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Save Letters and Numbers, every nerd’s favourite show!

26 Jun 02:30pm

Filed under: David Astle, Learning, Letters And Numbers, Lily Serna, Richard Morecroft, Sbs, Television

So SBS plans to “rest” letters and numbers, which is TV speak for unceremoniously killing it and buying a cheaper British version. No. This cannot be happening. Say it ain’t so, SBS.

There are the things in life which deserve a rest, like a nice rump steak, or Black Caviar, or a football team the week before it plays Greater Western Sydney.

Letters and Numbers needs nothing of the sort. What it needs is a big fat contract guaranteeing its existence for years, so the nerds and dorks of Australia can come together each night at 6pm and revel – unashamed and unclothed – in their glorious dorkdom and nerddom.

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rhie says:

08:13pm | 29/06/12

i cant believe they killed it off, my boyfriend and i are not dorks, nor are we nerds, far from it infact, but we love letters and numbers, this isnt fair, it was the ONLY intellectual game show in Australia and the only one that wasn’t all about the big… Read more »
JLo of purgatory says:

05:15pm | 27/06/12

My girlfriend used to hate it to the point where she used to take the remote and change the channel to the ‘yokel’ news. She leaves and now it gets cancelled, Just my luck. Fie upon thee foul SBS demons! Read more »

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