher · 
CBS
publisher country · 
USA
summary

Tim Schiller appearance on game show.

type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3452
date · 
8 January 1973
title · 
Tiddleywinks Record Broken"
title language · 
English
publisher · 
BBC
publisher country · 
UK
summary

With Ross McWhirter from the Guinness Book of Records. Duration: 22 seconds.

content

Summary of video from original BBC Motion Gallery web page: World record for non-stop tiddleywinks played by boys of a N. London School. Went on for just over a week. Goes into Guinness Book of Records var s boys at North London school play tiddleywinks; cs tiddleywinks goal scored zo boys playing & Ross McWHIRTER announcing record (10') blackboard recording 170 hours non-stop play (14')

type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3529
date · 
26 January 1973
title · 
Record Breakers
title language · 
English
publisher · 
BBC
publisher country · 
UK
summary

With Roy Castle and Norris & Ross McWhirter.

content

Summary of video from original BBC Motion Gallery web page: ITEM 03: TIDDLYWINKS: Ross visits Quintin-Kynaston School in St John's Wood, London to see some of its pupils set a new world record with a marathon game of tiddlywinks. (FILM: 1m10s)

type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3530
date · 
late February 1973
title language · 
English
publisher · 
BBC
publisher country · 
UK
summary

Coverage of the Cambridge vs. Oxford at Christ's College match.

notes · 
Cited in Winking World 22, page 12.
type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3531
date · 
late February 1973
title language · 
English
publisher · 
ITV
publisher country · 
UK
summary

Coverage of the Cambridge vs. Oxford at Christ's College match.

notes · 
Cited in Winking World 22, page 12.
type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3532
date · 
around 13 April 1974
title language · 
English
publisher country · 
USA
publisher location · 
Toronto, Ontario
summary

Bill Renke appearance on a Toronto, Canada news show, at the 1974 Canadian Pairs tournament.

type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3453
date · 
January 1976
title · 
GrandStand
title info · 
NFL pregame show
title language · 
English
publisher · 
NBC
publisher country · 
USA
summary

Skit during football halftime by the Harvard Lampoon with Larry Kahn's hand shooting winks.

type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3454
date · 
25 April 1977
title · 
Good Day Show
title info · 
news talk show
title language · 
English
publisher · 
WCVB Channel 5 (ABC)
publisher country · 
USA
publisher location · 
Boston, Massachusetts
summary

Appearance by Charles Frankston and book author Paul Dickson on the talk/variety show.

notes · 
Show was aired from 9 am to 10:30 am.
type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3455
date · 
July 1977
title · 
6 O'Clock News
title info · 
news show
title language · 
English
subtitle · 
Sports
by · 
Jimmy Myers (sportscaster)
publisher · 
WBZ Channel 4 (NBC)
publisher country · 
USA
publisher location · 
Boston, Massachusetts
summary

Segment with MIT winkers Rich Steidle, Charles Frankston, Rick Tucker, and Joe Sachs. Videotaped in room 400, MIT Student Center on 5 July 1977.

type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3456
date · 
25 October 1977
title · 
Happy Days
title info · 
comedy show
title language · 
English
subtitle · 
Fonsillectomy
publisher · 
ABC
publisher country · 
USA
summary

Halloween show with a scene featuring the Fonz and kids play tiddlywinks in a hospital suite.

notes · 
Season 5, episode 6. Whole episode number 94.
notability rating · 
minor
type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3569
date · 
circa 1978 to 1980
title language · 
English
publisher country · 
USA
publisher location · 
Boston, Massachusetts
summary

Tiddlywinks joke concerning the film, Rocky III, on local news in Boston.

type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3461
date · 
13 January 1978
title · 
Tonight Show with Johnny Carson
title info · 
interview and entertainment show
title language · 
English
publisher · 
NBC
publisher country · 
USA
summary

"NBC is carrying a tiddlywinks competition" against the Super Bowl.

notability rating · 
minor but interesting
type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3564
date · 
3 May 1978
title language · 
English
publisher country · 
USA
publisher location · 
Ithaca, New York
notes · 
Identified in television listings in the 29 April 1978 Ithaca Journal.
type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3457
date · 
5 May 1978
title language · 
English
publisher country · 
USA
publisher location · 
Ithaca, New York
notes · 
Identified in television listings in the 29 April 1978 Ithaca Journal.
type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3458
date · 
December 1978
title language · 
English
publisher country · 
USA
publisher location · 
New York, New York
summary

