This table lists countless differences between the series of Bullseye. The colours are intended to make it easier to notice when series share the same characteristic. (Colour theory is my passion etc etc etc).
| Series 1 | Series 2 | Series 3 | Series 4 | Series 5 | Series 6 | Series 7 | Series 8 | Series 9 | Series 10 | Series 11 | Series 12 | Series 13 | Series 14 | |
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| Opening credits animation | Long version of Bully playing darts in a pub. Thin shirts. | Short version of Bully playing darts in a pub. No piano player's hands. No thin shirts | Same as 2. | Same as 2, but we see the piano player's hands. | Bully driving a bus. | Same as 5. | Same as 5. | Same as 5. | Same as 5. | Same as 5. | Same as 5. | Same as 5. | Bully causing havoc in the studio. | Same as 13. |
| Audience sizes | Not seen, but Bowen addresses them, and you can hear them clapping. | Visible only at start and after break. Audience sometimes wearing spiral paper hats. 2 sections either side of stairs. | Visible only at start and after break. No paper hats. 2 sections either side of stairs. | Visible only at start and usually after the break. Very small visible audience. 2 sections around some steps and a box, but it usually appears as just a left-hand section with a box on the right. | The audience is always visible. There are three sections of audience separated by two staircases. Centre section is 8 rows, 8 columns. The left-hand section is triangular: 6 across at bottom, 3 or so at top. |
Always visible. Same as 5. | Always visible. Same as 5. | Always visible. Same as 5. | Always visible. Same as 5. | Always visible. Much larger audience. Much larger central section: 8 deep, about 25 across. Left hand side is now obviously rectangular for the first time: 6 wide by 8 deep. Right hand side is 6 wide by 8 deep. | Same as 10. | Same as 10. | Same as 10. | Same as 10. |
| Audience staircase | Not seen | Visible only at start and after break. Flat red steps, look like they are painted. Edge to edge paint/carpet. Sometimes white borders. | Visible only at start, and after break. Luxurious red carpet with carpet rods. Not edge to edge. | Usually always obscured from view. Red carpeted treads, and black and silver rises. | Blue carpet, not edge to edge. Carpet rods. Three colour (beige-red-beige) semicircle at bottom of steps, except for episode 1, when there was nothing. | Royal blue carpet. Not edge to edge. Two colour (beige-red) semicircle at bottom of steps. | Same as 6. | Royal blue carpet. Not edge to edge. No semicircle at bottom of steps. | Same as 8. | Royal blue carpet. Edge to edge. No semicircle. | Same as 10. | Same as 10. | Same as 10. | Same as 10. |
| Audience background | Not seen | Diagonal lines of white light bulbs. About one line per every 1.4 people. | Diagonal lines of white light bulbs. Sparser than series 2. About one line per every 2 people. | Gold foil curtains with diagonal lines of white light bulbs. | 3 blue neons. Throwing Bully logo print (without any neon on it) on back wall. | 3 blue neons. Throwing Bully logo with yellow neon around letters on back wall. | Same as 6. | Same as 6. | Same as 6. | Blue-Yellow-Blue neon with yellow sticking out further. Throwing Bully logo with yellow neon around letters on back wall. | Same as 10. | Same as 10. | Same as 10. | Same as 10. |
| Audience lighting colour | Not seen | White light | White light | Bright white light | Shadowy red??? | Shadowy yellow | Red and yellow | Red and yellow | Shadowy yellow | Shadowy yellow | Blue with a hint of purple | Blue and purple | Blue and purple | Blue and purple |
| Throwing Bully logo on wall | On Star Prize screen at back of set. Dark (black?) flights. | Behind audience. Just a print | Same as 2. | Same as 2. | Same as 2. | Behind audience. Print with yellow neon surrounding the letters | Same as 6. | Same as 6. | Same as 6. | Same as 6. | Same as 6. | Same as 6. | Same as 6. | Same as 6. |
| Red and beige semicircles at bottom of the stairs? | n/a | No | No | No | Three semicircles. | Two semicircles. | Two semicircles. | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Rotating dart boards | 2 sets of double boards on black bases. Order-of-play board seen and used. | 2 sets of double boards on black bases. Order-of-play board seen but only used to settle draws. | 2 sets of double boards on black bases. Order-of-play board neither seen nor used. | 1 triple board on a silver base. | Same as 4 but with blue neon round the outside. | Same as 5. | Same as 5. | Same as 5. | Same as 5. | Same as 5. | Same as 5. | Same as 5. | Same as 5. | Same as 5. |
