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Hire The Generation Game.
“Didn’t they do well?” A parade of prizes glides across the big screen, the clock runs, and the team has to remember as many as they can before the belt stops. It is the finale everyone over thirty already knows by heart, and yes, there is always a cuddly toy.
Games picked for your audience, from the conveyor belt to an egg-and-spoon race judged on the silliness of the walk.
How a round plays
How a round of The Generation Game works.
Pure nostalgia and a guaranteed laugh, with a built-in library of prizes or your own products loaded onto the belt for a company twist.
The belt rolls
A line of prizes glides past on the big screen at a speed I set live, slow enough to be fair, fast enough to be funny.
1Watch and remember
The team watches the parade go by, trying to commit every item to memory while the room shouts along.
2
The belt stops
Time is up. The belt stops and the team lists everything they can recall, one prize at a time.
3
In among the tables, every round And a cuddly toy
Every round has the famous cuddly toy, and a winner screen with confetti and a fanfare.
4Running the room from the floor
On the big screen
The real screens, not a mock-up.
Every screen on this page is my own software running live, captured at the size a projector throws. It is one of nine big-screen games in the same app, run from a phone in my hand at the microphone, with the sound, the strikes and the scores built in.
Three ways to play
Three ways to play The Generation Game.
Every game I run can be played three ways, and I pick the way that suits the room, the timings and the layout on the night: as a show at the front, table against table, or with every single guest playing on their own phone. Mix them across an evening and nobody spends the night watching.
As a show
The conveyor belt, and the games before it
The full format. A couple of contestants come up for a game or two chosen for the room, and the winner faces the belt: a parade of prizes across the big screen, a clock, and the whole room shouting the items along with them. There is always a cuddly toy.
Best for: Christmas parties and family eventsAt the tables
Every table watches the belt
The belt rolls once for everyone and every table writes down as many prizes as it can remember. The table with the longest list wins, and the argument about whether it was a teapot or a kettle is the best bit. Your own products on the belt turn it into a showcase nobody minds.
Best for: conference dinners and product eventsOn the app
Everyone remembers on their phone
On phones every guest types the prizes they remember after the belt stops, and the Play Along engine scores them by how many they got and how fast. Three hundred people typing cuddly toy
at the same time is a lovely thing to watch.
Built for the room
Same game. Two very different rooms.
I customise every game for the audience in front of me: the questions, the answers, and the way I present them. The same format is a completely different show for a room of graduates in their twenties and a room of chief executives, and it should be. I write for the people who will actually be there, then I speak into the listening on the night: I read what the room is giving back and change gear to match it.
Silly, fast and loud
- Games I would pick
- A quick physical game or two before the belt, a fast belt speed, and prizes chosen to get a laugh: the lava lamp, the foot spa, the fondue set.
- How I host it
- Catchphrases and commentary. I keep the belt quick and let the room shout the prizes, which they always do.
- What lands
- The cuddly toy. It never fails.
Nostalgia with the company on the belt
- Games I would pick
- A gentler game before the belt, then a belt loaded with the company’s own products, milestones and in-jokes alongside the classics.
- How I host it
- Slower belt, more warmth. Senior people love this format because they grew up with it, and I let them enjoy it.
- What lands
- The managing director listing all twenty prizes and getting a standing ovation for it.
1Written for your people
Send me the year’s stories, the in-jokes, the departments and the industry. The rounds are built from them, so the answers land in a way no off-the-shelf pack ever can.
2Speaking into the listening
The words on the screen are half of it. How I present them is the rest, and I pitch the pace, the teasing and the tone to the room that has turned up, not the one on the brief.
3If a different crowd turns up
Eight hundred events across festivals, awards, conferences and dinners means I have hosted every kind of room. If the mood is not what anyone expected, I change the style on the spot, and often the questions too.
In the running order
Where The Generation Game fits in the night.
Where it sits in the night
Last. It is the warmest, most nostalgic finale you can put on a screen.
How long
A few minutes a round. One belt as the finale, or two if the first one was close.
Pairs well with
Open with Play Your Cards Right, close with this, and the night has a proper arc.
“The whole room ends up shouting the prizes along with the team. It is the warmest, most nostalgic few minutes you can put on a screen.”
All fourteen games
Fourteen games. One host. One screen.
Five rounds the whole room plays on their phones, and nine big-screen games with teams at the board. All of it is my own software, run from one screen, so I can switch format the moment the room needs a lift. Tap any game to see exactly how it plays.
Common Ground
Vote with the room, score for matching it
How it plays →On your phone
Who’s Bluffing?
Three stories, one true, the room decides
How it plays →On your phone
The Final Few
A knockout quiz down to the last few standing
How it plays →On your phone
Side Bets
Play money on what happens next on stage
How it plays →On your phone
The Cut
Everyone answers, the lowest scores are cut
How it plays →Big screen
Family Fortunes
Two teams, one survey board, three strikes
How it plays →Big screen
Quiz Show
Categories, buzzers and picture rounds
How it plays →Big screen
Play Your Cards Right
Higher or lower on a row of giant cards
How it plays →Big screen
What the Blank
Fill the gap, match the room’s funniest answers
How it plays →Big screen
Guess the Phrase
A hidden phrase, one letter at a time
How it plays →Big screen
Category Clues
Describe it without saying it, against the clock
How it plays →Big screen
Scavenger Hunt
The whole room up, hunting and mixing
How it plays →Big screenThis pageThe Generation Game
The conveyor belt of prizes to remember
You are hereBig screen
Bongo Bingo
Rave bingo with dance breaks and forfeits
How it plays →Every one of these can be played as a show, at the tables or on the app, and every one is written around your company before the night. Not sure which mix suits your event? Tell me the room and I will suggest a running order.
What’s included
Everything that comes with The Generation Game.
- A hundred built-in prizes, and the cuddly toy
- Your own products on the belt, if you like
- Belt speed controlled live
- A countdown on the big screen
- Winner screen with confetti and fanfare
- Hosted live, catchphrases included
It makes a perfect feel-good finale to a night of games, and loading your own products onto the belt turns it into a product showcase nobody minds sitting through. Open with Play Your Cards Right, close with this, and the night has a proper arc.
What clients say
Kevin recently hosted a company corporate event and proved to be the consummate professional throughout the evening. He has the unique ability to read a room and keep everyone happy.
Kevin hosted our staff conference event this year which was fantastic. He brought an energy and enthusiasm with him and played a really important part in getting people engaged in the day.
Thank you Kevin for hosting our Christmas party in December 2025. The team had an amazing time. We really liked the intertwining of awards and the game. Everyone had a brilliant time and Kevin was fantastic.
Good to know
The Generation Game hire FAQs.
Can we put our own products on the belt?
Yes, the belt can carry your own products or branded objects instead of the built-in set, for a company version.
Is there really a cuddly toy?
Always. It would not be the Generation Game without it.
How many people play?
A team plays the belt while the whole room shouts the prizes along with them.
How long is it?
A few minutes a round, it makes an ideal light-hearted finish to the games.
Can it be played at the tables or on phones rather than as a show?
Yes. Every game I run can be played three ways: as a show with teams at the front, table against table, or with every guest on their own phone through Play Along. I pick the mix that suits your room and the running order, and I often use all three in one night.
What does it cost?
Fees are quoted individually for the date, the venue and the length of the show. Send the numbers and the running order and I will send a quote.
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Enquiries
Want The Generation Game at your event?
Tell me the room and I will run the Generation Game, conveyor and all. Hosted right across the UK.