News spots of Dave Lockwood's tiddlywinks exhibition at Morsan's store. 4 New York stations covered the exhibition, some combination of channels 2, 5, 9, and 4 or 11.

type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3459
date · 
4 December 1978
title language · 
English
publisher · 
WOR-TV
publisher country · 
USA
publisher location · 
New York, New York
summary

Interview filmed with Dave Lockwood.

type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3460
date · 
1979
title · 
Match of the Day (pilot)
title language · 
English
publisher · 
Mike Moss
publisher country · 
UK
summary

Appearances by Jon Mapley, Nigel Knowles, and Alan Dean.

notes · 
Cited in Winking World 34, page 2.
type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3533
date · 
1979
title · 
Sunburn
title language · 
English
by · 
Richard C. Sarafian
publisher · 
Paramount Pictures
summary

Art Carney's character Marcus says "The mafia don't play tiddlywinks."

type · 
video—film
tw-ref-ID · 
3430
date · 
3 January 1979
title · 
Eight is Enough
title info · 
comedy show
title language · 
English
publisher · 
ABC
publisher country · 
USA
content

Let's go play tiddlywinks

type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3565
date · 
around late March 1979
title · 
Donald Duck
title info · 
cartoon
title language · 
English
publisher · 
Walt Disney
publisher country · 
USA
summary

Joke about firemen playing tiddlywinks with spots on a Dalmation dog.

notability rating · 
minor but interesting
type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3567
date · 
21 March 1979
title · 
Jeffersons
title info · 
comedy show
title language · 
English
publisher · 
CBS
publisher country · 
USA
summary

Joke about tiddlywinks tournament.

type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3566
date · 
around 17 September 1979
title · 
Family Feud
title info · 
game show
title language · 
English
publisher · 
ABC
publisher country · 
USA
summary

Mention of word "tiddlywinks".

notability rating · 
very minor
type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3568
date · 
around 14 October 1979
title language · 
English
publisher · 
BBC East
publisher country · 
UK
summary

Interview of Jon Mapley after ETwA National Singles.

type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3534
date · 
1980
title · 
Games People Play
title info · 
reality sports show
title language · 
English
publisher · 
NBC
publisher country · 
USA
summary

Possible appearance by Cambridge University and Oxford.

notes · 
Cited in Winking World 36, page 2.
type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3465
date · 
27 February 1980
title · 
Real People
title info · 
reality entertainment show
title language · 
English
publisher · 
NBC
publisher country · 
USA
summary

Staged competition on the variety show between Dave Lockwood and a nonwinker Harvey Mudd College student in California. Part of the show intro included a teaser; segment ran from around 8:01 pm to 8:08 EST. At least the Dave Lockwood segments were filmed on 21 November 1979. The tiddlywinks segement of this episode is mentioned in a variety of television listings in newspaers and TV Guide magazine.

notes · 
This episode was repeated on most NBC affiliate television stations on 30 July 1980.
notability rating · 
interesting
type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3462
date · 
June 1980
title · 
To Tell the Truth
title info · 
game show
title language · 
English
publisher country · 
USA
summary

Appearance of Dave Lockwood on the game show, recorded in June 1980. The show aired in Boston on 24 November 1980, in New York at 10 am on WABC on 29 December 1980, and also aired in Chicago and San Francisco.

type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3463
date · 
2 August 1980 to 3 August 1980
title info · 
news show
title language · 
English
publisher · 
WPIX-TV
publisher country · 
USA
publisher location · 
New York, New York
summary

Coverage of World Singles competition between Dave Lockwood and Larry Kahn. It was filmed at the MIT Club of New York on 41st Street. Drew Scott was the newscaster. Severin Drix provided match commentary. The video introductions occurred at 11:39 pm and 11:52 pm. An audio introduction occurred at 11:57 pm. The actual segment was shown from 12:03 to 12:04 am.

type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3464
date · 
13 October 1980
title · 
Blue Peter
title info · 
children's show
title language · 
English
publisher · 
BBC
publisher country · 
UK
summary

Tiddlywinks segment duration: 8 minutes 11 seconds.

