Celebrity Squares: ATV: 1976

Episode 51. VTR 1778/76/PAL presented by Bob Monkhouse.

[@MrGary66]

These arent celebrities these were STARS

[@Dustydreams930]

Bob as the conductor of a game show was second to none. Always topped Forsyth for me because of his sheer delight at being nice to people.

[@BigyetiTechnologies]

Absolutely

[@richardgibson4919]

Patsy rowlands was a lovely lady, a relative on my mum's side. I'd seen her in carry on movies but never new she did this show. Awesome

[@elstruthio]

Even the ATV bit at the beginning brings back memories

[@annoldham3018]

Used to like Willie Rushton in the middle square every week. And how he twirled his finger.🥰

[@fendweller]

Phenomenal raspberry safari suit from Bob. What a line-up, though, eh?

[@annoldham3018]

🤣

[@quizmaster85]

Bob Monkhouse - a fantastic host with a heart of gold and sense of humour to match. R.I.P.

[@brianjones4026]

a Golden Shot was Sir Bob !

[@mutinyonthekitkat]

As I remember from schooldays, this was on early Saturday evenings, like New Faces hosted by Derek Hobson.

[@g1tfinger]

Now i'm convinced this array of celebs were on every single episode. Any time I saw it, Mullard and Rushton were always on. As were pat coombs and Magnus Pike...

[@Musicradio77Network]

This is why ITC wasn't distributed this show to the US and worldwide, because the US had "Hollywood Squares" with Peter Marshall.

[@billyh88uk]

John Conteh and Roy Hudd are the only two celebrities in this episode still living as of 2016.

[@davidfarmer2193]

John Conteh is now the very last surviving celebrity contestant in this episode following the death of Roy Hudd.

[@tinahardman9805]

@@davidfarmer2193 I thought the same thing. Its quite sad when you think about it. Even Kenny Everett is no longer with us.

[@jamesmcartney1337]

@@tinahardman9805 I coont stand everret

[@toddwacha5108]

RIP Sir Terry Wogan , Bob Monkhouse, Kenny Everett, and the other stars in this clip who have passed on.

[@BritishComedyUK69]

Bob was a funny guy, thanks for sharing x

[@jameshope398]

Used to love watching this when i was a youngster

[@richardsharpe2966]

Loved watching Celebrity Squares and loved watching Kenny Everett

[@bluebear1985]

That Magnus Pike looks familiar. I think he appeared in the video for "She Blinded Me With Science".

[@paulmiles9102]

he did bluebear

[@converse91970]

One of myh earliest TV memories, and a fair few safari jackets on show too. I remember Kenny Everett doing the voiceovers!

[@1ATV]

What a vision mixer Moria Byrd was.

[@mbvideoselection]

1ATV not such a good typist though

[@blade0954]

great post! thank you!

[@Cool2BCeltic]

The world is a poorer place without a few of the people in this clip.

[@PikaDrewsGamingCorner]

It's nice to see John Inman from Are You Being Served? on it :D

[@1ATV]

Bob's line " are your free John ?" and of course Inman replies " I'm free "

[@arthurvasey]

And to Pat Coombs: Hello, Patt-eye! Hello Bob-eye!

[@bluebus270]

this reminds me, i must get a powder dark pink safari jacket next time i'm in town.......

[@TheRowlandstone73]

Well I'm filing this along with Pipkins under 'Earliest TV Memories'!

[@tinroofbusted]

Gads I miss the times, My faves of course are Magnus Pike and John Inman. SADLY Gone from our lives!!!. Thanks for the vids and upkeep of our favourite Brits

[@ARKURU8632]

The origin of the muppet show audience sound effects.

[@MrDjsooner]

Davidleigh65 Yes that is Kenny Everett doing the voice over, he also did the voice for the cat in the cartoon safety ad with the young lad, Not a lot a poeple know that!

[@givethedjabj]

That is my ideal dinner party guest list !!!

[@gazzza123]

That great V/O from Kenny Everett

[@davidfarmer2193]

R.I.P. Magnus Pyke (1908 - 1992) Arthur Mullard (1910 - 1995) Willie Rushton (1937 - 1996) Pat Coombs (1926 - 2002) Patsy Rowlands (1931 - 2005) John Inman (1935 - 2007) Terry Wogan (1938 - 2016) Roy Hudd (1936 - 2020) John Conteh is now the very last surviving celebrity contestant in this episode.

[@darganx]

Being an athlete and considerably younger than the rest..

[@arthurvasey]

Not forgetting the host, Bob Monkhouse!

[@simposayerman]

Willy Rushden was always in the centre square!

