Show Info

Status: Ended
First Aired: September 7, 1987
Seasons: 7
Episodes: 321
Networks: ITV1

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Chain Letters(1987)

TMDB Rating: 7.0 (1 votes)

Overview

Chain Letters was a British television game show produced by Tyne Tees. The show was filmed at their City Road studios in Newcastle Upon Tyne and first broadcast on ITV in the United Kingdom from 7 September 1987 to 6 July 1990, then again from 2 January 1995 to 25 April 1997. Three contestants competed to win money by changing letters in words to form new words. Its original host was the late Jeremy Beadle, followed by Andrew O'Connor, Allan Stewart, Ted Robbins, Vince Henderson and Dave Spikey.

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Season 1

18 episodes • TBA

#	Episode	Air Date
2	Series 1, Show 2	Sep 8, 1987
3	Series 1, Show 3	Sep 9, 1987
4	Series 1, Show 4	Sep 10, 1987
7	Series 1, Show 7	Sep 15, 1987
9	Series 1, Show 9	Sep 17, 1987
12	Series 1, Show 12	Sep 22, 1987
14	Series 1, Show 14	Sep 24, 1987
15	Series 1, Show 15	Sep 25, 1987
16	Series 1, Show 16	Sep 28, 1987
17	Series 1, Show 17	Sep 29, 1987
18	Series 1, Show 18	Sep 30, 1987
19	Series 1, Show 19	Oct 1, 1987
20	Series 1, Show 20	Oct 2, 1987
21	Series 1, Show 21	Oct 5, 1987
22	Series 1, Show 22	Oct 6, 1987
23	Series 1, Show 23	Oct 7, 1987
24	Series 1, Show 24	Oct 8, 1987
25	Series 1, Show 25	Oct 9, 1987

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Season 2

21 episodes • 1988

#	Episode	Air Date
1	Series 2, Show 1	Oct 13, 1988
2	Series 2, Show 2	Oct 14, 1988
4	Series 2, Show 4	Oct 16, 1988
5	Series 2, Show 5	Oct 17, 1988
6	Series 2, Show 6	Oct 20, 1988
7	Series 2, Show 7	Oct 21, 1988
8	Series 2, Show 8	Oct 22, 1988
9	Series 2, Show 9	Oct 23, 1988
10	Series 2, Show 10	Oct 24, 1988
11	Series 2, Show 11	Oct 27, 1988
12	Series 2, Show 12	Oct 28, 1988
14	Series 2, Show 14	Oct 30, 1988
15	Series 2, Show 15	Oct 31, 1988
16	Series 2, Show 16	Nov 3, 1988
17	Series 2, Show 17	Nov 4, 1988
19	Series 2, Show 19	Nov 6, 1988
20	Series 2, Show 20	Nov 7, 1988
21	Series 2, Show 21	Nov 10, 1988
22	Series 2, Show 22	Nov 11, 1988
24	Series 2, Show 24	Nov 13, 1988
25	Series 2, Show 25	Nov 14, 1988

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Season 3

8 episodes • 1989

#	Episode	Air Date
1	Series 3, Show 1	Nov 16, 1989
2	Series 3, Show 2	Nov 23, 1989
3	Series 3, Show 3	Nov 30, 1989
4	Series 3, Show 4	Dec 7, 1989
5	Series 3, Show 5	Dec 14, 1989
6	Series 3, Show 6	Dec 21, 1989
7	Series 3, Show 7	Dec 28, 1989
8	Series 3, Show 8	Jan 4, 1990