content

Summary of video from original BBC Motion Gallery web page: ITEM 05: FROG GAME: Sarah shows viewers how to make an elaborate game of tiddlywinks with a frog pond motif. Game designed by Margaret PARNELL (8m11s)

type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3535
date · 
21 November 1980
title · 
BBC Today
title info · 
news show
title language · 
English
publisher · 
BBC South
publisher country · 
UK
summary

Interview with Dave Lockwood

type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3536
date · 
either 9 February 1981 to 10 February 1981
title language · 
English
publisher · 
CBS, KBSN Channel 30
publisher country · 
USA
publisher location · 
Fresno, California
summary

Appearance by Tim Schiller in a 3 minute film piece on the sports news.

type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3466
date · 
14 February 1981
title language · 
English
publisher · 
CBS, KBSN Channel 30
publisher country · 
USA
publisher location · 
Fresno, California
summary

Report after the first day of the Continentals team championships.

type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3467
date · 
16 February 1981
title language · 
English
publisher · 
CBS, KBSN Channel 30
publisher country · 
USA
publisher location · 
Fresno, California
summary

Report on the final Continentals scores with a short film clip.

type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3468
date · 
21 March 1981
title · 
Benny Hill
title info · 
comedy show
title language · 
English
publisher · 
WDCA-TV Channel 20
publisher country · 
USA
publisher location · 
Washington, D.C.
summary

Benny Hill sings a song with "tiddlywinks" and "tiddle" / "wink".

notes · 
Originally broadcast at an earlier date in the UK. This entry represents a rebroadcast of an episode.
type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3570
date · 
April 1981
title · 
PM/Evening Magazine
title info · 
news talk show
title language · 
English
publisher · 
WNEP-TV Channel 16
publisher country · 
USA
publisher location · 
Avoca, Pennsylvania
summary

Filming for the news/variety show, filmed in Ithaca, New York with coverage of the NATwA Pairs championship.

type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3469
date · 
10 July 1981
title · 
Nationwide
title info · 
news show
title language · 
English
publisher · 
BBC 1
publisher country · 
UK
content

Summary of video from original BBC Motion Gallery web page: Richard KERSHAW & Sue COOK take a look at some events in London and the South East over the weekend which viewers might want to join in or watch.

Events discussed are a world tiddlywinks championship in East London

EX LIB FILM: cs's tiddlywinks game (15.46-15.52);

type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3537
date · 
13 February 1982 to 14 February 1982
title · 
PM/Evening Magazine
title info · 
news talk show
title language · 
English
publisher · 
WBZ-TV (to be verified)
publisher country · 
USA
publisher location · 
Boston, Massachusetts
summary

Filming for the news/variety show, filmed in the MIT Student Center's Sala de Puerto Rico in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with coverage of the Continentals team championship. Broadcast in a 6 minute segment by WBZ-TV in either April or May 1982.

type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3470
date · 
25 April 1982
title · 
Bud's Journal
title info · 
news talk show
title language · 
English
by · 
Bud Hedinger (host)
publisher · 
WIXT Channel 9
publisher country · 
USA
publisher location · 
Syracuse, New York
summary

Broadcast between 5:30 pm and 6:00 pm on the news segment hosted by Bud Hechinger and produced by Bob Pierce. Interview of Severin Drix as the "Foster-father of North American Tiddlywinks"

collection · 
video in U-matic format (NATwA/Drix); digitized video (NATwA)
notability rating · 
important
type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3471
date · 
7 July 1983
title · 
M*A*S*H
title info · 
military drama show
title language · 
English
publisher · 
WTTG-TV Channel 5
publisher country · 
USA
publisher location · 
Washington, D.C.
summary

Col. Potter says "Tough tiddlywinks".

notes · 
Originally broadcast at an earlier date in the USA on CBS. This entry represents a rebroadcast of an episode.
notability rating · 
very minor
type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3571
date · 
8 February 1984
title · 
20/20
title info · 
news magazine show
title language · 
English
publisher · 
ABC
publisher country · 
USA
summary

Segment on the game Trivial Pursuit, with questions regarding tiddlywinks.

type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3572
date · 
15 February 1984
title language · 
English
publisher · 
WFSU-TV Florida State University
publisher country · 
USA
type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3472
date · 
21 February 1984
title language · 
English
publisher · 
WFSU-TV Florida State University
publisher country · 
USA
type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3473
date · 
19 September 1985
title · 
Jeopardy!
title info · 
game show
title language · 
English
publisher country · 
USA
citation · 
volume Show # 269
summary

