Cross Wits
Crosswits is a British television quiz show produced by Cove Productions and Action Time in association with Tyne Tees and filmed from their City Road studios in Newcastle upon Tyne. It ran from 1985 to 1998. It was originally hosted by Barry Cryer for the first 2 series, then comedian Tom O'Connor took over from series 3 until the show ended. The show consisted of two members of the public competing against each other to solve simple crossword puzzles. Each member of the public was helped out by a "celebrity" partner. The announcers for the show were generally Tyne Tees continuity announcers such as Judi Lines, Jonathan Morrell and Bill Steel.
Cast
Seasons & Episodes
E1Series 1, Show 1
Apr 27, 1985
E2Series 1, Show 2
May 4, 1985
E3Series 1, Show 3
May 11, 1985
E4Series 1, Show 4
May 18, 1985
E5Series 1, Show 5
May 25, 1985
E6Series 1, Show 6
Jun 1, 1985
E7Series 1, Show 7
Jun 8, 1985
E8Series 1, Show 8
Jun 15, 1985
E9Series 1, Show 9
Jun 22, 1985
E10Series 1, Show 10
Jun 29, 1985
E11Series 1, Show 11
Jul 6, 1985
E12Series 1, Show 12
Jul 13, 1985
E13Series 1, Show 13
Jul 20, 1985
E2Series 2, Show 2
Jan 13, 1987
E3Series 2, Show 3
Jan 20, 1987
E4Series 2, Show 4
Jan 27, 1987
E5Series 2, Show 5
Feb 3, 1987
E6Series 2, Show 6
Feb 10, 1987
E7Series 2, Show 7
Feb 17, 1987
E8Series 2, Show 8
Feb 24, 1987
E9Series 2, Show 9
Mar 3, 1987
E10Series 2, Show 10
Mar 10, 1987
E11Series 2, Show 11
Mar 17, 1987
E12Series 2, Show 12
Mar 24, 1987
E13Series 2, Show 13
Mar 31, 1987
E1Series 3, Show 1
Oct 27, 1987
E2Series 3, Show 2
Oct 28, 1987
E3Series 3, Show 3
Oct 29, 1987
E4Series 3, Show 4
Oct 30, 1987
E5Series 3, Show 5
Oct 31, 1987
E6Series 3, Show 6
Nov 3, 1987
E7Series 3, Show 7
Nov 4, 1987
E8Series 3, Show 8
Nov 5, 1987
E9Series 3, Show 9
Nov 9, 1987
E10Series 3, Show 10
Nov 10, 1987
E12Series 3, Show 12
Nov 12, 1987
E13Series 3, Show 13
Nov 16, 1987
E14Series 3, Show 14
Nov 17, 1987
E15Series 3, Show 15
Nov 18, 1987
E16Series 3, Show 16
Nov 19, 1987
E17Series 3, Show 17
Nov 23, 1987
E18Series 3, Show 18
Nov 24, 1987
E19Series 3, Show 19
Nov 25, 1987
E21Series 3, Show 21
Nov 30, 1987
E23Series 3, Show 23
Dec 2, 1987
E24Series 3, Show 24
Dec 3, 1987
E1Series 4, Show 1
Apr 25, 1988
E2Series 4, Show 2
Apr 26, 1988
E3Series 4, Show 3
Apr 27, 1988
E4Series 4, Show 4
Apr 28, 1988
E5Series 4, Show 5
Apr 29, 1988
E6Series 4, Show 6
May 2, 1988
E7Series 4, Show 7
May 3, 1988
E8Series 4, Show 8
May 4, 1988
E9Series 4, Show 9
May 5, 1988
E10Series 4, Show 10
May 6, 1988
E11Series 4, Show 11
May 9, 1988
E12Series 4, Show 12
May 10, 1988
E13Series 4, Show 13
May 11, 1988
E14Series 4, Show 14
