**BRITISH TV STARS of the 70s**

in reality, all of this has been a total load of old bollocks

ooh! aah!

Jimmy Saville
3
2%
Bernard Manning
2
1%
Nicholas Parsons
0
No votes
John Craven
4
2%
Beryl Reid
2
1%
Larry Grayson
5
3%
Michael Parkinson
4
2%
Dave Allen
24
13%
Esther Rantzen
2
1%
Mike Yarwood
1
1%
Val Doonican
2
1%
Johnny Ball
10
5%
Les Dawson
17
9%
Lionel Blair
0
No votes
Benny Hill
6
3%
Magnus Pyke
4
2%
Mollie Sugden
4
2%
Eamonn Andrews
1
1%
Clive Dunn
1
1%
Pat Coombs
1
1%
Bob Monkhouse
7
4%
Eric Sykes
13
7%
Rolf Harris
5
3%
David Nixon
0
No votes
Percy Thrower
0
No votes
Johnny Morris
4
2%
Russell Harty
1
1%
Brian Cant
14
7%
Bruce Forsyth
4
2%
Arthur Negus
4
2%
Kenny Everett
12
6%
Pam Ayres
2
1%
Terry Scott
2
1%
Dick Emery
6
3%
Leslie Crowther
0
No votes
Marti Caine
0
No votes
Arthur Mullard
0
No votes
Tom O'Connor
1
1%
Robert Robinson
2
1%
John Inman
3
2%
John Noakes
15
8%
 
Total votes: 188

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**BRITISH TV STARS of the 70s**

Postby Bungo the Mungo » 19 Sep 2010, 14:44

Choose five! And tell us your memories!

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Re: **BRITISH TV STARS of the 70s**

Postby sensi » 19 Sep 2010, 14:59

John Craven...Johnny Ball and John "get down Shep" Noakes...all instantly sprank to mind before I read the list so I add them along with Dave Allen and Rolf Harris.

Johnny Ball was bloody great...I loved the lovely soft voice and enthusiasm he had

John Noakes was the same in Blue Peter...he seemed to be able to control it when he was obviously narked

John Craven made the news understandable ans was super trendy

Rolf Harris had me glued to my seat trying to see if I knew what it was yet

Dave Allen made me laugh even when I didn't understand the joke...he had a funny face.

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Postby Zilth Pilchards » 19 Sep 2010, 16:43

Dr.Manus Pike the boffin extraordinaire on Don't Ask Me...better than Little Blue the elephant...that was around the same time.

Bernard Manning can't remember whether he was on The Wheeltappers and Shunters Social Club but seminal 70s sexism and mild filth (not good tho for a kid to watch) :? ...Colin Crompton rang the bell.."the meat pies are on sale in the bar..or something like that.At that age I was learning ballroom dancing.

Dick Emery...genius.Played drums according to one. :lol:

Mike Yarwood did a impression of Dennis Healy..."Silly Billy" which I also tried at one family Christmas party in the 70s.He wasn't that good and never really sounded like any of the people he was trying to imitate.

Eric Sykes the Skykes tv comedy show where he lived with his sister Hattie Jacques....and the hapless copper Corky.This was the stuff of a gentler age.

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Re: **BRITISH TV STARS of the 70s**

Postby The Modernist » 19 Sep 2010, 17:29

About the only one I have any real affection for is John Noakes.
One thing you can say for many of them was at least many came across as proper three-dimensional people who'd had life experience and whose talents ran a bit further than reading an autocue. These days you just get the same identikit 26 year old good looking presenters.

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Re: **BRITISH TV STARS of the 70s**

Postby Bungo the Mungo » 19 Sep 2010, 17:40

saville was everywhere.

clunk click, age of the train, totp, fix it.

weird bloke.

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Re: **BRITISH TV STARS of the 70s**

Postby The Modernist » 19 Sep 2010, 17:42

solarskope wrote:saville was everywhere.

clunk click, age of the train, totp, fix it.

weird bloke.


A lot of very weird stories about him, I don't know how much truth there are to any of them though.

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Re: **BRITISH TV STARS of the 70s**

Postby Bungo the Mungo » 19 Sep 2010, 17:50

The Modernist wrote:[

A lot of very weird stories about him, I don't know how much truth there are to any of them though.


i've some which would make your hair curl, G.

all true.

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Postby Goat Boy » 19 Sep 2010, 17:51

And? AND???
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Postby Hugh » 19 Sep 2010, 18:00

I didn't vote for him as he is creepy old git but Jimmy Savile had a cup of tea in my living room when I was a kid. My mum and dad were quite friendly with his mother and sister in the late Sixties. His mother was a lovely old lady and she gave me a stamp album and a Dinky model of a white E-Type Jaguar (the car he had at the time) which I still have.

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Postby whodathunkit » 19 Sep 2010, 18:58

Nice list. Pity Arthur Mullard's there but not the blessed Hylda Baker.

Then again perhaps it's a pity Arthur's there at all.

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Re: **BRITISH TV STARS of the 70s**

Postby Beebsy » 19 Sep 2010, 19:16

Pat Coombs - because she reminded us all of our Granny and she was so sweet.

Brian Cant - not just for Playschool but for everything he narrated.

John Noakes - the quintessential Blue Peter presenter.

Eric Sykes - for his own show and for "The Plank"

Rolf Harris - he was just brilliant. He made paintings appear out of nowhere and he was funny and weird.

