Double Your Money with Hughie Green - first episode

[@katewebber1131]

I am old enough to remember watching this with my family. Happy days. This guy was good. Hard to win big in those days. A simpler world. ❤❤❤. Thankyou for posting.❤❤❤

[@RobertMiller-ye9hm]

This is just brilliant no wonder I used to watch tv many years ago

[@tonysuffolk]

Those Geography questions were very hard. Well done Alan.

[@juanbbien]

They were very difficult.

[@mickwillis6981]

They were simple!! The sort of questions that would be the first general knowledge questions on Mastermind to ease the contestant in. Jesus!

[@mmwaashumslowww7167]

Fantastic to see this after so long. I was about 7 years old and watched it at my grandmother's house. It was around 1965 and that elderly couple were the same time period, late 1800s the same as my gran. What wonderful times to be alive. Today's world, they can shove it.

[@barrypoupard7009]

You and I are the same age. I remember watching this (I think) a couple of years before in 1963 or so - Christ that sounds like the Victorian age.

[@JJONNYREPP]

Double Your Money with Hughie Green 1642pm 14.10.22 - first episode... wow. george orwell starred in the first show...

[@hauntboy]

I was born in 1957 and used to watch this and Take Your Pick from around 1961 onwards. I think this was shown on a Wednesday and Take Your Pick was Monday, both around 7:30pm as I recall. Great memories of when people and life was a lot simpler and sweeter.

[@barrypoupard7009]

Do you remember Hughie Green and Michael Miles had a friendly rivalry?

[@tooleyheadbang4239]

@@barrypoupard7009 Absolutely...

[@johnorchin8567]

I remember these shows. They were shown in the early sixties, Double your Money was Thursday evening at 7.00 and Take Your Pick was on Friday at 7.00 Hughie Green was much criticised later in his life, but he was hugely talented. None of today’s presenters come close to matching his skill and sheer professionalism.

[@robharding4028]

Quite right ! and Life really was far better back then, I know,like yourself I was a baby, born in 57.

[@JJONNYREPP]

Double Your Money with Hughie Green - first episode 1639pm 14.10.22 why cant i locate hughie green featured on opportunity knocks via you tube?. they all hated him with his incessant spiel akin to some dubious door step salesman.. but i liked him...

[@ruthytootsgreen802]

This is wonderful, thank you so much for posting this. So refreshing….. I used to watch it at my grandparents’ house. They had one of those small screen televisions. Happy memories 👍👍👍👍👍

[@rwalker9644]

I was a child watching this show - it all seems quite strange now but pure entertainment .

[@johnprior588]

Now THAT'S what I call good TV entertainment! Used to watch it in the 1960's with my Mum and Dad, along with Take Your Pick with Micheal Miles, and Sunday Night at the London Paladium all great shows!

[@betaman7988]

You don't realise how long I've been trying to find a full episode of this. Thank you so much!

[@andrewbranson6641]

You're very welcome.

[@johnager9428]

Just watched this and it's the best thing I've seen for years, hughie green could make a lemon sweet

[@davedaves431]

That old couple were married in Victorian times. What a lifetime of changes they lived through.

[@colinpumpernickel2605]

Just what I thought!

[@budte]

Thoroughly enjoyed watching that , thanks.

[@eolhcytoos]

Thank you for showing this. Lovely to see this programme again.

[@MARKETMAN6789]

Used to watch this with my mam ,thanks for this video

[@paulcooke1]

Amazing to see this again... Many Thanks...

[@yakacm]

Jesus, that 1st guy, the questions were hardly simple, the 10 provinces of Canada for 32 quid, the £1M question on who wants to be a millionaire isn't even that hard.

[@kplkpl8526]

I’m sure he was a plant.

[@TimLondonGuitarist]

Most people would fail to list 10 counties in England

[@Ndlanding]

@@TimLondonGuitarist There are counties?

[@TimLondonGuitarist]

@@Ndlanding serious question ? yes same as in California & maybe other us states

[@yakacm]

@@TimLondonGuitarist Ahh but could you name 10 counties in Cali, lol.

