Pot Luck
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| - | An audience participation item in Charlie Chester's TV variety show which holds the distinction of being the first show on British TV to give away prizes, albeit very small ones. A teapot would be passed around the studio audience while music played; whoever was holding it when the music stopped would then be invited up on stage to answer a few trivia questions, and would be rewarded with a token prize. | + | An audience participation item in Charlie Chester's TV variety show which holds the distinction of being the first show on British TV to give away prizes, albeit very small ones. A teapot would be passed around the studio audience while music played; whoever was holding it when the music stopped would then be invited up on stage to answer a few trivia questions, and would be rewarded with a token prize - those awarded in the early days included nylon tights, an electric iron, a lamp, and theatre tickets. Cash prizes of a few pounds were introduced later, probably around the same time that [[Double Your Money]] and [[Take Your Pick]] arrived on the scene with considerably larger jackpots. |
The segment proved popular enough to be spun off into its own show - somewhat belatedly, as by that time ITV had stolen a march on the BBC with a raft of popular game shows offering big cash prizes. | The segment proved popular enough to be spun off into its own show - somewhat belatedly, as by that time ITV had stolen a march on the BBC with a raft of popular game shows offering big cash prizes. | ||
[[Category:General Knowledge Quiz]] | [[Category:General Knowledge Quiz]] | ||
Revision as of 11:05, 27 August 2007
Host
Charlie Chester
Broadcast
BBC-tv (as part of The Charlie Chester Show), early 1950s to 1957
BBC-tv, 1957-9?
Synopsis
An audience participation item in Charlie Chester's TV variety show which holds the distinction of being the first show on British TV to give away prizes, albeit very small ones. A teapot would be passed around the studio audience while music played; whoever was holding it when the music stopped would then be invited up on stage to answer a few trivia questions, and would be rewarded with a token prize - those awarded in the early days included nylon tights, an electric iron, a lamp, and theatre tickets. Cash prizes of a few pounds were introduced later, probably around the same time that Double Your Money and Take Your Pick arrived on the scene with considerably larger jackpots.
The segment proved popular enough to be spun off into its own show - somewhat belatedly, as by that time ITV had stolen a march on the BBC with a raft of popular game shows offering big cash prizes.
