Dotto
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== Host == | == Host == | ||
| - | Robert Gladwell ( | + | Robert Gladwell (1958) |
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| - | [[Shaw Taylor]] | + | [[Shaw Taylor]] (1959-60) |
== Broadcast == | == Broadcast == | ||
| - | ATV for ITV, 13 September 1958 to 23 June 1960 | + | ATV for ITV, 13 September 1958 to 23 June 1960 (79 episodes in 2 series) |
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A quiz programme based on dot-to-dot pictures containing 50 dots. Two contestants raced to guess the famous face to win the round, winning a fiver for each dot not used. | A quiz programme based on dot-to-dot pictures containing 50 dots. Two contestants raced to guess the famous face to win the round, winning a fiver for each dot not used. | ||
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== Trivia == | == Trivia == | ||
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| - | Composed by Jerry Allen, performed by Jerry Allen (hammond organ), Alan Grahame (vibraphone), Ken Ingarfield (bass) and Lionel Rubin (drums). | + | Composed by Jerry Allen, performed by Jerry Allen (hammond organ), Alan Grahame (vibraphone), Ken Ingarfield (bass) and Lionel Rubin (drums). |
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<div class="image">[[Image:Dotto host and contestants.jpg]]''Two more contestants are introduced.''</div> | <div class="image">[[Image:Dotto host and contestants.jpg]]''Two more contestants are introduced.''</div> | ||
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Current revision as of 20:32, 15 July 2024
Contents |
Host
Robert Gladwell (1958)
Jimmy Hanley (1958-59)
Shaw Taylor (1959-60)
Broadcast
ATV for ITV, 13 September 1958 to 23 June 1960 (79 episodes in 2 series)
Synopsis
A quiz programme based on dot-to-dot pictures containing 50 dots. Two contestants raced to guess the famous face to win the round, winning a fiver for each dot not used.
Original host, Robert Gladwell.Trivia
The first contestant was introduced as "Jacqueline Evans, actress, dress-designer, horsewoman and racing motorist, who was married to a top Mexican bullfighter." Gladwell could only say "Well, that sounds like a very colourful career". Quite.
Gladwell welcomes Dotto's very first contestantThe lines were drawn in by a team of technicians who joined up the dots by hand.
Dotto was Shaw Taylor's first big hit on TV. In 1958, it was watched by 4.9 million homes, and was the most popular programme that year.
Theme music
Composed by Jerry Allen, performed by Jerry Allen (hammond organ), Alan Grahame (vibraphone), Ken Ingarfield (bass) and Lionel Rubin (drums).
Merchandise
A home game was produced.
Pictures
Two more contestants are introduced.
A round in progress.