May 12, 1988
E15Series 4, Show 15
May 13, 1988
E16Series 4, Show 16
May 16, 1988
E17Series 4, Show 17
May 17, 1988
E18Series 4, Show 18
May 18, 1988
E19Series 4, Show 19
May 19, 1988
E20Series 4, Show 20
May 20, 1988
E21Series 4, Show 21
May 23, 1988
E22Series 4, Show 22
May 24, 1988
E23Series 4, Show 23
May 25, 1988
E24Series 4, Show 24
May 26, 1988
E25Series 4, Show 25
May 27, 1988
E26Series 4, Show 26
May 30, 1988
E27Series 4, Show 27
May 31, 1988
E28Series 4, Show 28
Jun 1, 1988
E29Series 4, Show 29
Jun 2, 1988
E30Series 4, Show 30
Jun 3, 1988
E31Series 4, Show 31
Jun 6, 1988
E32Series 4, Show 32
Jun 7, 1988
E33Series 4, Show 33
Jun 8, 1988
E34Series 4, Show 34
Jun 9, 1988
E35Series 4, Show 35
Jun 10, 1988
E36Series 4, Show 36
Jun 13, 1988
E37Series 4, Show 37
Jun 14, 1988
E38Series 4, Show 38
Jun 15, 1988
E39Series 4, Show 39
Jun 16, 1988
E40Series 4, Show 40
Jun 17, 1988
E1Series 5, Show 1
May 15, 1989
E2Series 5, Show 2
May 16, 1989
E3Series 5, Show 3
May 17, 1989
E4Series 5, Show 4
May 18, 1989
E5Series 5, Show 5
May 19, 1989
E6Series 5, Show 6
May 22, 1989
E7Series 5, Show 7
May 23, 1989
E8Series 5, Show 8
May 24, 1989
E9Series 5, Show 9
May 25, 1989
E10Series 5, Show 10
May 26, 1989
E11Series 5, Show 11
May 29, 1989
E12Series 5, Show 12
May 30, 1989
E13Series 5, Show 13
May 31, 1989
E14Series 5, Show 14
Jun 1, 1989
E15Series 5, Show 15
Jun 2, 1989
E16Series 5, Show 16
Jun 5, 1989
E17Series 5, Show 17
Jun 6, 1989
E18Series 5, Show 18
Jun 7, 1989
E19Series 5, Show 19
Jun 8, 1989
E20Series 5, Show 20
Jun 9, 1989
E21Series 5, Show 21
Jun 12, 1989
E22Series 5, Show 22
Jun 13, 1989
E23Series 5, Show 23
Jun 14, 1989
E24Series 5, Show 24
Jun 15, 1989
E25Series 5, Show 25
Jun 16, 1989
E26Series 5, Show 26
Jun 19, 1989
E27Series 5, Show 27
Jun 20, 1989
E28Series 5, Show 28
Jun 21, 1989
E29Series 5, Show 29
Jun 22, 1989
E30Series 5, Show 30
Jun 23, 1989
E31Series 5, Show 31
Jun 26, 1989
E32Series 5, Show 32
Jun 27, 1989
E33Series 5, Show 33
Jun 28, 1989
E34Series 5, Show 34
Jun 29, 1989
E35Series 5, Show 35
Jun 30, 1989
E36Series 5, Show 36
Jul 3, 1989
E37Series 5, Show 37
Jul 4, 1989
E38Series 5, Show 38
Jul 5, 1989
E39Series 5, Show 39
Jul 6, 1989
E40Series 5, Show 40
Jul 7, 1989
E41Series 5, Show 41
Jul 10, 1989
E42Series 5, Show 42
Jul 11, 1989
E43Series 5, Show 43
Jul 12, 1989
E44Series 5, Show 44
Jul 13, 1989
E45Series 5, Show 45
Jul 14, 1989
E1Series 6, Show 1
Apr 9, 1990
E2Series 6, Show 2
Apr 10, 1990
E3Series 6, Show 3
Apr 11, 1990
E4Series 6, Show 4
Apr 12, 1990
E5Series 6, Show 5
Apr 13, 1990
E6Series 6, Show 6
Apr 16, 1990
E7Series 6, Show 7
Apr 17, 1990
