The Golden Shot - ATV - 13/12/70 - Bob Monkhouse - HQ

[@westfield90]

I want to go back to those simpler days

[@cliveevans9795]

Me too

[@Mr.Howell78k]

Born in 1963, in America - if I had a time machine I'd love to have been born in the UK in '53 to enjoy a bit of English life. I love Brits!!

[@soulbrother61]

Me 2

[@northstar1950]

I only used to watch this so that I could see Anne Aston, Bob Monkhouse was a superb presenter and as sharp as a knife.

[@beesknees91]

Out of 337 episodes of The Golden Shot, only 6 shows exist in the official ITV/ATV archive, 1 from 1967 presented by Jackie Rea, 1 from 1968, this classic edition from 1970 and 1 from 1975 presented by Bob Monkhouse, 1 from 1972 with Norman Vaughan (all in black and white) and 1974 with Charlie Williams (which is the only surviving full colour edition). However if anybody does a youtube search for The Secret Life of Bob Monkhouse (documentary), there are lots of long lost clips from the show taken from Bob Monkhouse's huge personal collection of television archive including the infamous slagging off ITV/ATV bosses live on the show in 1972 when has sacked.

[@hoss1962]

As a primary school kid I never realised how corny and wooden these shows were - i just remember loving them so much ...

[@beesknees91]

This edition is from 21st December 1970, Every single ITV programme was transmitted or recorded in Black and White between 13th November 1970 and 8th February 1971, due to the infamous technicians strike.

[@MsJackieLee]

Hi Kevin, you learn something new every day and I certainly did when I read your interesting comment which I wasn't aware of. Pity as the dress I was wearing was a multi colored silk little number, would have looked much better in colour. Jackie Lee

[@sdaonline]

MsJackieLee Hi, big fan of your classic tunes! nice to see you on my channel! Stu

[@bumberchuff]

nice one ...thanks for posting this, brings back so many memories ...that woman with the glasses should have gone to spec savers..LOL.

[@BB-iw4tp]

If her hair was blue she’d be Marge Simpson.

[@TheBrummie60]

Alton Douglas, local comedian, was the show's warm-up guy; a local comedian, he once stood in for Bob, who was ill, compering a complete programme.

[@RobertVTR]

I think he stood in for Norman Vaughan.

[@64andyjh]

Bob Monkhouse proved to be the only host who could handle the risky, high pressure environment of a live TV broadcast. Despite being unjustly fired in 1972, they had to invite him back two years later.

[@reetlaunay]

Ah there he is!! Barry, the cameraman, my brother in law (from my first marriage). Lets stop all the confusion, Bernie is the man who places the bolt in the crossbow and the cameraman shoots the bolt! Bit confusing, as you would think that the cameraman would be the "bolt" seeing as he is firing it! Barry lives in France (as do I) and runs a small b & b. Reet in France

[@MorrisManDanceMan]

this brings back memoires as a kid and the pore cuts as well but this was good as well thanks for putting this on you-tube

[@DurhamGooner1]

Bob says "Did it tweet?" Years ahead of his time.

[@BritishComedyUK69]

love bob monkhouse, thanks for sharing x

[@chrispearson3333]

The Post Office Telephones (before BT) Trimphone was the futuristic telephone handset of the day. Another piece of British technological history of the day.

[@jacksugden8190]

I remember that theme tune

[@unhban]

Many thanks for this explanation. Good to know....

[@sdaonline]

Hi, I think it is a monochrome telerecording made for overseas sales, the colour VT long wiped - Challenge TV showed 4 editions, only one with Charlie Williams was still on colour VT. Bob Monkhouse's video collection which made it's way to Kaleidoscope and the BFI, contains many of his episodes in various formats, including a colour telerecording

[@goodtimetone]

this takes me back

[@MsJackieLee]

Ah! the good old days. Jackie Lee

[@alberttatlock5237]

The opening title of this use to scare me when i was 5

[@trevordance5181]

Everyone of a certain age remembers Bernie The Bolt, but wasn't the original 'bolt man', Heinz The Bolt?

[@intuitionj9394]

❤ brilliant

[@Graham7720]

So real and so funny. I am so depressed now when I look at the crap on the box which is unwatchable.

[@TALKCalgary]

Bob Monkhouse has to be the most talented TV host ever, as for Ann Aston 💕 That said, I'm not sure shooting cops in the head would make it into a TV gameshow today.

[@kevinturner5857]

Loved cheeky Bob ❤

[@adamsmn17]

ah yes ...I am old enough to remember Bob in that game show and those annoying powercuts.

[@BritgirlTX]

Look at that Trimphone! LOL

[@kevinturner5857]

Gr8 show 😊

[@williamfitch1408]

I've got fond memories of this because it reminds me of my childhood - but what a load of tripe!

[@malarbusto]

but we wuz appy

[@williamfitch1408]

@@malarbusto True. But you only have to look at what was on the Generation Game's conveyor belt to see what we were happy with.

[@danw1374]

If ever there was a blatant attempt to mimic American game shows this was it. Quite cringe listening to the intro now. Bob monkhouse was comic royalty though.

[@doctorwho3]

This is a wonderful blast from the past. Have you got part 2 please!!!??

[@johnforensicman6179]

Oh all those wonderful strikes. Remember them well.

