Pentagon
Host
Cefin Campbell
Co-host
Announcer: Margaret Pritchard
Broadcast
HTV Cymru for S4C, 5 July to 4 October 1989 (12 episodes in 1 series)
Synopsis
Strategic general knowledge quiz - five contestants try to light up their colour across the Pentagon, while overtaking their opponents along the way.
Winner gets a week's holiday in Europe - if they get around the Pentagon in two minutes - and returns the following week. Everyone goes home with a pewter plate.
Inventor
Edwin J Payne
Theme music
Graham Smart
Trivia
Cefin Campbell moved into politics as a councillor before being elected as a Senedd member in 2021. He became a Deputy Minister for Education in Plaid Cymru's minority Welsh Government in 2026.
The top holiday prize, as per Margaret Pritchard's voiceover, was worth £500 - comfortably within IBA limits of the time. Even well into the 90s, S4C shows didn't usually offer prizes beyond £1,000 (cash or value) long after restrictions had been relaxed.
Videos
The very first episode