Regular Jeopardy, category "Kid Stuff" for $300, "Its championship games are held in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, where it was founded". Contestant Gail Duncan responded "What are tiddlywinks?" The correct answer was "Little League Baseball".

notability rating · 
very minor
type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3482
date · 
December 1985
title language · 
English
publisher · 
CBC
publisher country · 
Canada
summary

Coverage of the Cambridge University Tiddlywinks Club. Taped: 4 December 1985.

type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3557
date · 
4 December 1985
title · 
Live at 5
title info · 
news show
title language · 
English
publisher · 
WWRC-TV Channel 4
publisher country · 
USA
publisher location · 
Washington, D.C.
summary

Steve Doocy's segment on the news show interviewing winking world champion Larry Kahn. The Video introduction starts at 5:51 pm. The video segment ran from 5:56 pm to 5:59 pm.

collection · 
video (NATwA)
type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3474
date · 
23 December 1985
title language · 
English
subtitle · 
Queens': A Cambridge College: Being There
publisher · 
BBC
publisher country · 
UK
content

Summary of video from original BBC Motion Gallery web page: 2nd in series looking at a year in the life of Queens' College Cambridge. The hectic & confusing intro to life as a Cambridge student - concentrating on a medic who becomes ill & a mathematician who less the Light & converts to Christianity

vars' of "Winkers" (players of Tiddlywinks) at serious play (28.34-29.11)

type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3538
date · 
18 February 1986
title language · 
English
publisher · 
ITV Yorkshire
publisher country · 
UK
summary

Tiddlywinks news item

content

Summary of video from original ITNsource.com web page: ALL ACTION NORTH OF ENGLAND PRO-AM TIDDLYWINKS CHALLENGE CUP LAST NIGHT

type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3539
date · 
1 March 1986
title language · 
English
publisher · 
Cable News Network (CNN)
publisher country · 
USA
summary

Video footage of tiddlywinks.

type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3475
date · 
4 August 1986
title language · 
English
subtitle · 
Tiddlywinks Game
publisher · 
Channel 9
publisher country · 
Australia
summary

Duration: 6 minutes, 6 seconds.

content

Summary of video from original ITNsource.com web page: 18:52:50 Some of the participants in the Tiddlywinks World Championships recently played in England tell Howard Gipps about some of the finer points of the game and explain the terminology. 18:58:56 Ends.

type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3558
date · 
week of 24 November 1986
title language · 
English
publisher · 
Cable News Network (CNN)
publisher country · 
USA
summary

Coverage of English Singles championship.

type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3476
date · 
14 December 1986
title language · 
English
publisher · 
WTBS-TV Channel 17
publisher country · 
USA
publisher location · 
Atlanta, Georgia
summary

Coverage of English Singles, including Jon Mapley, on a Sunday morning magazine show.

type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3477
date · 
week of 12 January 1987
title · 
11 o'clock news
title info · 
news show
title language · 
English
publisher · 
WMAR-TV Channel 2
publisher country · 
USA
publisher location · 
Baltimore, Maryland
summary

Interview of Larry Kahn.

collection · 
VHS video (Larry Kahn)
type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3479
date · 
25 March 1987
title · 
Good Morning America
title info · 
news talk show
title language · 
English
publisher · 
ABC-TV
publisher country · 
USA
summary

Appearance of Steve McKee promoting his book, The Call of the Game, on the news/variety show. Tiddlywinks was discussed.

collection · 
VHS video (NATwA)
type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3478
date · 
11 July 1987
title · 
Newscenter 40 news
title info · 
news show
title language · 
English
publisher · 
WMGM-TV Channel 40
publisher country · 
USA
publisher location · 
Wildwood-Atlantic City NJ
summary

Coverage of Ocean City NJ tiddlywinks demonstrations on the boardwalk, starting at 11:35 pm.

type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3480
date · 
late July 1988
title · 
Jeopardy!
title info · 
game show
title language · 
English
publisher country · 
USA
summary

Regular Jeopardy, category "Games" for $400: "Game in which a player can achieve squopping with his squidger, the larger disc". No player attempted it. Appears 9½ minutes into the syndicated game show.