E8Series 6, Show 8
Apr 18, 1990
E9Series 6, Show 9
Apr 19, 1990
E10Series 6, Show 10
Apr 20, 1990
E11Series 6, Show 11
Apr 23, 1990
E12Series 6, Show 12
Apr 24, 1990
E13Series 6, Show 13
Apr 25, 1990
E14Series 6, Show 14
Apr 26, 1990
E15Series 6, Show 15
Apr 27, 1990
E16Series 6, Show 16
Apr 30, 1990
E17Series 6, Show 17
May 1, 1990
E18Series 6, Show 18
May 2, 1990
E19Series 6, Show 19
May 3, 1990
E20Series 6, Show 20
May 4, 1990
E21Series 6, Show 21
May 7, 1990
E22Series 6, Show 22
May 8, 1990
E23Series 6, Show 23
May 9, 1990
E24Series 6, Show 24
May 10, 1990
E25Series 6, Show 25
May 11, 1990
E26Series 6, Show 26
May 14, 1990
E27Series 6, Show 27
May 15, 1990
E28Series 6, Show 28
May 16, 1990
E29Series 6, Show 29
May 17, 1990
E30Series 6, Show 30
May 18, 1990
E31Series 6, Show 31
May 21, 1990
E32Series 6, Show 32
May 22, 1990
E33Series 6, Show 33
May 23, 1990
E34Series 6, Show 34
May 24, 1990
E35Series 6, Show 35
May 25, 1990
E1Series 7, Show 1
Apr 29, 1991
E2Series 7, Show 2
Apr 30, 1991
E3Series 7, Show 3
May 1, 1991
E4Series 7, Show 4
May 2, 1991
E5Series 7, Show 5
May 3, 1991
E6Series 7, Show 6
May 6, 1991
E7Series 7, Show 7
May 7, 1991
E8Series 7, Show 8
May 8, 1991
E9Series 7, Show 9
May 9, 1991
E10Series 7, Show 10
May 10, 1991
E11Series 7, Show 11
May 13, 1991
E12Series 7, Show 12
May 14, 1991
E13Series 7, Show 13
May 15, 1991
E14Series 7, Show 14
May 16, 1991
E15Series 7, Show 15
May 17, 1991
E16Series 7, Show 16
May 20, 1991
E17Series 7, Show 17
May 21, 1991
E18Series 7, Show 18
May 22, 1991
E19Series 7, Show 19
May 23, 1991
E20Series 7, Show 20
May 24, 1991
E21Series 7, Show 21
May 27, 1991
E22Series 7, Show 22
May 28, 1991
E23Series 7, Show 23
May 29, 1991
E24Series 7, Show 24
May 30, 1991
E25Series 7, Show 25
May 31, 1991
E26Series 7, Show 26
Jun 3, 1991
E27Series 7, Show 27
Jun 4, 1991
E28Series 7, Show 28
Jun 5, 1991
E29Series 7, Show 29
Jun 6, 1991
E30Series 7, Show 30
Jun 7, 1991
E31Series 7, Show 31
Jun 10, 1991
E32Series 7, Show 32
Jun 11, 1991
E33Series 7, Show 33
Jun 12, 1991
E34Series 7, Show 34
Jun 13, 1991
E35Series 7, Show 35
Jun 14, 1991
E36Series 7, Show 36
Jun 17, 1991
E37Series 7, Show 37
Jun 18, 1991
E38Series 7, Show 38
Jun 19, 1991
E39Series 7, Show 39
Jun 20, 1991
E40Series 7, Show 40
Jun 21, 1991
E1Series 8, Show 1
Apr 13, 1992
E2Series 8, Show 2
Apr 14, 1992
E3Series 8, Show 3
Apr 15, 1992
E4Series 8, Show 4
Apr 16, 1992
E5Series 8, Show 5
Apr 17, 1992
E6Series 8, Show 6
Apr 20, 1992
E7Series 8, Show 7
Apr 21, 1992
E8Series 8, Show 8
Apr 22, 1992
E9Series 8, Show 9
Apr 23, 1992
E10Series 8, Show 10
Apr 24, 1992
E11Series 8, Show 11
Apr 27, 1992