[@billymac23454]

How times change... It was really heartwarming to see how grateful the elderly couple were when Hughie Green gave them £6 even though they couldn't answer their £8 question.

[@lutherbuckhurst3887]

I was born in Paddington hospital and lived off the edgware road near church street market, two places mentioned on here. This is brilliant seeing this show, takes me back to being a kid in innocent days

[@gerardcarton5310]

I remember a hostess on the show called Monica rose who would joke with hughie. Must have been late 60s

[@barrypoupard7009]

Yes!! Now you mention it there was one. Didn't she have a strong regional accent? I recall on the Golden Shot hosted by Bob Monkhouse there was a young hostess who couldn't count which became a standing joke.

[@Dragonrdh]

I remember Monica Rose; she was a contestant, but had such a great personality and presence, she became a regular part of the show.

[@skratman]

The Sky's the Limit

[@gerardcarton5310]

@@barrypoupard7009 that was Anne Aston. Apparently she was financially clever and did quite well investing her money

[@JJONNYREPP]

Double Your Money with Hughie Green - first episode 1643pm 14.10.22 here comes the question: WHAT THE FOOK HAS ANNE MARIE GOT TO DO WITH........................ME!?

[@digiman47]

Great to see. Very interesting that Hughie did not ask Mrs Wally's first name nor either of the Taylor's first names. How time have changed

[@digiman47]

The programme first appeared on Radio Luxembourg.

[@tullochgorum6323]

£1000 back then was worth around £25,000 now. That was the average annual salary. So a much more serious prize than you might have realised!

[@Ndlanding]

Retired 4 years ago, but never reached 25K/PA gross, despite being the boss. But I'm happy!

[@mikewilliams5160]

My Dad was on this in May 1960 answering questions on Astronomy, I’d love to see it if it’s out there somewhere.

[@peterobbo7512]

Wow.. tough questions. Just imagine today's contestants getting any of them right.

[@steffanhoffmann8937]

No it's all celebrity.

[@juanbbien]

He was quite amusing with his facial expressions and gestures whether you liked him or not.

[@Sjmby95]

It's like a time machine

[@4bawbees]

Wow! Flashback to a more innocent age. The sweet old couple from the East End represent a long lost breed of Londoner. So happy to take home £6 which nowadays wouldn't pay for two Tube fares from the West End to Hackney.

[@robwilde855]

They were Victorians. He was 78 then [1955], so was born in 1877, twenty-four years before the end of Queen Victoria's reign. And it was quite a few years later than 1955 that my father's weekly wage, as a machinist, rose to £5.

[@nmsspacedude9799]

My first pay-packet in 1973 was £7.00 - as an office lad.

[@mrjoneseastend]

True, but today as seniors they would have a Freedom Pass.

[@Mike8981]

They had sex then you know and many got drunk! 😂

[@johnnyhock]

Paula Yates’ real father, Hughie Green

[@basementsnaxx]

Hands off the merchandise, Hughie.

[@Wenlocktvdx]

Produced for Associated-Rediffusion means it was made before the change to Rediffusion in ‘64. Watched many episodes of this and Opportunity Knocks on our Bush TV125 dual standard TV

[@MrDannyDetail]

This first edition was aired on 26th September 1955, on the 5th day of commercial television's existence in the UK.

[@richardbrown1189]

Hughie looks older in this episode than he did twenty years later!

[@dlamiss]

and you mean that most sincerely

[@baroqueman1]

Do we know what Hughie Green was paid for each episode ? Probably more than the top prize of £32 .... Like many other people, I never had a great liking for him and his style - and I mean that most sincerely...

[@anthonyguarino4242]

Until 1960, the top prize was £1,024 and from 1960-1968, the top prize was lowered to £1,000. I’m from USA and I read it on Wikipedia and look up this episode.

[@Jeanninecomeau]

I'm trying to learn more about Hughie Green and Paula Yates. His wiki is very confusing. Hoping to discover a documentary on him, or at least more information.