type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3481
date · 
planned airing July 1988
title · 
Just for the Record
title language · 
English
publisher country · 
Australia
summary

Larry Kahn, Dave Lockwood, Fred Shapiro, and Rick Tucker breaking Guinness Book of Records of the 4 pot relay record, with 39 winks.

collection · 
digitized video (NATwA)
type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3559
date · 
21 September 1988
title language · 
English
publisher country · 
USA
summary

World Singles match between Kahn and Mapley at Original Sports Bar, Baltimore, Maryland. Taped from 8 pm to 11:30 pm by Rick Tucker, Dave Lockwood, and perhaps others.

collection · 
VHS video (NATwA); digitized video (NATwA)
notability rating · 
interesting
type · 
video—recording
tw-ref-ID · 
3561
date · 
21 September 1988
title language · 
English
publisher · 
WJZ-TV Channel 13
publisher country · 
USA
publisher location · 
Baltimore, Maryland
summary

On 6 pm news at 6:28 pm (teaser) and after (before 7 pm). Interview of Jon Mapley.

collection · 
VHS video (NATwA)
type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3484
date · 
22 September 1988
title language · 
English
publisher · 
WMAR-TV Channel 2
publisher country · 
USA
publisher location · 
Baltimore, Maryland
summary

On local nightly news at 12:30 am. Results of World Singles, showing Larry Kahn.

type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3485
date · 
24 October 1988
title · 
Moment of Truth
title language · 
English
publisher · 
ITV
publisher country · 
UK
type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3546
date · 
scheduled airing 21 November 1988
title · 
Look East
title info · 
news show
title language · 
English
publisher · 
BBC
publisher country · 
UK
publisher location · 
East of England
summary

Coverage of English Singles in Cambridge. Filmed 20 Nov 1988.

type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3540
date · 
17 January 1989
title · 
Crossfire
title info · 
political debate show
title language · 
English
publisher · 
Cable News Network (CNN)
publisher country · 
USA
summary

LSU head basketball coach Dale Brown: "That doesn't mean taking tiddlywinks and basketweaving" at 7:34 pm Eastern Time.

type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3486
date · 
after 29 July 1989
title · 
This Morning, The Osgood Files
title info · 
interview and entertainment show
title language · 
English
by · 
Charles Osgood (host)
publisher · 
CBS Television
publisher country · 
USA
summary

Coverage of World Pairs 8, held 28 to 29 July 1989, where Dave Lockwood and Jim Marlin defeated previous champions Larry Kahn and Charles Relle.

notes · 
May have been broadcast on 25 September 1989.
collection · 
digital video screener (NATwA)
type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3487
date · 
25 September 1989
title · 
Early Show
title info · 
news talk show
title language · 
English
publisher · 
CBS
publisher country · 
USA
summary

Tiddlywinks championship coverage.

type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3488
date · 
2 October 1989
title language · 
English
publisher · 
Channel 9
publisher country · 
Australia
content

Summary of video from original ITNsource.com web page: 08:48:20 Charles Osgood's report on the North American Tiddlywink Assoc. challenge in Washington.

type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3560
date · 
4 December 1989
title · 
Magazine of the Air (on American Airlines, eastbound)
title info · 
news magazine show
title language · 
English
publisher · 
CBS
publisher country · 
USA
summary

Coverage of the World Pairs held on 28 July 1989 between Dave Lockwood & Jim Marlin and Larry Kahn & Charles Relle.

type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3489
date · 
1990
title · 
Awakenings
title language · 
English
by · 
Penny Marshall
publisher · 
Columbia Pictures
summary

A 1940s-era tiddlywinks set appears on a on shelf in an opening scene.

type · 
video—film
tw-ref-ID · 
3431
date · 
12 May 1991 10:30 pm
title · 
Black Adder
title info · 
comedy show
title language · 
English
publisher · 
WETA Channel 26
publisher country · 
USA
publisher location · 
Washington, D.C.
summary

Four references to tiddlywinks played at Cambridge University.

content

George: Myself and the rest of the fellows leapfrogging down to the Cambridge recruiting office and then playing tiddlywinks in the queue. We had hammered Oxford's tiddlywinkers only the week before, and there we were, off to hammer the Boche!

George: Gosh, yes, I, I suppose I'm the only one of the Trinity Tiddlers still alive.