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Season 4

70 episodes • 1990

#	Episode	Air Date
1	Series 4, Show 1	May 28, 1990
2	Series 4, Show 2	May 29, 1990
3	Series 4, Show 3	May 30, 1990
4	Series 4, Show 4	May 31, 1990
5	Series 4, Show 5	Jun 1, 1990
6	Series 4, Show 6	Jun 4, 1990
7	Series 4, Show 7	Jun 5, 1990
8	Series 4, Show 8	Jun 6, 1990
9	Series 4, Show 9	Jun 7, 1990
10	Series 4, Show 10	Jun 8, 1990
11	Series 4, Show 11	Jun 11, 1990
12	Series 4, Show 12	Jun 12, 1990
13	Series 4, Show 13	Jun 13, 1990
14	Series 4, Show 14	Jun 14, 1990
15	Series 4, Show 15	Jun 15, 1990
16	Series 4, Show 16	Jun 18, 1990
17	Series 4, Show 17	Jun 19, 1990
18	Series 4, Show 18	Jun 20, 1990
19	Series 4, Show 19	Jun 21, 1990
20	Series 4, Show 20	Jun 22, 1990
21	Series 4, Show 21	Jun 25, 1990
22	Series 4, Show 22	Jun 26, 1990
23	Series 4, Show 23	Jun 27, 1990
24	Series 4, Show 24	Jun 28, 1990
25	Series 4, Show 25	Jun 29, 1990
26	Series 4, Show 26	Jul 2, 1990
27	Series 4, Show 27	Jul 3, 1990
28	Series 4, Show 28	Jul 4, 1990
29	Series 4, Show 29	Jul 5, 1990
30	Series 4, Show 30	Jul 6, 1990
31	Series 4, Show 31	Jul 9, 1990
32	Series 4, Show 32	Jul 10, 1990
33	Series 4, Show 33	Jul 11, 1990
34	Series 4, Show 34	Jul 12, 1990
35	Series 4, Show 35	Jul 13, 1990
36	Series 4, Show 36	Jul 16, 1990
37	Series 4, Show 37	Jul 17, 1990
38	Series 4, Show 38	Jul 18, 1990
39	Series 4, Show 39	Jul 19, 1990
40	Series 4, Show 40	Jul 20, 1990
41	Series 4, Show 41	Jul 23, 1990
42	Series 4, Show 42	Jul 24, 1990
43	Series 4, Show 43	Jul 25, 1990
44	Series 4, Show 44	Jul 26, 1990
45	Series 4, Show 45	Jul 27, 1990
46	Series 4, Show 46	Jul 30, 1990
47	Series 4, Show 47	Jul 31, 1990
48	Series 4, Show 48	Aug 1, 1990
49	Series 4, Show 49	Aug 2, 1990
50	Series 4, Show 50	Aug 3, 1990
51	Series 4, Show 51	Aug 6, 1990
52	Series 4, Show 52	Aug 7, 1990
53	Series 4, Show 53	Aug 8, 1990
54	Series 4, Show 54	Aug 9, 1990
55	Series 4, Show 55	Aug 10, 1990
56	Series 4, Show 56	Aug 13, 1990
57	Series 4, Show 57	Aug 14, 1990
58	Series 4, Show 58	Aug 15, 1990
59	Series 4, Show 59	Aug 16, 1990
60	Series 4, Show 60	Aug 17, 1990
61	Series 4, Show 61	Aug 20, 1990
62	Series 4, Show 62	Aug 21, 1990
63	Series 4, Show 63	Aug 22, 1990
64	Series 4, Show 64	Aug 23, 1990
65	Series 4, Show 65	Aug 24, 1990
66	Series 4, Show 66	Aug 27, 1990
67	Series 4, Show 67	Aug 28, 1990
68	Series 4, Show 68	Aug 29, 1990
69	Series 4, Show 69	Aug 30, 1990
70	Series 4, Show 70	Aug 31, 1990