[@anthonyguarino4242]

£32 is a big money in the 1950 is equivalent to £378 today. I’m from USA.

[@barrypoupard7009]

My God it's almost 50 years since I watched any episode of DYM. Hughie Green looks so young in this episode despite what must have been early hair loss. He still keen here and hadn't morphed into the person with grossly inflated ideas of his own importance which he became in the late 1970s.

[@steffanhoffmann8937]

I'm not so sure. He's showing signs of it here.

[@gobbollino2688]

@@steffanhoffmann8937Yes he IS!! Good comment Stefan 😅

[@anthonywilliams1909]

He made the contestants feel special .

[@mark4lev]

Jim Bowen always said he was the best. No rehearsals just straight out his car and on stage . A natural

[@SuperFerdie1965]

What about the Irish contestant with a three part question on football? Mr Sincerity asked him which order he wanted the questions in and he was told he'd have the third part first. "OK old son and who scored the goal?"

[@edmundpower1250]

Oh God 😩

[@gobbollino2688]

Boy knows his stuff 😮 He was a smooth smoothie! (‘You’ll take care of it’)

[@john-fl2qu]

brilliant

[@tonysuffolk]

Only £32! I thought first, then I calculate it to be worth about £650 in today's money. TV was still in it's infancy in 1954 and maybe ITV first had ordinary members of the public on air. Does anyone know if the BBC had this sort of entertainment at the time. I was only 9 in 1954 and my memory quite unreliable.

[@stevefowler3398]

The earlier version of WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE.

[@stephenhowell5611]

Who's the Aussie hostess ?

[@sandrascott5299]

Can't believe I was around then, Help!.

[@edmundpower1250]

You sure are old

[@sandrascott5299]

@@edmundpower1250 Thanks for that!

[@andrewshore262]

I remember this must’ve been near the end of its run for me to recall it, also take your pick, the sky’s the limit, and a show with a guy called Michael Miles can’t remember the name of that one

[@thomaswhittaker2443]

I think Michael Miles show was Take Your Pick

[@lindab7578]

@@thomaswhittaker2443

[@tomhaskett5161]

£32 would have represented 4 or 5 weeks pay in 1955.

[@TimLondonGuitarist]

Can see a resemblance to Paula Yates (his 'illegitimate' daughter ?) here ?

[@edmundpower1250]

She was married to a rat

[@watchaman9788]

Nice Show....

[@johnnyhock]

What was the show around this time where the contestants were asked rapid fire questions and couldn’t answer yes or no, there was an old man with a gong ?

[@mitchellharris7457]

"Take Your Pick" with Michael Miles. To qualify you had to take part in the "Yes-No Interlude" with Alec on the gong.

[@joesmith34]

What year was this?

[@MrDannyDetail]

This first edition was aired on 26th September 1955, on the 5th day of commercial television's existence in the UK.

[@johnpercy7645]

Amazing.... The small ££ questions would be applicable to a much higher level currently even considering inflation

[@zacheryalderton6741]

What are the rules

[@uphollandlatic]

I think this was Thursday night with Michael Mikes Wuiz show on Friday. I also thought Green a bit creepy.

[@john-y1i6l]

Monica Rose worked in Waitrose after her period of fame with Hughie Green ...

[@barrieflix]

Pleasantly surprised the comments aren't all attacks on the host, who surely deserves it. Different times!!

[@geoffers47]

Not sure it was entertainment, but that is all we had back in the day. Looking at it now, i felt most uncomfortable watching him man-handle the contestants, especially the ladies. On the plus side, it was good to hear the impeccable english from the hostess.

[@thewkovacs316]

why did hughie have a new york accent?

[@urasam2]

His style seems to be a mixture of Ed Sullivan, Groucho Marx and Jack Benny

[@maskedavenger2578]

I am not sure but I think he was half Canadian hence the smarmy hint of North American used car salesman in his voice .

[@georgesmyth6577]

And I mean that most sincerely...