E12Series 8, Show 12
Apr 28, 1992
E13Series 8, Show 13
Apr 29, 1992
E14Series 8, Show 14
Apr 30, 1992
E15Series 8, Show 15
May 1, 1992
E16Series 8, Show 16
May 4, 1992
E17Series 8, Show 17
May 5, 1992
E18Series 8, Show 18
May 6, 1992
E19Series 8, Show 19
May 7, 1992
E20Series 8, Show 20
May 8, 1992
E21Series 8, Show 21
May 11, 1992
E22Series 8, Show 22
May 12, 1992
E23Series 8, Show 23
May 13, 1992
E24Series 8, Show 24
May 14, 1992
E25Series 8, Show 25
May 15, 1992
E26Series 8, Show 26
May 18, 1992
E27Series 8, Show 27
May 19, 1992
E28Series 8, Show 28
May 20, 1992
E29Series 8, Show 29
May 21, 1992
E30Series 8, Show 30
May 22, 1992
E31Series 8, Show 31
May 25, 1992
E32Series 8, Show 32
May 26, 1992
E33Series 8, Show 33
May 27, 1992
E34Series 8, Show 34
May 28, 1992
E35Series 8, Show 35
May 29, 1992
E36Series 8, Show 36
Jun 1, 1992
E37Series 8, Show 37
Jun 2, 1992
E38Series 8, Show 38
Jun 3, 1992
E39Series 8, Show 39
Jun 4, 1992
E40Series 8, Show 40
Jun 5, 1992
E41Series 8, Show 41
Jun 8, 1992
E42Series 8, Show 42
Jun 9, 1992
E43Series 8, Show 43
Jun 10, 1992
E44Series 8, Show 44
Jun 11, 1992
E45Series 8, Show 45
Jun 12, 1992
E46Series 8, Show 46
Jun 15, 1992
E47Series 8, Show 47
Jun 16, 1992
E48Series 8, Show 48
Jun 17, 1992
E49Series 8, Show 49
Jun 18, 1992
E50Series 8, Show 50
Jun 19, 1992
E51Series 8, Show 51
Jun 22, 1992
E52Series 8, Show 52
Jun 23, 1992
E53Series 8, Show 53
Jun 24, 1992
E54Series 8, Show 54
Jun 25, 1992
E55Series 8, Show 55
Jun 26, 1992
E1Series 9, Show 1
May 17, 1993
E2Series 9, Show 2
May 18, 1993
E3Series 9, Show 3
May 19, 1993
E4Series 9, Show 4
May 20, 1993
E5Series 9, Show 5
May 21, 1993
E6Series 9, Show 6
May 24, 1993
E7Series 9, Show 7
May 25, 1993
E8Series 9, Show 8
May 26, 1993
E9Series 9, Show 9
May 27, 1993
E10Series 9, Show 10
May 28, 1993
E11Series 9, Show 11
May 31, 1993
E12Series 9, Show 12
Jun 1, 1993
E13Series 9, Show 13
Jun 2, 1993
E14Series 9, Show 14
Jun 3, 1993
E15Series 9, Show 15
Jun 4, 1993
E16Series 9, Show 16
Jun 7, 1993
E17Series 9, Show 17
Jun 8, 1993
E18Series 9, Show 18
Jun 9, 1993
E19Series 9, Show 19
Jun 10, 1993
E20Series 9, Show 20
Jun 11, 1993
E21Series 9, Show 21
Jun 14, 1993
E22Series 9, Show 22
Jun 15, 1993
E23Series 9, Show 23
Jun 16, 1993
E24Series 9, Show 24
Jun 17, 1993
E25Series 9, Show 25
Jun 18, 1993
E1Series 10, Show 1
Apr 4, 1994
E2Series 10, Show 2
Apr 5, 1994
E3Series 10, Show 3
Apr 6, 1994
E4Series 10, Show 4
Apr 7, 1994
E5Series 10, Show 5
Apr 8, 1994
E6Series 10, Show 6
Apr 11, 1994
E7Series 10, Show 7
Apr 12, 1994
E8Series 10, Show 8
Apr 13, 1994
E9Series 10, Show 9
Apr 14, 1994
E10Series 10, Show 10