George: I mean, I'm the last of the tiddlywinking leapfroggers from the Golden Summer of 1914.

notes · 
Originally broadcast at an earlier date in the UK on BBC 1. This entry represents a rebroadcast of an episode.
collection · 
excerpt (NATwA)
notability rating · 
interesting
type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3573
date · 
1993
title · 
Frugal Gourmet
title info · 
cooking show
title language · 
English
by · 
Jeff Smith
publisher · 
PBS
publisher country · 
USA
summary

Played with it "like it was a tiddlywink" regarding a large container of parmigiana reggiana.

collection · 
transcript (NATwA)
type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3574
date · 
20 July 1994
title · 
Jeopardy!
title info · 
game show
title language · 
English
publisher country · 
USA
summary

"Newswink" mentioned in an answer under the category "Organizations" on the syndicated game show.

type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3490
date · 
October 1994
title language · 
English
publisher country · 
USA
publisher location · 
Cleveland, Ohio
summary

Coverage of promotional winks event at the Elise Newman Gallery arranged by Marg Calhoun., at 10:55 pm Eastern Time.

type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3491
date · 
expected November 1994
title language · 
English
publisher country · 
USA
publisher location · 
Newark, New Jersey
summary

Larry Kahn appearance.

type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3492
date · 
12 January 1995
title language · 
English
publisher · 
CourtTV
publisher country · 
USA
summary

Judge Lance Ito in the OJ Simpson trial: "For all I know they may be playing tiddlywinks."

collection · 
transcript (NATwA)
notability rating · 
minor but interesting
type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3493
date · 
15 December 1995
title · 
Broadcasting Shake Up
title language · 
English
publisher · 
BBC
publisher country · 
UK
summary

Duration: 1 minute 43 seconds.

content

Summary of video from original BBCmotiongallery.com web page: 1.00 at 15EC, 1m42s, incl s CARLTON AD mls Tiddlywinks players and Carlton name in corner of screen

type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3541
date · 
23 February 1997
title · 
Eleventh Hour
title language · 
English
publisher · 
BBC
publisher country · 
UK
content

Summary of video from original web page: Cheryl BAKER, Gordon KENNEDY and Toby ANSTIS pres prog which encourages pple to take up new pursuits & leisure activities, Items inc Aikido; fifties; acupuncture;tiddlywinks;fashion recycler;falconery;market trader;firefighter. ITEM 04:TIDDLYWINKS:Christine WIGGINS hobby is tiddlywinks.

type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3542
date · 
24 September 1997
title language · 
English
subtitle · 
Tiddlywinks Competition/Merchant Taylors Hall/York
publisher · 
ITV Yorkshire
publisher country · 
UK
summary

Duration: 22 seconds.

content

Summary of video from original ITNsource.com web page: FIFTH YORK MASTERS IS AN EIGHTEEN HOLE TIDDLYWINKS COMPETITION COMPLETE WITH BUNKERS, FAIRWAYS AND GREENS FOR THE NON-GOLFING BUSINESSMAN.

type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3543
date · 
7 November 1997
title · 
Records Breakers
title language · 
English
publisher · 
BBC
publisher country · 
UK
content

Summary of video from original BBCmotiongallery.com web page: ITEM 05: TIDDLYWINKS: Cheryl + Kriss are joined by Patrick MOORE to witness the most exciting game of tiddlywinks ever.

INGLIS, Nick; RELLE, Charles; MOORE, Patrick; PURVIS, Andy; FAYERS, Matt; WIGGINS, Christine

type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3544
date · 
13 October 1998
title · 
Way with Words
title language · 
English
publisher · 
ITV
publisher country · 
UK
type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3545
date · 
20 March 1999
title · 
News 24
title info · 
news show
title language · 
English
publisher · 
BBC
publisher country · 
UK
type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3547
date · 
18 October 1999
title · 
Sooty Heights
title info · 
children's show
title language · 
English
subtitle · 
The Best of Health
publisher · 
ITV Granada
publisher country · 
UK
summary

Duration: 19 minutes, 56 seconds.

content

Richard impresses Sooty, Sweep and Scampi with his tiddlywink playing, until they all beat him and won't believe him that it is a sport.

