Can't remember watching golden shot on TV as I was only an infant but I'm loving it now and enjoying it so much the basis of this programme is so simple but fun to watch why can't they make TV shows like this anymore? I'm sure they can and what a large audience they will receive.
I remember this and those with Bob Norman and Charlie,. Live TV as it should be, occasional small fires on the set and as it was live a sense of drama. Pity we don't have this live show now. I would imagine the h&s lot would have a fit.
One of the musical acts on this "Golden Shot" episode, Brotherhood of Man, went on to win the Eurovision Song Contest in 1976 with the British entry "Save Your Kisses For Me".
@@jamesmitchell8922 Brotherhood of Man had been around for quite a few years with a number of very different line ups. It was only one version of BOM that won the 1976 Eurovision. There is a video of them singing "United We Stand" on Top of the Pops in 1970 and it was a completely different line up. As for poor Charlie Williams, whilst he could be a funny comedian (although his material would run into problems these days) he seemed completely out of his depth as a game show host - something he himself admitted later. ATV brought back Bob Monkhouse in an effort to save the show.
This episode featured Brotherhood of Men with a uncharted song. Their best one was "United We Stand" which was their only big hit in 1970, 3 years later, the song never charted in the US. This was mostly a game show and a variety show mixed in between segments. BTW, the ATV "In Colour" logo at 2:45 was taken from the U.K. airing of the "Muppet Show" if you are familiar with the Muppets.
I'm an American and I must admit this show is pretty interesting to watch. But if this was attempted here it'd be kinda difficult because of our time zones.
Like the way he harasses that old peasant at the end - dragging him and hissing "Quickly!" (45:29). if I was the peasant I'd'a told him to "mind the cloff, moff" and given him a shove. Cheeky c-word, innit.
I can only just about remember it. As a kid all you wanted to see was the antics with the crossbow but god I didn't realise what an absolute load of drivel it was
john cooper It was produced in colour between 1970 until it ended in 1975. ATV didn't think it was worth recording for preservation on video tape as it was broadcast live. What we have got are B&W film telerecordings and a couple of colour taped editions as random examples of the programme. Bob Monkhouse had a lot of his ones telerecorded for his own personal collection, otherwise there'd be virtually nothing of the programme in existence.
In colour from 16th November 1969 to its demise on 13th April 1975 but was in B&W again during the ITV colour strike from November 1970 to February 1971.
I did watch it when Charlie Williams did it but like Norman Vaughan & Jackie Rae it just did not suit them with it been a live show. But could someone confirm this to me was Jackie Rae Dame Thora Hird son in law was that right
Richard Sharpe Yes he was married to Thora's daughter Janette Scott though they were divorced by the time he did this. He wasn't however the singer Johnnie Ray !
FFS even by 1970's standards this was truly awful. Most of the contestants look like rabbits caught in the headlights or completely unable to speak properly. The main singer from Brotherhood of man looks like a transvestite and what's with her teeth at least by the time they won Eurovision they had improved but those clothes the blokes where wearing. The marksman of the week looks like a munchkin. I was 9 in 1974 and use to watch The Golden Shot I probably thought it was crap then too. And how sexist was it. Charlie Williams was about as funny gastro.
Man, the 70s were crap. Imagine going on this total pile of excrement and winning a fkn bunk bed. Brotherhood of Man were a kind of 'Pound Shop' Abba (more Blackpool Wintergardens than Las Vegas) - but I'd forgotten what a good singer Carl Wayne was.
