Hosted by Canadian-born Ronan O’Casey (formerly of The Larkins), this panel game show from Rediffusion premiered on 13 June 1963 and presented a modern version of the popular parlour game, Charades.
Two teams of celebrities competed to convey a series of phrases, book titles, or lines of text to their team-mates in mime (hence the show’s name).
The permanent panellists were The Army Game‘s Harry Fowler (pictured below right), Jill Browne from Emergency – Ward 10(pictured below centre), Canadian comedienne and actress Libby Morris, Scottish singer Glen Mason, dancer Una Stubbs, and Carry On star Kenneth Connor.
Two celebrity guests appeared each week, including Diana Dors, Barbara Windsor, Joan Sims, Liz Fraser, Bernard Bresslaw, Spike Milligan, John Alderton, Billie Whitelaw, Beryl Reid, Clive Dunn, Frank Muir, Irene Handl, Miriam Karlin and Michael Medwin.
The show – based on the long-running American series, Pantomime Quiz – was produced as a summer replacement series for Hughie Green’s Double Your Money.
Host
Ronan O’Casey
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