[@cosworth6nut]

I fondly remember this show from many years back. I know a lot of them are dead now, is Willie Rushton one of them? We only had three main channels (there were and still are regional variations like BBC Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and if memory serves, RTE1 and RTE2). It may have been crap, but that is all we had :) and I liked it.

[@danwoodhouse9290]

@2:14 did he say Bobs full House (about 7 years before bobs full house even started)?

[@artvandelay1]

What a line up! Would love to have a seen a bit of the banter between Bob and the celebs. Thanks for uploading this, there only seem to be clips of the 90s version elsewhere.

[@derekthesec]

Willie Rushton was also on Countdown

[@TheChrisrg]

Bob was a legend.

[@stuart121972]

@moonboots69 Arthur Mullard also seemed to be on it alot too.... Scarey thing is is that this was from 1976 so I would only have been 3 years old yet I can clearly remember watching the original version of Celebrity Squares!

[@keithsaha5787]

Kenny Everett doing the intro!

[@Fcutdlady]

I thought so.

[@LeighRichards27]

love bob's safari suit lol.....and is that kenny everett doing the voice overs?

[@Mishima505]

Like if you went "dead, dead, alive, might be dead..."

[@kevinjackson7375]

I did - very sad!

[@prbsnoop1974]

Haha - me too

[@zanducktv2398]

In time with the single note played after each name was announced!

[@robfuller7841]

Yep just one alive I counted

[@MrDannyDetail]

@@robfuller7841 Two alive actually. Boxer John Conteh and Comedian Roy Hudd are still alive in 2019.

[@PikaDrewsGamingCorner]

iwould love to see the full episode

[@biopsychosocio]

Wow thats cool!

[@koksy]

Always wondered on these old clips: why is it that you can hear the ATV ident very slightly a few seconds before it comes on screen?

[@Amnectrus]

It was recorded on magnetic tape. When it’s stored for years, the recording can “bleed” through slightly to adjacent bits of tape, one rotation around the spool. You can get the same thing on old audio cassettes.

[@disneyfan81]

@Yorkmackem Yeah, but how would you compare him to Paul Lynde (for those who don't know, he was the predominate center square on "Hollywood Squares")?

[@BigyetiTechnologies]

I'll take a note of that address, I might write in.

[@orchidtender]

Why is John Conteh dressed as a WW2 aviator?

[@5star555555555]

I want "the fun of the fur"!

[@SuperBagshot]

contestants used to be so humble, britain has changed

[@operator35]

Great theme tune. Does anyone have a clean recording of it?

[@lunasol9130]

John Conteh 😍🥰

[@GP40Milepost72]

Mr. Humphreys are you free?

[@disneyfan81]

@SeanElGatoTelevision Yeah, and the other program, if you're curious, was the supernatural soap opera "Dark Shadows".

[@rajnirvan3336]

2:16 Kenny says Bob's Full House

[@wleon4068]

Looking back at this, it struck me that now it is the dead entertaining the living. Half of those people are dead now..

[@banjopink4409]

Why? Was it once the other way around?

[@notreallydavid]

@MrElliotpaige: 'Carry On Slag' - they never showed that one on TV. She looks surprisingly tasty, don't you think? Or maybe the time has come for me to die.

[@PikaDrewsGamingCorner]

Do you have teh full episodE?

[@glamdolly30]

Bob Monkhouse was the guvnor! That's a real star. Ironic that most of the people in the boxes are now actually in boxes... According to the late Beryl Reid who used to meet Magnus Pike on these sort of shows, he never waved his arms around at all off camera, the silly old sod.

[@kevinjackson7375]

Bob Monkhouse was a fabulous presenter. A brilliant guy! RIP

[@twitchygiraffe4636]

THIS IS RARE! Everyone of these was wiped so this must’ve been a private time coded copy of some kind??!!

[@kylebook]

@disneyfan81 Agreed, right down to the spiral staircases on the sides.

[@colinclarke1000]

FMOB! I haven't seen this in years.....probably because its not been on ha ha..still great telly...

[@glennsymonds-geniau5222]

Bob Monkhouse recorded every episode of this series.Maybe he's estate who ever it went to will release this on youtube.Infact everything Bob was on he recorded. There are thousands of hours of tv footage that has been saved.

[@dtwdvne]

Could you please upload the whole episode.

[@robertcomer2767]

The only celebrities in that line up were Bob & Kenny Everett.

[@MichaelSimmons.]

Why didn't you post the entire episode? I'd like to see it if anyone has it.

[@danwoodhouse9290]

2:14 did i hear something about Bobs Full House there?

