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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 .
After the show was cancelled, Green sued the BBC, Carroll Levis, and six friends and family of Levis, alleging a conspiracy to keep his Opportunity Knocks show off the air to preserve Levis's rival show, Discoveries. The case came to trial at the High Court in May 1955, with Green represented by Viscount Hailsham. [5]
Pamela Ayres MBE (born 14 March 1947) is a British poet, comedian, songwriter and presenter of radio and television programmes. Her 1975 appearance on the television talent show Opportunity Knocks led to appearances on other TV and radio shows, a one-woman touring stage show and performing before the Queen.
Opportunity Knocks (British TV series), a 1949–1990 UK television and radio talent show; Opportunity Knocks (Australian TV series), a 1976–1978 Australian game show; Opportunity Knocks, a 1990 comedy film; Opportunity Knocks (2002 TV show), a 2002 US TV show hosted by Dave Coulier and Shaune Bagwell; Opportunity Knocks, a 2008 US television ...
The BBC planned to delay transmission of the episodes of Dallas that it already had, with the hope to broadcast them at the same time Thames broadcast its new purchases. Ultimately, pressure from several ITV companies (especially Yorkshire Television) to the IBA, forced Thames to sell the series back to the BBC at a loss.
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It's Only TV... But I Like It is a comedy celebrity panel gameshow about television. It originally aired on BBC One from 3 June 1999 to 23 August 2002. Its presenter was Jonathan Ross, and the regular team captains were Julian Clary, Jack Dee (series 1 only), and Phill Jupitus.
Known also as "Wee Neil Reid", he was eight when he was discovered singing at a pensioners' party in 1968. [2] Reid won Opportunity Knocks on 13 December 1971 singing his version of "Mother of Mine", [3] which, when released commercially by Decca Records shortly afterwards, went to number two on the UK Singles Chart following a performance on Top of the Pops.