It gives them all the idea to start a health and fitness club. And luckily who should check in to the hotel, but Olympic athlete, Kriss Akabusi. He is totally unimpressed with Soo's attempt at leading physical exercises, gets thrown off Scampi's modified exercise bike, then is nearly frozen alive in the home-made sauna.

Kriss reckons it's a safe bet to agree to sponsor the club if they can find one sport they are good at. They decide that tiddlywinks is the only one. Kriss turns out to be a tiddlywink expert too, and sponsors the 'Kriss Akabusi Tiddlywink Club'

notability rating · 
very minor
type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3575
date · 
2001 or later
title · 
Unofficial World Records of Sex
title language · 
English
publisher · 
Sky One
publisher country · 
UK
content

Examples of events include how many tiddlywinks can be stuffed inside a man's foreskin.

notes · 
Produced by Shine Limited.
notability rating · 
interesting
type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3576
date · 
26 December 2001
title · 
Weakest Link
title info · 
game show
title language · 
English
publisher · 
BBC 2
publisher country · 
UK
summary

Winker Patrick Barrie appears as a contestant on this game show. All 9 contestants were national champions, from squash to tiddlywinks .

type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3548
date · 
24 October 2002
title language · 
English
subtitle · 
British Duo Patrick Barrie and Ed Wynn are Crowned 24th World Pairs Tiddlywinks Champions in Cambridge.
publisher · 
Reuters TV
publisher country · 
UK
content

Summary of video from original ITNsource.com web page: The 24th World Pairs Tiddlywinks Championship were won by Patrick Barrie and Ed Wynn from the UK who defeated the USA's Matt Fayers and Larry Kahn in Cambridge, England on Thursday (October 24).

Tiddlywinks has been a serious adult game since it was developed by a group of Cambridge undergraduates in the 1950's.

The game is played on a rectangular mat with six plastic discs, called winks, two being 22 mm in diameter, four 16 mm in diameter. A disc called a squidger is used to play the winks. The aim of the game is to secure the highest number of points (tiddlies).

Players take it in turns to take shots at the pot, earning an extra go if they succeed in potting their wink. If any winkis covered by another, the lower wink is said to be squopped and cannot be played, hence players can play tactically by capturing and guarding their opponents winks.

Pairs matches last for 25 minutes each game, after which each colour has a further five rounds.

The World Pairs Tiddlywinks Championship was played over seven games at Queens' College, Cambridge.

Final Score: Patrick Barrie and Ed Wynn 26 1/2 - Matt Fayers and Larry Kahn 22 ½.

notes · 
From Hot Under the Collar Productions. Duration: 2 minutes, 26 seconds.
type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3549
date · 
filmed and aired 24 October 2002
title · 
British duo Patrick Barrie and Ed Wynn are Crowned 24th World Pairs Tiddlywinks Champions in Cambridge
title language · 
English
publisher · 
Reuters TV
publisher country · 
UK
summary

Coverage of the 24th World Pairs, Patrick Barrie and Ed Wynn defending title against Matt Fayers and Larry Kahn.

content

Summary of scenes: CAMBRIDGE, ENGLAND, UK (October 24, 2002) (HOT UNDER THE COLLAR PRODUCTIONS VNR)

1. SCENIC SHOTS OF CAMBRIDGE

2. SOUNDBITE (English) PATRICK BARRIE OF THE UK TEAM SAYING: "Well the game of tiddlywinks involves, at the nursery level, trying to flick counters into a central pot. We take it one stage further, there's an extra shot in our game, the squop shot, and if you play one of your counters onto your enemy, that covers them up and it captures them and that wink can't then be played."

3. PREPARING PLAYING SURFACE FOR MATCH

4. SOUNDBITE (English) LARRY KAHN OF THE USA TEAM SAYING: "In some ways it's still a kids game. Sometimes the game gets so silly even when we play it that you can't take it 100 percent seriously, you know we do in a match like this, but there's still elements of the kids game which is potting. People don't realise there's squopping which causes the game to be more strategic, so people don't realise that's what the tournaments game is about."

