For Cilla, the breakthrough was immediate. Not only would Surprise Surprise deliver her substantial new audiences (up to 16 million viewers would tune...
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In the history of Saturday night television few programmes have dominated quite like The Generation Game during the 1970s. Even the departure of...
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On the evening of Monday 5 September 1969, the available LWT unit heads – Doreen Stephens, Terry Hughes, Humphrey Burton, Derek Granger and...
By the late 1960s, Bruce Forsyth had been a big star for a long time. Since coming to prominence in 1958 as compere...
In the late 1960s, the BBC’s Saturday line-up fell under the auspices of head of light entertainment, Bill Cotton – and it was...
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