1. Opportunity Knocks | BBC Wiki - Fandom
It was then turned into a television show for ITV from 20 June 1956 to 29 August 1956. A second run commenced on 11 July 1964 and lasted until 20 March 1978.
Opportunity Knocks (also known as Bob Says Opportunity Knocks) was a radio, and later television, talent show originally hosted by Hughie Green, with a late-1980s revival hosted by Bob Monkhouse, and later by previous winner Les Dawson. The original radio version started on the BBC Light Programme from 18 February to 29 September 1949 but moved to Radio Luxembourg in the 1950s. It was then turned into a television show for ITV from 20 June 1956 to 29 August 1956. A second run commenced on 11 Jul
2. Opportunity Knocks - TV Pop Diaries
Opportunity Knocks was brought into the TV era, albeit briefly, as a half hour show, later re-titled Hughie Green's Opportunity Knocks.
Starting on BBC radio in the late forties, then moving to Radio Luxembourg in the early fifties this weekly talent show transferred to TV in 1956.
3. Opportunity Knocks (TV Series 1956-1990) - Seasons
A radio, and later television, talent show originally hosted by Hughie Green, with a late-1980s revival hosted by Bob Monkhouse, and later by previous winner
A radio, and later television, talent show originally hosted by Hughie Green, with a late-1980s revival hosted by Bob Monkhouse, and later by previous winner Les Dawson.
4. Early talent shows - Silversurfers
5 nov 2022 · Opportunity Knocks and New Faces were the forerunners to the many X-Factor and Britain's Got Talent style talent shows that have aired in subsequent decades.
Opportunity Knocks and New Faces were the forerunners to the many X-Factor and Britain’s Got Talent style talent shows that have aired in subsequent decades. Many of the acts that appear on the plethora of present-day shows are seldom seen on our screens again compared with the generation of performers who established long and successful […]
5. UK Television Talent Shows Through the Ages: The Not So Perfect Ten
9 jul 2010 · 2. Opportunity Knocks (Associated Rediffusion/ABC/Thames Television, 1956 – 1978) · 3. New Faces (ATV, 1973 – 1978/Central Television, 1986 and ...
East of the M60’s journey through the most enduring television genre of recent years Talent shows featuring assorted dog acts, multifarious dance groups and aspiring singers. It is hard not t…
6. Opportunity Knocks (1) - TVARK
The Thames talent contest Opportunity Knocks ran from 1956 to 1977, with the first 12 years on ABC. The granddaddy of talent shows, outlived by ATV's New ...
See AlsoSsa Hagerstown MdThe Thames talent contest Opportunity Knocks ran from 1956 to 1977, with the first 12 years on ABC. The granddaddy of talent shows, outlived by ATV's New Faces and more recently superceded by the likes of Pop Stars and The X Factor, Opportunity Knocks brought us a whole wealth of talent: Bonnie Langford, Bobby Crush, […]
7. Opportunity Knocks! | Television Heaven
8 jul 2020 · The original television talent show that launched the careers of some of Britain's best loved stars.
The original television talent show that launched the careers of some of Britain's best loved stars.
8. Opportunity Knocks - UKGameshows
8 jul 2023 · Although he was discovered on the programme that he later went onto present, Les Dawson did not win Opportunity Knocks. He won the audience vote ...
9. Opportunity Knocks (TV Series 1956-1990) - The Movie Database
Opportunity Knocks (1956). User Score. What's ...
A radio, and later television, talent show originally hosted by Hughie Green, with a late-1980s revival hosted by Bob Monkhouse, and later by previous winner Les Dawson.
10. When Will I Be Famous? - Competition - BBC
Opportunity Knocks started as a radio show on the BBC Light Programme, before moving to Radio Luxemburg and then to ITV, where it ran (after one series in 1956) ...
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11. Opportunity Knocks – Nostalgia Central
It then went to Radio Luxembourg for several years where those discovered included The Bachelors and singer David Whitfield. On television between 1956 and 1977 ...
1 9 5 6 - 1 9 7 8 (UK) Opportunity Knocks was first launched on BBC radio in 1949 when it gave a lift up the ladder of fame to (amongst others) Spike Milligan and Frankie Vaughan. It then went to Radio Luxembourg for several years where those discovered included The Bachelors and singer David