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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. One of the most popular ...
Opportunity Knocks: New Faces is a British television talent show that aired in the 1970s and 1980s. ... Roger De Courcey and Nookie Bear – Winners of the 1976 ...
Rawlings achieved fame by winning the 1976 edition of TV talent show Opportunity Knocks, which allowed him to have his own TV show. [2] Rawlings later had a small part on When the Boat Comes In , and he regularly acted in pantomimes.
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 game show "Opportunity Knocks" (My Boys), a 2008 episode of the American sitcom My Boys
This was followed up by Jones winning the first Opportunity Knocks satellite show via a TV link up with Australia. She had albums released in the UK with 30 piece orchestral backing and, in 1976, was voted the second best female vocalist in Britain. [citation needed]
The latter he would revisit as Peters and Lee in 1976. He teamed up with actress and dancer Dianne Lee (born Dianne Littlehales, February 1949, Sheffield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England) in 1970. Lee would provide backing vocals for Peters' solo act. She was also at the time part of a dance act with her cousin Liz.
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.
Marti Caine, born Lynne Denise Shepherd (26 January 1945 – 4 November 1995), was an English comedienne, actress, dancer, presenter, singer, and writer, who first came to national attention by winning the television talent show New Faces in 1975, and went on to become a variety star on shows including the self-titled Marti Caine (1979–84), and as host of the revived New Faces (1986–88).