Hard to find nostalgic oddities

One of the things I liked to do on this blog is take a retrospective look at children's television shows from my childhood which have fallen in to the realms of obscurity. The only problem is, there are occasionally shows out there which I first saw something like 20+ years ago and there's little to no footage or information out there on the internet.

There are two 90's CITV shows which fall in to this.

The first one is It's Not Fair. A CITV gameshow which ran for a single series in 1997. Shown in the middle of Saturday morning show Scratchy & Co. The fairground themed show was hosted by Mike McClean and co-hosts Candy & Floss. One of whom was portrayed by Andrea Green who would later go on to host continuity links on CITV in 2000.

My only real memory of this show featured the contestants doing some kind of assault course which I seem to remember involved going down a slide in to a ball pool.

The only footage available online at the time of writing is via the CITV 20th Anniversary Birthday Bash where a few short clips were shown.

The second being an even more obscure show is Energize. A sports themed children's gameshow which aired on CITV for one series in 1999. It's surprising that I watched this show as I have never really taken a keen interest in sport. It was presented by athlete Jamie Baulch and according to the UKGameshows.com article. Three teams compete in a range of challenges, such as an archery competition, as well as battling it out on the Energize Challenge Course.

The one vivid mental image I have of this show is at the the very end of each episode. Where the winning team would crack open a bottle of fizzy pop (in the same way a Formula 1 driver would with champagne) and proceed to spray it all over Jamie.

All that exists online is two low res images.

If you can help out with footage or memories of these shows. Let me know!