Crazy Cottage

Crazy Cottage
Format	Children's game show
Created by	Paul Zenon
Presented by	Rick Adams (Series 1) Jez Edwards (Series 2 & 3) Vera the cuckoo (all series)
Country of origin	United Kingdom
No. of series	3
Production
Producer(s)	Action Time for Carlton
Running time	30 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	ITV Network (CITV)
Picture format	4:3
Original run	4 April 1996 – 29 May 1998

Crazy Cottage was a children's game show created by Paul Zenon, produced by Action Time for Carlton and broadcast on ITV from 4 April 1996 to 29 May 1998. It was first presented by Rick Adams, followed by Jez Edwards with a puppet cuckoo called Vera. The gimmick of the show was that most things had to be performed backwards.

The show started with the presenter saying "goodbye", then starting the games at Round 5. One of the rounds involved a series of actions that had to be performed in a certain order, so that when it was played back in reverse, it matched what they were asked to do. Another round was a kitchen set up on a slope, but appeared to the viewers as a normal room.

At the end of the programme, the winning team (who had the fewest points) won a prize, such as a trip to Alton Towers. The losing team (with the most points) would win a backwards invention, for example, a black lightbulb.

External links

• Crazy Cottage at the Internet Movie Database
• Crazy Cottage at BFI
• Crazy Cottage at UKGameshows.com