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Season 5

82 episodes • 1995

#	Episode	Air Date
1	Series 5, Show 1	Jan 2, 1995
2	Series 5, Show 2	Jan 3, 1995
3	Series 5, Show 3	Jan 4, 1995
4	Series 5, Show 4	Jan 5, 1995
5	Series 5, Show 5	Jan 6, 1995
6	Series 5, Show 6	Jan 9, 1995
7	Series 5, Show 7	Jan 10, 1995
8	Series 5, Show 8	Jan 11, 1995
9	Series 5, Show 9	Jan 12, 1995
10	Series 5, Show 10	Jan 13, 1995
11	Series 5, Show 11	Jan 16, 1995
12	Series 5, Show 12	Jan 17, 1995
13	Series 5, Show 13	Jan 18, 1995
14	Series 5, Show 14	Jan 19, 1995
15	Series 5, Show 15	Jan 20, 1995
16	Series 5, Show 16	Jan 23, 1995
17	Series 5, Show 17	Jan 24, 1995
18	Series 5, Show 18	Jan 25, 1995
19	Series 5, Show 19	Jan 26, 1995
20	Series 5, Show 20	Jan 27, 1995
21	Series 5, Show 21	Jan 30, 1995
22	Series 5, Show 22	Jan 31, 1995
23	Series 5, Show 23	Feb 1, 1995
24	Series 5, Show 24	Feb 2, 1995
25	Series 5, Show 25	Feb 3, 1995
26	Series 5, Show 26	Feb 6, 1995
27	Series 5, Show 27	Feb 7, 1995
28	Series 5, Show 28	Feb 8, 1995
29	Series 5, Show 29	Feb 9, 1995
30	Series 5, Show 30	Feb 10, 1995
31	Series 5, Show 31	Feb 13, 1995
32	Series 5, Show 32	Feb 14, 1995
33	Series 5, Show 33	Feb 15, 1995
34	Series 5, Show 34	Feb 16, 1995
35	Series 5, Show 35	Feb 17, 1995
36	Series 5, Show 36	Feb 20, 1995
37	Series 5, Show 37	Feb 21, 1995
38	Series 5, Show 38	Feb 22, 1995
39	Series 5, Show 39	Feb 23, 1995
40	Series 5, Show 40	Feb 24, 1995
41	Series 5, Show 41	Feb 27, 1995
42	Series 5, Show 42	Feb 28, 1995
43	Series 5, Show 43	Mar 1, 1995
44	Series 5, Show 44	Mar 2, 1995
45	Series 5, Show 45	Mar 3, 1995
46	Series 5, Show 46	Mar 6, 1995
47	Series 5, Show 47	Mar 7, 1995
48	Series 5, Show 48	Mar 8, 1995
49	Series 5, Show 49	Mar 9, 1995
50	Series 5, Show 50	Mar 10, 1995
51	Series 5, Show 51	Mar 13, 1995
52	Series 5, Show 52	Mar 14, 1995
53	Series 5, Show 53	Mar 15, 1995
54	Series 5, Show 54	Mar 16, 1995
55	Series 5, Show 55	Mar 17, 1995
56	Series 5, Show 56	Mar 20, 1995
57	Series 5, Show 57	Mar 21, 1995
59	Series 5, Show 59	Mar 23, 1995
60	Series 5, Show 60	Mar 24, 1995
61	Series 5, Show 61	Mar 27, 1995
62	Series 5, Show 62	Mar 28, 1995
63	Series 5, Show 63	Mar 29, 1995
64	Series 5, Show 64	Mar 30, 1995
65	Series 5, Show 65	Mar 31, 1995
66	Series 5, Show 66	Apr 3, 1995
67	Series 5, Show 67	Apr 4, 1995
68	Series 5, Show 68	Apr 5, 1995
69	Series 5, Show 69	Apr 6, 1995
70	Series 5, Show 70	Apr 7, 1995
71	Series 5, Show 71	Apr 10, 1995
72	Series 5, Show 72	Apr 11, 1995
73	Series 5, Show 73	Apr 12, 1995
75	Series 5, Show 75	Apr 14, 1995
76	Series 5, Show 76	Apr 17, 1995
77	Series 5, Show 77	Apr 18, 1995
78	Series 5, Show 78	Apr 19, 1995
79	Series 5, Show 79	Apr 20, 1995
80	Series 5, Show 80	Apr 21, 1995
81	Series 5, Show 81	Apr 24, 1995
82	Series 5, Show 82	Apr 25, 1995
84	Series 5, Show 84	Apr 27, 1995
85	Series 5, Show 85	Apr 28, 1995