Apr 15, 1994
E11Series 10, Show 11
Apr 18, 1994
E12Series 10, Show 12
Apr 19, 1994
E13Series 10, Show 13
Apr 20, 1994
E14Series 10, Show 14
Apr 21, 1994
E15Series 10, Show 15
Apr 22, 1994
E16Series 10, Show 16
Apr 25, 1994
E17Series 10, Show 17
Apr 26, 1994
E18Series 10, Show 18
Apr 27, 1994
E19Series 10, Show 19
Apr 28, 1994
E20Series 10, Show 20
Apr 29, 1994
E21Series 10, Show 21
May 2, 1994
E22Series 10, Show 22
May 3, 1994
E23Series 10, Show 23
May 4, 1994
E24Series 10, Show 24
May 5, 1994
E25Series 10, Show 25
May 6, 1994
E26Series 10, Show 26
May 9, 1994
E27Series 10, Show 27
May 10, 1994
E28Series 10, Show 28
May 11, 1994
E29Series 10, Show 29
May 12, 1994
E30Series 10, Show 30
May 13, 1994
E32Series 10, Show 32
May 17, 1994
E33Series 10, Show 33
May 18, 1994
E34Series 10, Show 34
May 19, 1994
E35Series 10, Show 35
May 20, 1994
E36Series 10, Show 36
May 23, 1994
E37Series 10, Show 37
May 24, 1994
E38Series 10, Show 38
May 25, 1994
E39Series 10, Show 39
May 26, 1994
E40Series 10, Show 40
May 27, 1994
E41Series 10, Show 41
May 30, 1994
E42Series 10, Show 42
May 31, 1994
E43Series 10, Show 43
Jun 1, 1994
E44Series 10, Show 44
Jun 2, 1994
E45Series 10, Show 45
Jun 3, 1994
E46Series 10, Show 46
Jun 6, 1994
E47Series 10, Show 47
Jun 7, 1994
E48Series 10, Show 48
Jun 8, 1994
E49Series 10, Show 49
Jun 9, 1994
E50Series 10, Show 50
Jun 10, 1994
E51Series 10, Show 51
Jun 13, 1994
E52Series 10, Show 52
Jun 14, 1994
E53Series 10, Show 53
Jun 15, 1994
E54Series 10, Show 54
Jun 16, 1994
E55Series 10, Show 55
Jun 17, 1994
E56Series 10, Show 56
Jun 20, 1994
E57Series 10, Show 57
Jun 21, 1994
E58Series 10, Show 58
Jun 22, 1994
E59Series 10, Show 59
Jun 23, 1994
E60Series 10, Show 60
Jun 24, 1994
E61Series 10, Show 61
Jun 27, 1994
E62Series 10, Show 62
Jun 28, 1994
E63Series 10, Show 63
Jun 29, 1994
E64Series 10, Show 64
Jun 30, 1994
E65Series 10, Show 65
Jul 1, 1994
E66Series 10, Show 66
Jul 4, 1994
E67Series 10, Show 67
Jul 5, 1994
E68Series 10, Show 68
Jul 6, 1994
E69Series 10, Show 69
Jul 7, 1994
E70Series 10, Show 70
Jul 8, 1994
E2Series 11, Show 2
Oct 22, 1996
E3Series 11, Show 3
Oct 23, 1996
E4Series 11, Show 4
Oct 24, 1996
E5Series 11, Show 5
Oct 25, 1996
E6Series 11, Show 6
Oct 28, 1996
E7Series 11, Show 7
Oct 29, 1996
E8Series 11, Show 8
Oct 30, 1996
E9Series 11, Show 9
Oct 31, 1996
E10Series 11, Show 10
Nov 1, 1996
E12Series 11, Show 12
Nov 5, 1996
E13Series 11, Show 13
Nov 6, 1996
E14Series 11, Show 14
Nov 7, 1996
E15Series 11, Show 15
Nov 8, 1996
E16Series 11, Show 16
Nov 11, 1996
E17Series 11, Show 17
Nov 12, 1996
E18Series 11, Show 18
Nov 13, 1996
E19Series 11, Show 19
