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Post by Kev Mulrenan on Apr 7, 2008 19:27:20 GMT
How many of the incidents in this drama were based on fact.
We all know about Paula Yates; I was thinking more of
Did he really wallop a Thames Techie?
Did him and Yates get dragged before a Yorkshire tv head producer beacause Green refused to wear a tie>
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Post by Reg Long3 on Apr 7, 2008 22:43:37 GMT
You have to treat all these after death biographies with an open mind I think.The trouble with young production teams is that they may not have the feel for the era they are researching.
I cannot imagine Hughie falling down drunk and then punching a techie in front of the audience as A it would have destroyed the atmosphere of the show. people would have walked out and B in those days would have made the headlines destroying his career.
Jesse Yates WAS the big noise of LE at Yorkshire TV. He was the producer of the Sky's the Limit gameshow in which Hughie was host.
In those days game show hosts wore a suit and tie, there was no comprimise on this and I doubt if anybody of Hughie's generation would have rebelled on this issue.
As far as I recall Jesse Yates was the real sourpuss in those days not Hughie.
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Post by A.Doe on Apr 9, 2008 15:00:54 GMT
He was perfectly happy wearing a tie, just not the one that Jesse Yates wanted him to wear  |
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Post by Kev Mulrenan on Apr 10, 2008 16:16:13 GMT
An interesting article in today's Daily Wail dismisses the Hughie punched a Thames techie story.
It's by Bob Sharples' wideow (Hughie last lover)
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Post by Reg Long3 on Apr 10, 2008 18:50:13 GMT
An interesting article in today's Daily Wail dismisses the Hughie punched a Thames techie story. It's by Bob Sharples' wideow (Hughie last lover) I thought so. Yes it looks like the BBC doc was concocted from a sour grape account from his son and daughter( apparently he only left them 10k in his will) . Infact I dont think there was any side to him, you got what you saw and he was 'sincere' in his own way, but you would know it if you upset him. ,, |
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Post by Andy Howells on Apr 10, 2008 22:28:52 GMT
I enjoyed the programme and thought Trevor Eve was excellent, getting the essence of Hughie across.
Certainly a man who always wanted to deliver the goods but ultimately at his own personal cost I thought.
Nice to see the touches of the title sequences of his shows The Skys The limit and opp Knocks... what survives of these?
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Post by Kev Mulrenan on Apr 11, 2008 12:23:49 GMT
I enjoyed the programme and thought Trevor Eve was excellent, getting the essence of Hughie across. Certainly a man who always wanted to deliver the goods but ultimately at his own personal cost I thought. Nice to see the touches of the title sequences of his shows The Skys The limit and opp Knocks... what survives of these? In my kal book it says the vast majority of Sky's the Limit was wiped. I think I saw a couple of shows that survive. Op knocks has a few in the bfi, both the abc version and Thames. The penultimate one has got Mary Hopkins. |
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Post by Andy Howells on Apr 11, 2008 15:22:13 GMT
Thanks Kevin
Mind you it occured to me afterwards that Hughie's foil - Monica Rose was missing from the drama!
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Post by lpmoderator on Apr 12, 2008 11:08:03 GMT
I've just recalled that some Opp. Knocks clips were used in "We Love TV" back in the '80s and Gloria Hunniford commented afterwards that there weren't many around and these had come from Hughie's personal collection (mainly b/w t/r and possibly a colour clip too). Does anyone know what happened to this personal collection when he died? Was it passed on to anyone? I also recall some clips shown at the time he died, particularly one on t/r of him running down the stairs at the start of the show; these were clips I hadn't seen elsewhere (and i'm not aware of any known to survive on t/r) so i'm wondering what the source was and if these episodes are still "safe"?
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Post by Kev Mulrenan on Apr 12, 2008 11:11:26 GMT
It could have been a lot more controversial, as this article shows!
In 1981, Green's mistress Gwen Claremont died after pouring petrol over herself and setting herself on fire. Though she was battling depression, she was also in despair at Green's refusal to marry her.
"She was totally besotted with Hughie, but knew she could never have him to herself," explains Christopher.
"He had many lovers, although we didn't realise the volume until after his death.
"At the flat, there was an incredible amount of extremely compromising material. There were a lot of photographs that should never have been taken - photographs of women who willingly put themselves in compromising positions for his pleasure."
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Post by Mark Tinkler on Apr 12, 2008 11:45:13 GMT
Blimey - what was that article from?
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Post by Mark Tinkler on Apr 12, 2008 18:27:00 GMT
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Post by lpmoderator on Apr 13, 2008 12:40:54 GMT
that was taken from an interview with his son Chris who helped make the bbc 4 program. theres also 2 full eps of 'opp knocks' around, one b/w from 68 & the final one from 78 in colour. There's at least one more in colour too, from 1972, which the BFI have. I reckon there must be a few more knocking around. |
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Post by Simon Mclean on Apr 14, 2008 22:51:24 GMT
There are some VT inserts surviving from the Opportunity Knocks Satelite Show frm 1976, where viewers in Australia and the UK got to vote for some previous winners (including Pam Ayres and Frank Carson) - not sure if the complete show survives, though.
There are one or two other short sequences from the same era knocking around, plus a Variety Club special which may or may not be complete - I've only got bits of it, anyway!
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