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Season 6

83 episodes • 1996

#	Episode	Air Date
1	Series 6, Show 1	Jan 1, 1996
2	Series 6, Show 2	Jan 2, 1996
3	Series 6, Show 3	Jan 3, 1996
4	Series 6, Show 4	Jan 4, 1996
5	Series 6, Show 5	Jan 5, 1996
6	Series 6, Show 6	Jan 8, 1996
7	Series 6, Show 7	Jan 9, 1996
8	Series 6, Show 8	Jan 10, 1996
9	Series 6, Show 9	Jan 11, 1996
10	Series 6, Show 10	Jan 12, 1996
11	Series 6, Show 11	Jan 15, 1996
12	Series 6, Show 12	Jan 16, 1996
13	Series 6, Show 13	Jan 17, 1996
14	Series 6, Show 14	Jan 18, 1996
15	Series 6, Show 15	Jan 19, 1996
16	Series 6, Show 16	Jan 22, 1996
17	Series 6, Show 17	Jan 23, 1996
18	Series 6, Show 18	Jan 24, 1996
19	Series 6, Show 19	Jan 25, 1996
20	Series 6, Show 20	Jan 26, 1996
21	Series 6, Show 21	Jan 29, 1996
22	Series 6, Show 22	Jan 30, 1996
23	Series 6, Show 23	Jan 31, 1996
24	Series 6, Show 24	Feb 1, 1996
26	Series 6, Show 26	Feb 5, 1996
27	Series 6, Show 27	Feb 6, 1996
28	Series 6, Show 28	Feb 7, 1996
29	Series 6, Show 29	Feb 8, 1996
30	Series 6, Show 30	Feb 9, 1996
31	Series 6, Show 31	Feb 12, 1996
32	Series 6, Show 32	Feb 13, 1996
33	Series 6, Show 33	Feb 14, 1996
34	Series 6, Show 34	Feb 15, 1996
35	Series 6, Show 35	Feb 16, 1996
36	Series 6, Show 36	Feb 19, 1996
37	Series 6, Show 37	Feb 20, 1996
39	Series 6, Show 39	Feb 22, 1996
40	Series 6, Show 40	Feb 23, 1996
41	Series 6, Show 41	Feb 26, 1996
42	Series 6, Show 42	Feb 27, 1996
43	Series 6, Show 43	Feb 28, 1996
44	Series 6, Show 44	Feb 29, 1996
45	Series 6, Show 45	Mar 1, 1996
46	Series 6, Show 46	Mar 4, 1996
47	Series 6, Show 47	Mar 5, 1996
48	Series 6, Show 48	Mar 6, 1996
49	Series 6, Show 49	Mar 7, 1996
50	Series 6, Show 50	Mar 8, 1996
51	Series 6, Show 51	Mar 11, 1996
52	Series 6, Show 52	Mar 12, 1996
53	Series 6, Show 53	Mar 13, 1996
54	Series 6, Show 54	Mar 14, 1996
55	Series 6, Show 55	Mar 15, 1996
56	Series 6, Show 56	Mar 18, 1996
57	Series 6, Show 57	Mar 19, 1996
58	Series 6, Show 58	Mar 20, 1996
59	Series 6, Show 59	Mar 21, 1996
60	Series 6, Show 60	Mar 22, 1996
61	Series 6, Show 61	Mar 25, 1996
62	Series 6, Show 62	Mar 26, 1996
63	Series 6, Show 63	Mar 27, 1996
64	Series 6, Show 64	Mar 28, 1996
65	Series 6, Show 65	Mar 29, 1996
66	Series 6, Show 66	Apr 1, 1996
67	Series 6, Show 67	Apr 2, 1996
68	Series 6, Show 68	Apr 3, 1996
69	Series 6, Show 69	Apr 4, 1996
70	Series 6, Show 70	Apr 5, 1996
71	Series 6, Show 71	Apr 8, 1996
72	Series 6, Show 72	Apr 9, 1996
73	Series 6, Show 73	Apr 10, 1996
74	Series 6, Show 74	Apr 11, 1996
75	Series 6, Show 75	Apr 12, 1996
76	Series 6, Show 76	Apr 15, 1996
77	Series 6, Show 77	Apr 16, 1996
78	Series 6, Show 78	Apr 17, 1996
79	Series 6, Show 79	Apr 18, 1996
80	Series 6, Show 80	Apr 19, 1996
81	Series 6, Show 81	Apr 22, 1996
82	Series 6, Show 82	Apr 23, 1996
83	Series 6, Show 83	Apr 24, 1996
84	Series 6, Show 84	Apr 25, 1996
85	Series 6, Show 85	Apr 26, 1996

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Season 7

39 episodes • 1997

#	Episode	Air Date
1	Episode 1	Mar 3, 1997
2	Episode 2	Mar 4, 1997
3	Episode 3	Mar 5, 1997
4	Episode 4	Mar 6, 1997
5	Episode 5	Mar 7, 1997
6	Episode 6	Mar 10, 1997
7	Episode 7	Mar 11, 1997
8	Episode 8	Mar 12, 1997
9	Episode 9	Mar 13, 1997
10	Episode 10	Mar 14, 1997
11	Episode 11	Mar 17, 1997
12	Episode 12	Mar 18, 1997
13	Episode 13	Mar 19, 1997
14	Episode 14	Mar 20, 1997
15	Episode 15	Mar 21, 1997
16	Episode 16	Mar 24, 1997
17	Episode 17	Mar 25, 1997
18	Episode 18	Mar 26, 1997
19	Episode 19	Mar 27, 1997
20	Episode 20	Mar 28, 1997
21	Episode 21	Mar 31, 1997
22	Episode 22	Apr 1, 1997
23	Episode 23	Apr 2, 1997
24	Episode 24	Apr 3, 1997
25	Episode 25	Apr 4, 1997
26	Series 7, Show 26	Apr 7, 1987
27	Series 7, Show 27	Apr 8, 1987
28	Series 7, Show 28	Apr 9, 1987
29	Series 7, Show 29	Apr 10, 1987
30	Series 7, Show 30	Apr 11, 1987
31	Series 7, Show 31	Apr 14, 1987
32	Series 7, Show 32	Apr 15, 1987
33	Series 7, Show 33	Apr 16, 1987
34	Series 7, Show 34	Apr 17, 1987
35	Series 7, Show 35	Apr 18, 1987
37	Series 7, Show 37	Apr 22, 1987
38	Series 7, Show 38	Apr 23, 1987
39	Series 7, Show 39	Apr 24, 1987
40	Series 7, Show 40	Apr 25, 1987

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