[@Efferpheasants]

it was in B/w because there was also a 'colour' strike by TV technicians.

[@alijanlondon]

i used to think that gold trimphone was so call

[@TheWildheartmuse]

Bernie the Bolt!

[@MerryTom11]

Memories

[@sarahbrummitt4320]

How did the contestants manage to phone in and still be able to watch the tv at the same time? Surely that would've caused interference on the phone line? Watching the Wright Stuff the other day and they always tell callers to turn the tv off before ringing in because of the echo.

[@paulmason329]

By turning the TV volume off.

[@GravityBoy72]

'You daft bat... you've missed'. Anyone remember when Freddie Parrot Face Davies stood in for Annie Aston and got in trouble for calling a contestant a 'daft bat' when she did what the last contestant did?

[@nickdecarlo76]

I think the real reason it's in black and white is because of a technicians despute over money. The production crews wanted more money for the new color cameras, so while the unions and bosses fought over it, a lot of TV shows were aired in black and white. Color cameras were a lot different then, it took several hours and a lot of technicians to adjust the color and get it just right for recording. It, wouldn't be until the late 70's when color cameras were "auto color".

[@mbvideoselection]

The primary reason we're seeing this in b/w was because at this time only b/w film recordings (known in the US as kinescopes) were kept, even of colour shows. However, the colour strike was also indeed in effect then, having started in October. I've seen the ending of this edition at some point (it doesn't seem to be on here though) and it ends with a caption that reads "AN ATV PRODUCTION" with a blank space where the word "COLOUR" would usually be. If it had been a show intended to be made in b/w, the word "COLOUR" would appear directly underneath the ATV logo without a tell-tale gap between.

[@sdaonline]

BizMarkUK The ITC ident would indicate that this was a telerecording of either colour or monochrome VT made for overseas sales, if I am not mistaken

[@darganx]

Ooooooh a whole £600!! You could buy a car with that in 1970.

[@robo701000]

Does anyone know where i can get the 1969 film of the golden shot with the band Consortium

[@NimrodTheMaidenless]

I'm here for Yutte

[@unhban]

Two unusual things about this clip... I presume it's eiither off a monochrome video recording or off a DVD. Unusually it has the ITC ID, when it was actually produced at ATV studios and so should have the ATV tri-colours ID. Also, Golden Shot was in colour at this time. Sometimes you see film marks going through, or is that my imagination? So I'm guessing the recorded colour show was transferred to monochrome film and then commercially put on a DVD? Be interesting to know your source!

[@StephenHP62]

Studio contestants are introduced by the lovely and talented Yutte Stensgaard!

[@stanssoapbox]

The Golden Shot. Sounds like a great title for a porno movie.

[@alijanlondon]

cool i meant :-)

[@SuperGingerBickies]

Her name was NORA... If they brought this game back, you betcha they'll do it like a Wii game...

[@Candolad]

She was the only contestant wearing glasses.

[@Maundervision]

'D'you remember Anne Aston? Dear little Anne Aston? Used to do the scores on "The Golden Shot"? Useless at arithmetic! Couldn't count! It was insane - used to have to take her top off to count to two!...'

[@ahmeddhagahofficial9034]

28th November 1970

[@Bruce-vq7ni]

Berni the bolt - More like Berni the hilarious comb over.

[@annoldham3018]

😂

[@gabbysbuddy]

Just turbn the sound down...

[@kealyc1]

This is so bad that it's good.

[@lioii]

Poor old partially sighted Pam...

[@DurhamGooner1]

What a miss! What was she looking at?

[@97channel]

Lol, what was wrong with that last woman? That's just ridiculous. I don't know how Bob managed to be so diplomatic about it. What an tremendously awful shot.

[@ignoblesurfer6281]

"It's.. ea... easily done." Masterful. I'd have told her she'd disgraced her family unto the 8th generation.

[@nintendy]

What was that silly woman aiming at!??

[@John-mz8rj]

Remember power cuts barbarians.

[@colincarroll7954]

Now banned due to safety regulations. Bob was it's second presenter after Jackie Rea

[@SuperBagshot]

smarmy tory Bob

[@paulmason4616]

He was from a wealthy family who ran a custard powder firm (Monk & Glass) so I wouldn't expect him to be anything other than a Tory.

[@paulmason4616]

Bob Monkhouse was from a wealthy family so he couldn't be anything other than Tory.

[@sophie-leigh2321]

x

[@dalephotographer7101]

Just shows how long skinheads have been going for lol

[@freespeechisneverwrong9351]

Dalephotographer Since 1968 or so.

[@uttaradit2]

The height of pleb tv 'tainment back in the day - no wonder I emmigrated

[@97channel]

We've really missed you ever since.

[@ignoblesurfer6281]

People make fun of Bullseye but compared to this it's the South Bank Show.

[@MrNewtonian]

Yutte.

[@ignoblesurfer6281]

So Bob drew an unfunny drawing about a really shit joke and got to put it in a book, and then plug that book when he's working on a totally unrelated TV show? Christ, it was easy back then, wasn't it? Money for old rope.

[@Candolad]

It's look so plastic and contrived. I suppose that was the remit of Bob Monkhouse.

[@paulbaumer8210]

Huh? WTF is she aiming at? Is she cross-eyed? Or maybe she has double-vision? "Notice to would-be contestants: do not apply if you are fkn blind."