This light-hearted lunchtime television-based quiz show from Tyne Tees Television was initially hosted by funnyman Barry Cryer (assisted by the lovely Madeline Smith), with showbiz contestants putting their memories of the big moments and outstanding people of the last two decades of ITV’s history to the test.
On hand each week was a well-known TV critic (such as Philip Purser, Celia Brayfield and Alan Coren) who was only too willing to show the stars up. No one really cared who won, but all the prize money went to charity.
Norman Vaughan took over as the Chairman in the summer of 1978. He was a good stand-up comedian but he was no quiz master and the show was gone by September that year.
Celebrity contestants included Bill Maynard, Jack Douglas, Nerys Hughes, Liz Fraser, Aimi MacDonald, Lance Percival, Jon Pertwee, Thora Hird, Pat Coombs, Dora Bryan, William Franklyn, Nicholas Parsons, Patrick Mower, Diana Dors, Bernard Cribbins, Sylvia Syms, Yootha Joyce, Nyree Dawn Porter, Alfie Bass, Adrienne Posta, Gerald Harper, Peggy Mount, Cathy McGowan, Hughie Green, Dickie Davies, Roy Kinnear, Dennis Waterman, Fenella Fielding, Kenneth Cope, Jenny Hanley, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Patsy Rowlands, Polly James, Lionel Blair, Robin Nedwell, Deryck Guyler, Marjorie Proops, Una Stubbs, Barbara Windsor, Melvyn Hayes, Rula Lenska, Barry Evans, Beryl Reid, Clive Dunn, Sally Thomsett, Bill Oddie, Charlie Drake, Max Wall, Arthur Askey, Julie Goodyear, Anne Aston (from The Golden Shot) and Jimmy Jewel.
Chairman
Barry Cryer (1976 – 1977)
Norman Vaughan (1978) Hostess
Madeline Smith (1976)
On hand each week was a well-known TV critic (such as Philip Purser, Celia Brayfield and Alan Coren) who was only too willing to show the stars up. No one really cared who won, but all the prize money went to charity.
