The Alphabet Game or Alphabetical is a show broadcast on the BBC.
The game consists on several rounds with different word games. On its final round, the contestants compete to answer separate sets of 26 questions, whose
answers each start with a different letter from A to Z in order (with
the exception of X, which can appear anywhere in the word). Only one
contestant plays at any moment, using the time on their own clock; the
opponent's clock is stopped. Both contestants start at A and advance one
letter at a time, with the champion playing first. When a contestant
either passes or gives an incorrect answer, control goes to the
opponent, who resumes play on the letter after the one on which they
last passed or missed. A contestant may return to a passed question only
by playing through the entire alphabet to reach it again.
During timed rounds, they may pass a question by saying "alphabetical"
