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Hughie Green. Hugh Hughes Green OStJ [1] (2 February 1920 – 3 May 1997) was an English radio and television presenter, game show host and actor.
Apr 12, 2012 · • Hughie Green, Most Sincerely, is on BBC4 on Wednesday at 9pm, part of the Curse of Comedy season. Create a FREE account to continue reading Registration is a free and easy way to support our ...
May 3, 1997 · Hughie Green, one of the first icons of British popular television culture, died of cancer in a London hospital yesterday, at the age of 77. His two most popular programmes, Double Your Money, a ...
Mar 11, 2023 · For decades Hughie Green was a living legend of British TV, and one of the most powerful men in the business, hosting the star-making mega-hit show Opportunity Knocks and changing the lives of ...
Hughie Green would have loathed the confrontational aspects of today’s reality talent shows – with their self-consciously rude judges and their filming of the audition process so that viewers are encouraged to laugh at the talentless – but in other ways they borrow from his direct-line, consumerist populism, as voting by phone and text has created new possibilities for the interactive television he pioneered.
Jack Easy was Hughie Green, of course, and the Spanish maiden he saves from bandits was the young Margaret Lockwood. In the role of Mr Biggs, the merry old mate, was none other than Harry Tate.
Apr 23, 2023 · As the host of Opportunity Knocks, Hughie Green (above) was the Simon Cowell of his day. But beneath his ‘most sincerely folks’ showbiz persona lurked a man dogged by his demons: a tortured childhood, alcoholic rages, ruthless ambition… and a secret lovechild who turned out to have demons of her own: Paula Yates.