| Category board design | Black green red concentric circles | Black white red concentric circles (no green) | Same as 2. | Same as 2. | Same as 2 but surrounded by a blue neon light. | Yellow arrows all pointing at a black, white, red board, all surrounded by blue neon. | Same as 6. | Same as 6. | Same as 6. | Same as 6. | Same as 6. | Same as 6. | Same as 6. | Same as 6. |
| Category board stand out categories | In only this series: Bible, Myths, Art. In this and series 2 and 3: Food. Full list: food, places, sport, showbiz, bible, history, books, myths, art, spelling | Food still there, but Bible, Myths, and Art have been replaced by affairs, Britain, and words. Full list: food, places, sport, showbiz, affairs, history, books, words, britain, spelling. | (Same as series 3). Food, places, sport, showbiz, affairs, history, books, words, britain, spelling | (Pot luck only in this series. It has replaced food.) Pot luck, places, sport, showbiz, affairs, history, books, words, britain, spelling. | (Pot luck swapped with Faces.) Faces, places, sport, showbiz, affairs, history, books, words, britain, spelling. | Same as 5: Faces, places, sport, showbiz, affairs, history, books, words, britain, spelling. | Same as 5: Faces, places, sport, showbiz, affairs, history, books, words, britain, spelling. | Same as 5: Faces, places, sport, showbiz, affairs, history, books, words, britain, spelling. | Same as 5: Faces, places, sport, showbiz, affairs, history, books, words, britain, spelling. | Same as 5: Faces, places, sport, showbiz, affairs, history, books, words, britain, spelling. | Same as 5: Faces, places, sport, showbiz, affairs, history, books, words, britain, spelling. | Same as 5: Faces, places, sport, showbiz, affairs, history, books, words, britain, spelling. | Same as 5: Faces, places, sport, showbiz, affairs, history, books, words, britain, spelling. | Same as 5: Faces, places, sport, showbiz, affairs, history, books, words, britain, spelling. |
| Thrower seats | Black sofa | Black sofa | Black sofa | Brown chairs with metal frames, arm rests and circular foot rests. | Same as 4. | Same as 4. | Same as 4. | Grey sofa on a raised blue platform | Blue sofa on a raised blue platform. Centre section of audience slightly wider than sofa. | Blue sofa on a raised blue platform. Centre section of audience much wider than sofa. | Beige and red dart-board-style raised platform. 4-legged double-seat chairs. | Black-seated chairs with steel frames and a metal arch on the front base. | Same as 12. | Same as 12. |
| Quiz desk | Three Pale blue interlocked swirly circles. 2 blue circles on wall behind. | Three light yellow interlocked swirly circles. 2 yellow circles on wall behind. | Same as 2. | Three richer-yellow interlocked swirly circles. 2 yellow circles on wall behind. Thin stick microphones | Same as 4, but with long thick microphones (like Mini Milk icecreams). | Beigy-brown single piece desk front with 3-bar blue neon decorations. Long thin microphones. | Same as 6. | Blue desk front with rectangular hazy glass frame around blue neon decorations. | Same as 8. | Blue desk. Blue-yellow-blue neon. Bulb microphones. The ends of the neon strips on the wall are staggered: left has top further left than middle etc; right has top further left than middle etc. | Similar to 10, but desk has a thick base and a thick black top with buzzer lights set into it. The ends of the neon lights on the wall are aligned. There is foil on the base of the pillars. | Similar to 11, but the buzzer lights are on the top in black frames. There are no obvious microphones except for the lapel microphones. The neon lights on the wall are pretty much aligned. | Similar to 12, but the neon on the left wall is clearly staggered diaonally. (The neon on the right is aligned.) | Same as 13. |
| Where is Bowen's microphone clipped? | Clipped to tie | Clipped to tie | Clipped to tie | Clipped to tie | Clipped to tie | Clipped to tie | Clipped to tie | Clipped to tie | Clipped to tie | Clipped to tie | Clipped to tie | Clipped to Bowen's left jacket lapel | Clipped to tie | Clipped to tie |
