Face the Music (British game show)

Face the Music
GenrePanel game show
Created byWalter Todds
Presented byJoseph Cooper
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series12
No. of episodes127
Production
Running time30 minutes
Original release
NetworkBBC2 (1966–79)
BBC1 (1983–84)
Release26 December 1966 (1966-12-26) –
16 December 1984 (1984-12-16)
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Face the Music is a British panel game show that originally aired on BBC2 from 26 December 1966 to 25 December 1979 and then moved to BBC1 from 17 April 1983 to 16 December 1984 with Joseph Cooper hosting the entire run.

The theme music for the show was the Popular Song from the Façade suite by Sir William Walton (who was a guest on the programme in his 70th birthday year). During its most popular period the programme had a weekly audience of over 4 million.[1]

  1. ^ "Joseph Cooper". The Daily Telegraph. 6 August 2001. Retrieved 20 April 2011.