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BT Open 60 plays Top Trumps on Channel 5 tonight

by BT Team Ellen 8 Sep 2008 19:05 BST 7.30pm 8 September 2008

Tonight (Monday, 8th September) at 7.30pm on Channel 5 the new series of 'Top Trumps' starts and BT Team Ellen skippers, Ellen MacArthur and Sébastien Josse are hoping the BT Open 60 will come out on top in this first programme entitled 'Super Yachts'! This brand new 10-part Channel 5 TV series brings Top Trumps to the screen presented by Ashley Hames and Robert Llewellyn.

Top Trumps was a popular children's game in the United Kingdom in the 1970s and 1980s, especially amongst boys and was a popular playground pastime. The topics tended to reflect this, and included military hardware, modes of transport and racing cars. The Top Trumps card packs were priced so that children could collect new packs by saving pocket money for a few weeks.

In tonight's Top Trumps on Channel 5 the BT Open 60 - high-tech in both design and construction - will be up against another 'Super Yacht'.

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