...fondue set, cuddly toy, TV licence?

BBC bosses rowed about the Generation Game conveyor belt, with some arguing licence fee money should not be spent on cuddly toys, foot spas and other prizes.

Former head of light entertainment Jim Moir told the Palladium: “There was

Bruce and Anthea an internal row. It went on and on, should the BBC be giving away cuddly toys, fondue sets and foot spas? They wanted to give away licence fee stamps.” The prizes won, and the show, which Bruce presented with second wife Anthea Redfern was “a triumphant and enduring success”, he said.