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Opportunity Knocks is a British television and radio talent show originally hosted by Hughie Green, with a late-1980s revival hosted by Bob Monkhouse, and later by previous winner Les Dawson. From its origin on BBC Radio in 1949 the show provided a platform to fame for acts such as Spike Milligan and Frankie Vaughan.
The show was broadcast by the BBC in 2016 and again in November 2019, April 2020 and December 2023 to mark the twentieth anniversary of his death. [14] Among the audience were a number of British comedians who had been personally invited by Monkhouse, including Reece Shearsmith , Jon Culshaw , David Walliams , Fiona Allen and Mark Steel .
Robert Sharples. Robert Sharples (2 July 1913 – 8 September 1987), known as Bob Sharples, was a British musical conductor, composer and bandleader, whose work encompassed films and well-known British television programmes in the 1960s and 1970s, most notably Opportunity Knocks (1964–1978). [1]
Ant & Dec with Cat Deeley. Revival episode of SMTV Live sitcom feature ‘Chums’ starring Sting, Veronica Green, Brian McFadden, Lynn Parsons, Joe Lycett, Emily Atack, Steps, Simon Pegg, Michelle Visage, Eamonn Holmes, Ruth Langsford, Fleur East, Stephen Mulhern, Janice Long & Romesh Ranganathan as voiceover. 6.
Thames Television, commonly simplified to just Thames, was a franchise holder for a region of the British ITV television network serving London and surrounding areas from 30 July 1968 until the night of 31 December 1992. Thames Television broadcast from 09:25 Monday morning to 17:15 Friday afternoon (19:00 Friday night until 1982) at which time ...
Guitar, vocals. Years active. 1977–present. Labels. EMI Records. Bernard Flint (born 26 May 1952, in Southport, Lancashire, England) [1][2] is a singer and songwriter who holds the record for the longest continuous run of wins on the ITV talent show, Opportunity Knocks.
This is a complete list of all 222 episodes of the 1963 to 1970 television sitcom Petticoat Junction. There were 74 episodes in black-and-white and 148 in color. There were 74 episodes in black-and-white and 148 in color.
Opportunity Knocks (UK TV series), a 1949-1990 UK television and radio talent show. Opportunity Knocks (Australian TV series), a 1976-1978 Australian game show. Opportunity Knocks (film), a 1990 comedy film. Opportunity Knocks (2002 TV show), a 2002 US TV show hosted by Dave Coulier and Shaune Bagwell. Opportunity Knocks (game show), a 2008 US ...