"It's a Knockout" or IAK was the British home version of "Jeux sans Frontiere".
It first started in 1966 and the following year a GB team was entered into the European "Jeux sans Frontiere".
Local teams of around 8 in each would enter on behalf of there town or city and compete against 2 other local teams with the prize for the following year to represent GB in JSF.
Below is an example of the final scoring. Christchurch, Gosport and Winchester competed in It's a Knockout. As you can see Christchurch won, therefore Christchurch will now move on to the winners board to represent GB in JSF.
As far as I remember Stuart HaHaHaHa Hall (because he wets himself) and Eddie RaRaRaRa Waring (because he stammers), presented the contest. Also Arthur Grumpy Ellis refereed. I'm told but don't remember, that David Vine also presented the program.
Below gives you an idea of the tacky trackies they wore in the seventies, also the fun the presenters had trying the courses out.
  
This gives you some idea of the games they played on It's A Knockout c. 1966 (the David Vine era). It doesn't look like much fun, does it? For the record, the game involved blokes dressed up as waiters moving plates of pretend food from a revolving table to a bench, while tied to a large rubber band.
You may also remember the famous occasion not long before the end of the BBC's axing of the contest that the royals joined in a charity It's a Knockout.The show hadn't been on since 1982/3 and now the final nail in the coffin! 1987 It's a Royal Knockout.
All games were devised by Stuart Furber
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