| Oche | A black dot on the floor | Black mat with 5 lines (4 white with a yellow one in the centre) | Black mat with 4 white lines. | Same as 2 | Same as 3. | Black mat with 3 white lines | Black mat with 4 lines. The line nearest to the board is some way away from the others. | Black mat with one white line and one yellow line. | Black mat with one white line at the very end. | Same as 9. | Same as 9. | Same as 9. | Black mat with one white line about 6 inches in from the end. | Same as 13. |
| Traditional dart board surround | White with a thick border of alternately red and green strips around the outside. A thick red and green border around the actual dartboard. | Same as 1 but with no green in the outer border, and a black border around the actual dartboard. | Same as 2. | Same as 2. | Same as 2, but with blue neon around the outside of the whole frame. | Red spider's web design. | Blue spider's web design. | Same as 7. | Same as 7. | Same as 7. | Same as 7. | Same as 7. | Same as 7. | Same as 7. |
| Traditional board colours | Black, beige, red, green. | Black, beige, red. | Same as 2. | Same as 2. | Same as 1. | Same as 1. | Same as 1. | Same as 1. | Same as 1. | Same as 1. | Same as 1. | Same as 1. | Same as 1. | Same as 1. |
| Traditional dart board make | Possibly Nodor (you can see an outline of the removed logo). | Unknown. | Unknown. | Unknown. | Nodor Supabull. | WinMau Diamond logo under the 3. | Same as 6. | Same as 6. | WinMau Diamond logo under the 20. | Same as 9. | "Winmau" text logo in quotes. | Same as 11. | Winmau text logo without quotes. | Same as 13. |
| Split screen in traditional board round / Charity round | No split screen. | 2:1 split screen (with player on right, filmed from their left). | Same as 2. | 50:50 split screen (with player on left, and filmed from their right.) | Same as 4. | Same as 4. | Same as 4. | Same as 4. | Same as 4. | Same as 4. | Same as 4. | Same as 4. | Same as 4. | Same as 4. |
| Scores appearing at the top of the screen | Digits are made up of little white dots. e.g. Zero has a top and base of 4 dots and sides 8 dots high. All digits are vertical or horizontal lines of dots. | 7-segment digital ones like on a digital watch. | Same as 2. | Same as 2. | Yellow (sometimes white) squashed digits. The round numbers have straight diagonals e.g. zeroes look like thin hexagons. | Blue pixelated digits. | Same as 6. | Same as 6, but can also be white. | White smooth rounded numbers with slight blockiness. Round numbers (Zeroes, sixes etc) have sharp chamfered edges. | Same as 9. | Same as 9. | Same as 9. | Same as 9. | Same as 9. |
| Black ring added to the board for the Star Prize round? | No special ring. | Same as 1. | Same as 1. | Same as 1. | Same as 1. | BULLY'S PRIZE GAMBLE 101 IN 6 DARTS | Same as 6. | Same as 6. | Same as 6. | Same as 6. | Same as 6. | Same as 6. | Same as 6. | Same as 6. |
| Order of play board | The board consists of red and green segments around a set of red and green concentric circles separated by wires. | The board is a beige paper circle with red concentric circles on top. Nothing is green. There are no wires. It is only used if there is a draw at any stage. | Not there | Same as 3. | Same as 3. | Same as 3. | Same as 3. | Same as 3. | Same as 3. | Same as 3. | Same as 3. | Same as 3. | Same as 3. | Same as 3. |
| Professionals waving at the camera when they walk away. | No waving | Same as 1. | Same as 1. | Same as 1. | Same as 1. | Same as 1. | Same as 1. | Same as 1. | Same as 1. | Same as 1. | Same as 1. | Yes, waving. | Same as 12. | Same as 12. |
| Patterns on the floor (that we can easily see). | Three touching grey circles, one of which is larger. | Big red-grey-black concentric circle. | Big red-grey-red-grey circle. Grey-red-black circle in the background. | Two interlocked red and beige circles. The circles have thin black crosses on them. | Big interlocked red and beige circle. No thin black cross on them. | Same as 5. | Same as 5. | Same as 5. | Same as 5. | Same as 5. | Big red circle with black segments cut out of it, and a black ring half way in. | Same as 11. | Same as 11. | Same as 11. |
