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Burntisland stars in It's a Knockout - 1969

by Ross McKay 12 January

It's not often that Burntisland stars in one of the UK's most popular TV, but that's what happened in 1969, when a team from Burntisland took part in an episode of the BBC's 'It's a Knockout', with the local team taking on rivals from Dunbar in a UK heat of the pan-European show.

The programme was the fourth in the 1969 series of It's a Knockout, and the games were played at Dunbar on Sunday 1st June 1969. The programme was broadcast on BBC1 on the following Wednesday, 4th June at 7.30pm.

The programme was a closely fought contest, and ended in a tie - with Burntisland unfortunately beaten on the toss of a disc used to settle the result. The winning team from Dunbar went on to take part in an edition of the European show, Jeux Sans Frontieres in August.

You can read more about the Burntisland Knockout programme - and about It's a Knockout - here.

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