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Postby Limpin' Jez McKenzie » 20 Sep 2010, 15:20

Though he was (or appeared to be) a right wing git, there is no question that Kenny Everett's TV show was hilarious.
I kept thinking "swim as far as you can, swim as far as you can".

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Postby Limpin' Jez McKenzie » 20 Sep 2010, 15:22

Beebsy wrote:
Brian Cant - not just for Playschool but for everything he narrated.



I've been watching Trumpton, Camberwick Greena dn Chigley with my little dude, and he is excellent on those. But the classic was Play Away - Play School for grown-ups.
I kept thinking "swim as far as you can, swim as far as you can".

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Re: **BRITISH TV STARS of the 70s**

Postby Bungo the Mungo » 20 Sep 2010, 20:57

Seabiscuit wrote:
Beebsy wrote:
Brian Cant - not just for Playschool but for everything he narrated.



I've been watching Trumpton, Camberwick Greena dn Chigley with my little dude, and he is excellent on those. But the classic was Play Away - Play School for grown-ups.


I saw some old Trumpton (or one of the others - can't remember, in some ways they were almost interchangeable) a while back with my nephew. Utterly charming and heartwarming stuff. From another age entirely.

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Postby Beebsy » 20 Sep 2010, 21:16

Seabiscuit wrote:
Beebsy wrote:
Brian Cant - not just for Playschool but for everything he narrated.



I've been watching Trumpton, Camberwick Greena dn Chigley with my little dude, and he is excellent on those. But the classic was Play Away - Play School for grown-ups.

Very little grown-ups!

But yes! Play Away.

P L A Y... Playaway play play away play away play away...

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Re: **BRITISH TV STARS of the 70s**

Postby Chuck » 20 Sep 2010, 21:26

Oh it really doesn't matter if it's raining or it's fine
Just as long as you've got time to P L A Y etc

Brain Cant. Closest thing to a God there ever was.

Bob Monkhouse - "You're wallied, and can't answer"

Bruce Forsythe - Did anything outshine THE POSE?

Rolf Harris - Had an LP with Rolf's genius version of the Court of King Caractacus. Still singing it today.

Johnny Ball - Where have you gone, Johnny? Children's TV needs you so badly.

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Re: **BRITISH TV STARS of the 70s**

Postby Bungo the Mungo » 20 Sep 2010, 21:47

John Noakes and Kenny Everett are beating Larry Grayson and Les Dawson.

I take a step backwards from this place every day. :(

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Postby yomptepi » 20 Sep 2010, 22:07

Larry Grayson was superb. He had a genuine affection for the people he interacted with, and it really showed.

Bob Monkhouse had an incredible knowledge of his craft, and the couple of times I saw him, he was so quick it hurt.
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Postby Deebank » 21 Sep 2010, 16:55

Chuck_Yoghurt wrote:Oh it really doesn't matter if it's raining or it's fine
Just as long as you've got time to P L A Y etc

Brain Cant. Closest thing to a God there ever was.

Bob Monkhouse - "You're wallied, and can't answer"

Bruce Forsythe - Did anything outshine THE POSE?

Rolf Harris - Had an LP with Rolf's genius version of the Court of King Caractacus. Still singing it today.

Johnny Ball - Where have you gone, Johnny? Children's TV needs you so badly.


Howdy stranger...

The band I was in in student halls (with Al and Matt Brophy, for those of you, ie Chuck here, who'll remember) toyed with the idea of calling itself 'Cant'.
We ascertained that for approx £50 we could get Brian Cant to do as PA spot and introduce us before we played. I thought it was a shit idea and put my foot down - I also told the guys that Emmanuel Kant was a proto-fascist (clearly he wasn't, but I didn't want the band to be called Cant, so desperate measures etc), they fell for it, despite being humanities students who should have known better, and we settled on the dubious moniker The Interesting Emmas :(

Anyway, the answer is John Noakes - a real hero and inspiration.
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Postby jimjim » 22 Sep 2010, 10:45

So many great names but I went for:

Les Dawson - there's just something about that deadpan manner that I love about him and as I've discovered in recent years, is that despite his starry celeb status he was something of a secret intellectual. In a way, it's a shame he worked in that era as if he'd started 8, 10 years later both could have made him a truly great comedian in the alternative years. Plus the piano playing, the double act and the fact that he was better than bloody Wogan on 'Blankety Blank'.

Eamonn Andrews - he was a great broadcaster and very much forgotten in this era. Sad, really.



Brian Cant - well, everybody has already said what I was going to say - a legend!

Bruce Forysth - he's one of the few celebrities that makes a crap show actually worth watching. Great with an audience and the 'contestants'. His years on Play Your Cards Right make up for that godawful 'Big Night Out' fiasco in the late 70s. Oh and let's not forget his 'Have I Got News For You' appearance. One of the best Brucie moments ever!!!

Kenny Everett - He was the coolest man on TV in the late 70s and 80s. Cupid Stunt - what a name! The jingles! Cleo Rocos (to a teenage boy...oh missus!)...his on/off partnership with the Big Yin over the years and the acts he had on! Barry Cryer said he was the most naturally talented funny man her ever worked with - and he was just a DJ. Who the hell cared if the rumours around the school playground were true? Still miss him - he died way too young.

Special mentions: Rolf, Johnny Ball, Beryl Reid (great, great actress), Dave Allen and Noakesy.

My bonus choice would be Oliver Postgate: always loved that voice. The most soothing on TV and the 'real' star of the Clangers, Noggin the Nog and Ivor the Engine. Gorgeous voice.

PS Who the hell is voting for the vile Manning? Seriously?
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