![]() ![]() ![]() ITV just over a week away, they were more than willing to pull out all the stops ![]() This was all new ground for the BBC as they had never broadcast a liveĬhildren's television series before with an audience, but with the launch of ![]() Shepherd's Bush, an old variety theatre that the BBC had acquired in 1953, butĬhildren's Television Theatre in the credits for Crackerjack. In order to facilitate a programme that had a 500 strongĪdolescent audience, the show was broadcast from the Television Theatre at (of which a criminal 303 are missing from the archives) and nearly forty years. Intended to have a short run - in the end it ran for 29 series, 451 episodes The BBC before doing a producers’ course at the Corporation. RAF pilot, had been a circus ring master, stage manager and floor manager at Quite a colourful history he had received a DFC for his exploits as a wartime Mentioned in hallowed tones) from an idea by producer Johnny Downes. The series was green-lit in 1955 by Freda Lingstrom (may her name be To hold as many as they could without dropping them. Given a prize for a correct answer or a cabbage for a wrong one, and then had Its so-called 'golden era' when co-hosts Leslie Crowther and Peter Glaze would performĬomedy routines, introduce guest pop acts, and run the weekly quiz 'Double orĭrop' (devised by Andrews in the show's early days), in which contestants were This Is Your Life, Crackerjack is perhaps best remembered for Months before began surprising unsuspecting personalities with a big red book Originally introduced by ex-boxing commentator Eamonn Voice - and indeed throughout the show whenever it was mentioned,Ĭrackerjack became an instant teatime television hit. IntroducedĮach week with the by-line "It's Friday, it's five o'clock, yes it'sĬrackerjack!" to which the show's young audience would echo the show's title at the top of their Had its roots firmly set in the old music hall/variety tradition. Say the word "Crackerjack" to anyone of a certainĪge and they will almost certainly yell straight back at youĬrackerjack was a children's entertainment show that ![]()
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