| Prize Barrel | Sides: Red body, white top, black base. Top face: green and red top. | Sides: Red body, yellow top. Top face: red and yellow. | Sides: Red body, yellow top. Black vertical lines. Top face: red and yellow. | Same as 3. | Sides: Red body, yellow top. Black vertical lines. Top face: rings of red and yellow. | Sides: red body. Layers of yellow, red, yellow at the top, with silver edges. Thin black base. Top face: rings of yellow and red. | Same as 6. | Same as 6. | Similar to 6: Sides: red body. Layers of yellow, red, yellow at the top, with silver edges. Thin black base. The top layer has black vertical lines around it. Top face: rings of yellow and red. | Same as 9. | Sides: Black top, red middle, speckled silver base. Silver rings around the colour borders. The top face has circles of black, red, black. | Same as 11. | Same as 11. | Same as 11. |
| Name tags | Throwing Bully logo with rosette ribbons (light blue, green, red). Names of both players in a pair are handwritten on top. | Circular. The names of both players in a pair are printed on. | Square with just one name. The text doesn't fill the height of the coloured border. | Same as 3. | Same as 3. | Same as 3. | Same as 3. | Same as 3. | Same as 3. | Same as 3. | Similar to 3, but the text is in a bigger font that fills the height of the coloured border. | Same as 11. | Same as 11. | Same as 11. |
| Where does Bowen do introductory speech? | In centre of set | Standing on the stairs in the centre of the audience. | Same as 2. | Standing on the steps in the right hand part of the audience. (Actually it is the centre of the audience, but we never see the right-hand part of the audience.) | Standing on the left-hand staircase in the audience. | Same as 5. | Often, but not always, standing at the bottom of the stairs in front of the dart board. Otherwise, standing on the stairs in the audience. | Standing on the left-hand staircase in the audience. | Same as 8. | Same as 8. | On studio floor after walking through the Star Prize room doors. | Same as 11. | Same as 11. | Same as 11. |
| Black pillar with a blue neon top that looks like a fancy ash tray, and is, at times, used to hold the Bronze Bully | Not there | Not there | Not there | Not there | Yes, it appears in this episode, often at the foot of the stairs. | Not there | Not there | Not there | Not there | Not there | Not there | Not there | Not there | Not there |
| Nature of tankards | No tankards | Glass, of different widths. | Glass, possibly of different widths. | Glass, both the same size. | Engraved metal with transparent engraved base. Same for men and women. | Engraved metal (base unknown). Women get engraved goblets. | Same as 6. | Same as 6. | Same as 6. | Same as 6. | Same as 6. | Same as 6. | Same as 6. | Same as 6. |
| Consolation prizes other than darts and tankard | Chalk holder | Chalk holder or pen | Solid silver key ring | Embroidered badge. | Embroidered badge and a Bendy Bully. | Bendy Bully. | Bendy Bully. | Bendy Bully. | Bendy Bully. | Bendy Bully. | Bendy Bully. | Bendy Bully. | Bendy Bully. | Bendy Bully. |
| Consolation prizes for first contestants to leave | Cash. Tungsten darts (blue flights) and gold-plated chalk holder each. | Cash. One set of tungsten darts between them (Throwing Bully logo flights / UK flag flights). Depending on the episode, a chalk holder or a pen, between them (not each). | Cash. One set of darts with throwing Bully logo flights. One solid silver Bullseye key ring. Shared between them. (In series 03, episode 16 (guest Steve Jones), players with no money got a bottle of champagne). | Cash, a set of darts each (blue Throwing Bully flights). An embroidered badge each. | Cash, darts, embroidered badge (same as 4) and a bendy Bully each. | Cash, darts, Bendy Bully (no embroidered badge). No tankard | Same as 6. | (Two pairs leave at the same time). Both get cash, metal tankard/goblet each, a set of darts each, a Bendy bully each. | (Two pairs leave at the same time). Same as 7. | (Two pairs leave at the same time). Same as 7. | (Two pairs leave at the same time). Same as 7. | (Two pairs leave at the same time). Same as 7. | (Two pairs leave at the same time). Same as 7. | (Two pairs leave at the same time). Same as 7. |