5. VARIOUS OF MATCH BEING PLAYED

6. PATRICK BARRIE AND ED WYNN RECEIVING TROPHY

collection · 
digitized video screener (NATwA)
item ID · 
Reuters ID: 964614
links · 
link (tw-ref-link-id 2209)
notability rating · 
interesting
type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3503
date · 
16 April 2003
title · 
South Park
title info · 
animated comedy show
title language · 
English
publisher country · 
USA
citation · 
volume Season 7, Episode 101 or 705.
content

I'm sorry I played tiddlywinks with your heart.

notability rating · 
very minor
type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3578
date · 
2004
title · 
Melinda and Melinda
title language · 
English
by · 
Woody Allen
publisher · 
Fox Searchlight Pictures
content

Greg: What do you do for exercise?

Hobie: Tiddly winks. And an occasional anxiety attack.

notability rating · 
minor but interesting
type · 
video—film
tw-ref-ID · 
3432
date · 
16 July 2004
title language · 
English
subtitle · 
Irish Tiddlywinks Championships, Whites Tavern, with Dr. Stewart Sage
publisher · 
Paul McAuley
publisher country · 
UK
type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3550
date · 
4 February 2008
title language · 
English
subtitle · 
Quirky: World Tiddlywinks Championships
publisher country · 
UK
summary

Patrick Barrie and Larry Kahn talk about playing tiddlywinks. Larry Kahn plays Andy Purvis in a World Singles match. Stew Sage reads Winking World. Matt Fayers watches the match. A crowd of winkers claps. Andy Purvis talks about winning the match. Duration: 7 minutes, 44 seconds.

notes · 
From Hot Under the Collar Productions. Duration: 2 minutes, 26 seconds.
collection · 
digital copy (NATwA)
type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3551
date · 
17 August 2008 7:00 pm
title · 
Rory and Paddy
title info · 
interview and entertainment show
title language · 
English
subtitle · 
Great British Adventure
publisher · 
Five (Channel 5)
publisher country · 
UK
summary

Rory and Paddy visit with the Cambridge University Tiddlywinks Club.

type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3552
date · 
27 April 2009
title · 
Jeopardy!
title info · 
game show
title language · 
English
publisher country · 
USA
citation · 
volume Show # 5681
summary

Regular Jeopardy, category "Spheres" for $400, "A British pub hosts the world championship of the game involving your thumb & these spheres". Contestant Justin Klos responded "What is tiddlywinks?" The correct answer was "Marbles".

type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3483
date · 
aired 23 August 2009
title · 
Madmen
title info · 
drama show
title language · 
English
subtitle · 
Love Among the Ruins
publisher · 
American Movie Classics (AMC)
publisher country · 
USA
citation · 
volume Season 2, Episode 2
summary

A Milton Bradley Jumbo Tiddledy Winks box, with a mostly blue box, appears on the floor at 20 minutes, 30 seconds into the episode.

collection · 
screen capture (NATwA)
notability rating · 
very minor
type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3662
date · 
7 June 2010
title language · 
English
publisher · 
BBC
publisher country · 
UK
summary

Medical soap opera. Duration: 27 minutes, 57 seconds.

content

Tim is through to finals of big tiddlywinks competition, against US champion. He's picked up an injury but his father Bob is pushing him to compete anyway. Cherry attends to give onsite medical attention. Tim is getting thrashed until he finds out his father bet against him & surges into lead. Bob admits it was reverse psychology - of course he never bet against him.

notability rating · 
very minor
type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3579
date · 
19 November 2011 9 pm
title · 
QI (Quite Interesting)
title info · 
game show
title language · 
English
subtitle · 
Infantile (comedy)
publisher · 
BBC 2
publisher country · 
UK
citation · 
volume Series I, show 9.11
content

The Viceroy of India's daughter liked playing tiddlywinks, also known as "flipperty flop" or "jumpkins". Emily Lytton, daughter of Lord Lytton, who was also the husband of the architect Lutyens who designed most of New Delhi, described an evening playing the game when she was 17 (the quote is on a card read by Ronni): "I assure you no words can picture either the intense excitement or the noise. I always scream in describing it." The game was originally called "tiddledy-winks". The little counters are called "winks" while the bigger one is called a "squidger". Normally the colours are yellow and green vs. red and blue. Other terms used in the game include "squop", "boondock" and "the Good move" which is named after one John Good. The squop is one of the most basic things in the game, in which your wink covers an opponent's wink so they cannot move it. The game has to be played on felt or baize to work.

links · 
link (tw-ref-link-id 2211)
notability rating · 
interesting
type · 
video—television
tw-ref-ID · 
3577