[@thewkovacs316]

@@maskedavenger2578 not a canadian accent. would make sense if he had a north atlantic accent or sounded like one of the pythons doing their smarmy announcer accent

[@maskedavenger2578]

@@thewkovacs316 He picked the USA type twang from mixing with Americans when he was a pilot ferrying aircraft from North America to the U.K. during WW2 . Otherwise he was just putting it on for the hell of it .

[@Alan-io2ew]

Was this the one that was a scam?

[@annoyingbstard9407]

I,have vague memories of the contestant sitting in a booth…

[@Ndlanding]

Thanks for this. It makes me cringe, but I think it also did so back then, when I was a nipper.

[@johnlarkin3821]

They wouldn't be able to answer these questions on University Challenge today ...

[@NewComedyMan]

There is no subject there called "Duplicity". And I mean that most sincerely, folks.

[@MARKETMAN6789]

Those geography questions were very hard 32 pounds for that last wuestion about canada ,it was harder tgan the million pound question on who wants to be a millionaire A ten part question where you had to get all parts right This episode was 1955

[@robharding4028]

They don't make e'm like that anymore !great family entertainment.

[@davidhardaker192]

When money had a value

[@zacheryalderton9502]

Need the rules

[@urasam2]

Well then- listen to the first few minted of the show.

[@MARKETMAN6789]

What was Churchills poodle called ,the egg heads would never have got that qustion right for four pounds

[@stephenellis2866]

Just spent £200 at Tesco!

[@lestorhaslam]

Huggies pronounced it “Rondelle” instead of “Roundel”, completely misleading the poor fellow.

[@Myplop]

Hugh ie looks older although he’s younger

[@williamwyllie7072]

Did Hughie Green lose his job because of his relationship with Monica?

[@edmundpower1250]

Well opportunity knocked!

[@CharlesDickinson-v8n]

Hardest questions ever wtf

[@BarryRudge]

Hughie Green had the most fake smile on TV

[@williamscott2703]

Great,days, These,shows,were,,great, Then,british,tv,got,americanised. Shows,today,are,usa,copys

[@Ndlanding]

Comma gain?

[@kamandi1362]

This,show,was,a,usa,copys

[@steffanhoffmann]

Great find because I was reading a book about this fraud, Hughie Green, just recently. That last child opening scene was white but "blacked up" Unlikely in today's Woke world, where you can't even offend the cat 😂 People there? Not pretentious on this show compared to todays lot.

[@maskedavenger2578]

Hughie Green sounded like a smarmy USA used car dealer & twice as shifty .

[@Mc-kn9bf]

The first act on double your money looks phoney and contrived…?

[@MARKETMAN6789]

Double your money and try to get rich Double your money without any hitch Double your money ans call it a day Double your money and take it away

[@sonofednawelthorpe8609]

Paula Yates Dad.

[@yakacm]

£32 fuck me you could get a gallon of petrol.

[@mikeh5431]

Was there anyone on telly more insincere than Huey

[@carlowingfield7743]

Double Your Money and take Hughie Green away .

[@bostonblackie9503]

Apparently Hughie Green was not a nice guy!

[@brucehamilton5609]

I thought him far too sweet to be wholesome. The phoneyist of the phoney. Always assuring us that he was telling the truth - '...and I mean that most sincerely!' Yuk.

[@barrypoupard7009]

At the time I was too young to appreciate him one way or the other - he simply the slick host of a show on TV which only had 2 channels. But years later I found his faux American accent and insincerity along with his ultra patriotism slightly nauseating

[@davebentley4829]

lol,£6.ha,ha,ha,ha,ha,ha,

[@Ampex196]

PURE EVIL !

[@sidewaysid]

See him touching the Woman, he was bent

[@Ndlanding]

He would have been seriously perverted if he fancied any of the hags on that show. Or the pathetic men.

[@jeffmoore4153]

Ben nevis is not British.

[@jamesbeattie2591]

Yes it is.

[@BenGenderson]

clever chap, not many multi choice either