| Consolation prizes for second contestants to leave. | Cash. Tungsten darts (blue flights) and gold-plated chalk holder each. | Cash. One set of darts between them (Bully logo / UK flag). Depending on the episode, a chalk holder or a pen between them. One glass "tankard" each, seemingly cut glass on one side, smooth with "throwing Bully logo" engraved on the other side. The two tankards are of different widths. | Cash, darts, solid silver key ring. 2 glass tankards with Bully logo on one side, and cut glass on other side. The tankards are the same size. | An identical glass tankard each (cut glass back, Throwing Bully logo engraved front). A set of darts each (blue Throwing Bully logo flights). An embroidered badge each. | Metal tankard engraved with Bully throwing logo each (same design for men and women). A set of darts each (blue Throwing Bully flights). An embroidered badge each. A bendy Bully each. | Metal tankard engraved with Bully throwing logo each (women still get a tankard). A set of darts each. A Bendy bully each. | Cash. Metal tankard engraved with Bully throwing logo each. Women get goblets. A set of darts each. A Bendy bully each. | (Two pairs leave at the same time). Both get same as in series 7. | (Two pairs leave at the same time). Same as 6. | (Two pairs leave at the same time). Same as 6. | (Two pairs leave at the same time). Same as 6. | (Two pairs leave at the same time). Same as 6. | (Two pairs leave at the same time). Same as 6. | (Two pairs leave at the same time). Same as 6. |
| Prizes for winning contestants | Cash. Charity money. Prizes (unless lost in gamble). No darts or chalk holder | Cash. Charity money. One set of darts between them, and depending on the episode, a chalk holder or a pen between them. One glass tankard each .Prizes (unless gambled away). | Cash. Charity money. Darts, key ring. 2 glass tankards. Prizes if they didn't gamble them away. | Cash. Charity money. Glass tankard, darts, embroidered patch. Prizes if they didn't gamble them away. | Cash. Charity money. Metal tankard, darts, badge. Prizes if they didn't gamble them away. | Cash. Charity money. Tankard (for men and women), darts. Prizes if they didn't gamble them away. | Cash. Charity money. Tankard (goblet for women), darts. Bendy Bully. Prizes if they didn't gamble them away. | Same as 7. | Same as 7. | Same as 7. | Charity money. Tankard (goblet for women), darts. Bendy Bully. Prizes and cash if they didn't gamble them away. | Same as 11. | Same as 11. | Same as 11. |
| Gambling | Winners gamble only the prizes (they keep their cash whatever happens); other pairs gamble their cash. | Same as 1. | Same as 1. | Same as 1. | Same as 1. | Same as 1. | Same as 1. | Same as 1. | Same as 1. | Same as 1. | Winners gamble the prizes and the cash. | Winners gamble the prizes and the cash. | Winners gamble the prizes and the cash. | Winners gamble the prizes and the cash. |
| How do Star Prize cars appear? | Car wrapped in a ribbon and sitting in the Star Prize room. | Car wrapped in a ribbon and sitting in the Star Prize room. | Car wrapped in a ribbon and sitting in the Star Prize room. | Cars rolled out on red and beige moving dartboard. | Cars rolled out on red and beige moving dartboard. | Cars rolled out on red and beige moving dartboard. | Cars rolled out on red and beige moving dartboard. | Cars rolled out on red and beige moving dartboard. | Cars rolled out on red and beige moving dartboard. | Cars rolled out on red and beige moving dartboard. | Car driven out. | Car driven out. | Car driven out. | Car driven out. |
| How contestants arrive | Each pair walks onto the set, and is introduced by Nick Owen's voice over by the town or area that they come from (e.g. West Midlands). | Each pair walks onto the set, and is introduced by Nick Owen's voice over with their ITV televison region (e.g. Central). | Each pair walks onto the set, and is introduced by Bowen with their ITV television region (e.g. Central). | Each pair walks onto the set, and is introduced by Bowen with their ITV television region (e.g. Central). | Already in seating area. Throwers seated; quizzers standing up. | Already in seating area. Throwers seated; quizzers standing up. | Already in seating area. Throwers seated; quizzers standing up. | Already in seating area, sitting on grey sofa. | Already in seating area, sitting on blue sofa. | Already in seating area, sitting on blue sofa (with big audience). | Already in seating area, sitting on bench seats on red and beige platform. | Already in seating area. Throwers standing (having walked from practising throwing on board); quizzers sitting. | Same as 12. | Same as 12. |