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Opportunity Knocks is a 2008 game show hosted by J. D. Roth and executive produced by Ashton Kutcher and his Katalyst Productions. It premiered on September 23, 2008 on ABC and City in Canada, but received low ratings, especially in the 18–34-year-old age demographic, and was canceled after three episodes.
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Infamous talent show whose major gimmick / selling point was the infamous "clap-o-meter", basically a decibel meter which measured the volume of reaction from the studio audience (though it did rather end up looking like a man moving a pointer about on a whim). Nevertheless, it was the home audience that decided who the winner of each week was by w...
The TV muscle man who performed to the tune of Wheels Cha Cha was Tony Holland - see http://www.maxalding.co.uk/holland/holland.htm
"Tonight, Opportunity Knocks for..." "And I mean that most sincerely, folks." "Remember, the clapometer is just for fun." Monkouse era: "When opportunity comes your way, don't knock it!"
Hughie Green devised the original format. When the BBC came back with Bob Says...', there was a legal wrangle in 1987 when Green tried to prove he held the copyright. The matter was resolved by putting his name on the credits as "programme advisor". In 1989, Green sued the Broadcasting Corporation of New Zealand who had broadcast a talent show call...
1960s version: Music performed by Bob Sharples and the Oppor-tunes with the ABC Television Showband. Bob Monkhouse version: Starby Kiki Dee.
The black and white images in the synopsis section above come from the edition of 31 July 1965. According to the British Film Institute, the acts were: 1. The Headliners' (two men and a woman with guitars [Reliably identified to us as John Mills, David Lewis and Mary Lewis - Ed.]) who perform their own composition `That's The Way I Must Go'. Anthon...
In 1949, Green devised a talent show called Opportunity Knocks, which was commissioned by BBC Radio. The show lasted for only one series, and Green was apparently told it was "too American" for the British audience.
Opportunity Knocks is a British television and radio talent show originally hosted by Hughie Green, with a late-1980s revival hosted by Bob Monkhouse, and later by previous winner Les Dawson. From its origin on BBC Radio in 1949 the show provided a platform to fame for acts such as Spike Milligan and Frankie Vaughan.
Comedy Game-Show. A long-running ITV talent show hosted by Hughie Green, providing showcases for names such as Paul Daniels and Frank Carson. The series was revived on the BBC in the 1980s, hosted by Bob Monkhouse and former winner Les Dawson. Stars. Hughie Green. Bob Monkhouse. National Philharmonic Orchestra. See production info at IMDbPro.
Well, ABC has the show for you, as host J.D. Roth and his mobile team pull up each week in front of a suburban contestant's home with a semi loaded with furniture, electronics and big cash prizes...
Find out how to watch Opportunity Knocks. Stream the latest seasons and episodes, watch trailers, and more for Opportunity Knocks at TV Guide.