Nov 14, 1996
E20Series 11, Show 20
Nov 15, 1996
E21Series 11, Show 21
Nov 18, 1996
E22Series 11, Show 22
Nov 19, 1996
E23Series 11, Show 23
Nov 20, 1996
E24Series 11, Show 24
Nov 21, 1996
E25Series 11, Show 25
Nov 22, 1996
E26Series 11, Show 26
Nov 25, 1996
E27Series 11, Show 27
Nov 26, 1996
E28Series 11, Show 28
Nov 27, 1996
E29Series 11, Show 29
Nov 28, 1996
E30Series 11, Show 30
Nov 29, 1996
E31Series 11, Show 31
Dec 2, 1996
E32Series 11, Show 32
Dec 3, 1996
E34Series 11, Show 34
Dec 5, 1996
E35Series 11, Show 35
Dec 6, 1996
E36Series 11, Show 36
Dec 9, 1996
E37Series 11, Show 37
Dec 10, 1996
E38Series 11, Show 38
Dec 11, 1996
E39Series 11, Show 39
Dec 12, 1996
E40Series 11, Show 40
Dec 13, 1996
E1Series 12, Show 1
Jan 5, 1998
E2Series 12, Show 2
Jan 6, 1998
E3Series 12, Show 3
Jan 7, 1998
E4Series 12, Show 4
Jan 8, 1998
E5Series 12, Show 5
Jan 9, 1998
E6Series 12, Show 6
Jan 12, 1998
E7Series 12, Show 7
Jan 13, 1998
E8Series 12, Show 8
Jan 14, 1998
E9Series 12, Show 9
Jan 15, 1998
E10Series 12, Show 10
Jan 16, 1998
E11Series 12, Show 11
Jan 19, 1998
E12Series 12, Show 12
Jan 20, 1998
E13Series 12, Show 13
Jan 21, 1998
E14Series 12, Show 14
Jan 22, 1998
E15Series 12, Show 15
Jan 23, 1998
E16Series 12, Show 16
Jan 26, 1998
E17Series 12, Show 17
Jan 27, 1998
E18Series 12, Show 18
Jan 28, 1998
E19Series 12, Show 19
Jan 29, 1998
E20Series 12, Show 20
Jan 30, 1998
E21Series 12, Show 21
Feb 2, 1998
E22Series 12, Show 22
Feb 3, 1998
E23Series 12, Show 23
Feb 4, 1998
E24Series 12, Show 24
Feb 5, 1998
E25Series 12, Show 25
Feb 6, 1998
E26Series 12, Show 26
Feb 9, 1998
E27Series 12, Show 27
Feb 10, 1998
E28Series 12, Show 28
Feb 11, 1998
E29Series 12, Show 29
Feb 12, 1998
E30Series 12, Show 30
Feb 13, 1998
E31Series 12, Show 31
Feb 16, 1998
E32Series 12, Show 32
Feb 17, 1998
E33Series 12, Show 33
Feb 18, 1998
E34Series 12, Show 34
Feb 19, 1998
E35Series 12, Show 35
Feb 20, 1998
Storyline
Crosswits is a British television quiz show produced by Cove Productions and Action Time in association with Tyne Tees and filmed from their City Road studios in Newcastle upon Tyne. It ran from 1985 to 1998. It was originally hosted by Barry Cryer for the first 2 series, then comedian Tom O'Connor took over from series 3 until the show ended. The show consisted of two members of the public competing against each other to solve simple crossword puzzles. Each member of the public was helped out by a "celebrity" partner. The announcers for the show were generally Tyne Tees continuity announcers such as Judi Lines, Jonathan Morrell and Bill Steel.
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