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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 .
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 ...
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.
The duo entered the TV talent show Opportunity Knocks in February 1973, which they won for a then-record seven times, the second biggest winners of the show of ever, with such songs as "All Change Places", "I'm Confessin'", "Let It Be Me" and "All I Ever Need is You".
Right up until its final shows, Opportunity Knocks was a ratings hit that attracted up to 18 million viewers weekly. However, Green, known for his right-wing politics , had decided he was bigger than the show format he had devised, and began politicising an apolitical family-friendly format.
From 1987 to 1989, he hosted three series of the revival of the talent show Opportunity Knocks, which aired as Bob Says Opportunity Knocks. He then moved to ITV to front two more game shows, Bob's Your Uncle and The $64,000 Question, neither of which was a popular success.
Bobby Crush first came to public attention after six winning appearances on Hughie Green's British ITV talent show, Opportunity Knocks, in 1972. [2] He received the Variety Club of Great Britain award for Best New Artist of 1972. [2]
Roger De Courcey and Nookie Bear – Winners of the 1976 Grand Final. Nicol and Marsh's Easy Street – Runners-up in 1976. Mick Miller; Les Dennis - Appeared in series one, two and twice in series three making the All Winners Final in November 1974. Showaddywaddy - Runners-up in the Grand Final of series one in December 1973. Jim Davidson