

SHOW PRESENTER KARAOKE NO LYRICS WINDOW TV
Less fruitfully, Su Pollard was famously beaten by a singing dog (though she bounced back in Hi-de-Hi! and made several TV and theatre appearances later).
The most successful included the late Les Dawson, Tom O’ Connor, Roy Chubby Brown and Pam Ayres. Again, like Carroll Levis’ programme, this made the transition from radio, having previously been aired on the BBC Light Programme and Radio Luxembourg.įamous alumni: loads. Voting formed an integral part of the programme, where TV viewers could vote for the act they would like to see on next week’s programme. How can any round-up of talent shows forget Hughie Green’s place in history? Its varied roster of acts from brass bands to comedians was a natural precursor to today’s Britain’s Got Talent. Opportunity Knocks (Associated Rediffusion/ABC/Thames Television, 1956 – 1978) However, there was another talent show which made its television début around the same time, one of the most successful of all time presented by another Canadian… 2. Spin-offs and imitators: no spin-offs came from this programme. Gimmicks and landmarks: successful transition of talent show from radio to television.

The programme had transferred over to television from radio and hitherto enjoyed proven success with the latter media form.įamous alumni: Nicholas Parsons, Terry Hall (ventriloquist of Lenny the Lion – not the Specials’ front man). Launched in 1957 it often topped the ratings, knocking Sunday Night at the London Palladium of its top spot. Apart from setting a precedent as ITV’s talent show, it set a further one by having a Canadian presenter (a feat later repeated on Opportunity Knocks). Over 50 years ago, among the first talent to gain public consciousness through this new fangled media was Carroll Levis Discoveries (1957). Carroll Levis Discoveries (1957, ATV London):