[@jareddicarlo7816]

The only ones I’ve heard of are Willie Rushton and Terry Wogan, but that’s probably because I’m American.

[@chumshot1]

Yay Mr Humphries!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@TheSBWproductions]

SCIENCE!

[@PinkFloydFan74]

Aww you don't get this sort of thing today, sadly.

[@barnessutcliffe]

i seem to remember faith brown jiggling her thruppeny bits about on this show. tv seems to be full of remakes these days, they should bring this back and maybe 3, 2, 1 with dusty bin.

[@darganx]

*NEVER* bring back 3-2-1, ever.

[@robertcomer2767]

I'd take this version any day over that pathetic effort presented by Warwick Davis that last five minutes (thank God)

[@ghughesarch]

@TheHarecat John Conteh and Roy Hudd are still around too.

[@Fcutdlady]

What region was ATV?

[@nowster]

At that point, the UK Midlands. However they retained their North London studios from when they previously also had the London region weekday franchise. That studio was capable of NTSC production too, most notably for the Muppet Show. That's why there's a PAL in the programme catalogue number.

[@ebf1957]

@mistofoles John Conti was a boxer. I don't know what weight class he was in.

[@wleon4068]

One thing to know about Bob Monkhouse was that, he was beaten often, by his wife. He had a very sad and lonely private life.

[@SuperFerdie1965]

But only beaten at Trivial Pursuit.

[@PutTheTellyOn]

Goodness me, how young do they all look.

[@jay_mccreary]

This video doesnt work anymore :-(

[@MoonVision_1]

willie rushton seemed to be on this every week... as i remember.

[@Fcutdlady]

He was the resident star.

[@MoonVision_1]

@@Fcutdlady wow, a reply to a comment i made 9yrs ago lol

[@arthurvasey]

I am convinced he had a telly, a microwave and a bed in there, along with a washing machine and tumble dryer and a stereo! Send letters to: Willie Rushton c/o The Centre Square Celebrity Squares ATV Birmingham B1 2JP!

[@disneyfan81]

@kylebook However, the grid looks uncannily like the one on the Peter Marshall-hosted "Squares".

[@manoftrent71]

When Arthur Mullard was a celebrity.

[@paulmason4616]

MANOFTRENT1 It was revealed, after his death, Arthur Mullard was a nasty bit of work who abused his daughter and drove his wife to suicide.

[@dunkiep]

so, did you all play 'dead or alive' as the celebs introduced themselves?

[@trickhoseroff]

You just don't get celebrities...in squares...these days...

[@vanillaorchid]

What is Monkhouse wearing????

[@TheBambam2371]

fun of the fur !

[@darrowby1972]

@ghughesarch - You mean Roy Dudd is sadly still alive surely???

[@1ATV]

Another regular who was not on this show - Diana Dors , and quite often Larry Grayson , would love to see more episodes , but l have a feeling that they were all wiped , apart from perhaps this one ? Great pity , this would have been cult viewing now. Would also like to see any clips of Punchlines , which was a slightly similar show.

[@animalshrew7092]

They were all wiped by ATV , Bob Monkhouse kept 40 episodes in his private collection

[@mistofoles]

Who the hell was John Conti??

[@darganx]

Light Heavyweight World Boxing Champion in the 70s.

[@banjopink4409]

Recut for the low-attention-span generation?

[@alberttatlock5237]

I remember this, it was like a show for washed up actors, Z listers and Panto types.The dregs of the entertainment industry

[@bluebear1985]

+brian browers It was pretty much the same for the American version that started the whole thing.

[@absoluteacw]

I disagree. From what I gather those celebrity square guests were very much of that era. Television was in it's moment. I believe it's now we have those z list washed up stars. All most worn like a badge of honour!

[@gavinreid8937]

Dregs maybe but Bob, Kenny ,Willie, question researcher Jeremy Beadle & no reality stars? TV would kill for a line up like that today!

[@biopsychosocio]

Jesus Christ.................

[@darrowby1972]

Line up is as follows DEAD - DEAD - ALIVE - DEAD - DEAD (nonce) - ALIVE - SADLY ALIVE - DEAD & SADLY DEAD (imo) even Bob sadly!

[@agfagaevart]

Love Machine sort of ripped this off!

[@kylebook]

A VERY WEAK version of the USA's "Hollywood Squares".

[@darrowby1972]

Dont talk such utter wet!

[@darrowby1972]

@c8a6lvin -rubbish!

[@c8a6lvin]

Not as good as the Peter Marshall version

[@johnwalters4792]

That set is ugly