Those Geography questions were very hard. Well done Alan.

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

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

2 жыл бұрын

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

Жыл бұрын

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

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

2 жыл бұрын

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

@tooleyheadbang4239

2 жыл бұрын

@@barrypoupard7009 Absolutely...

@johnorchin8567

Жыл бұрын

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

Жыл бұрын

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

@JJONNYREPP

Жыл бұрын

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...

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

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

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

@andrewbranson6641

2 жыл бұрын

You're very welcome.

@johnager9428

2 жыл бұрын

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

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

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

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!

Thoroughly enjoyed watching that , thanks.

£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

Жыл бұрын

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

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

@steffanhoffmann8937

2 жыл бұрын

No it's all celebrity.

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

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

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

2 жыл бұрын

I’m sure he was a plant.

@TimLondonGuitarist

2 жыл бұрын

Most people would fail to list 10 counties in England

@Ndlanding

Жыл бұрын

@@TimLondonGuitarist There are counties?

@TimLondonGuitarist

Жыл бұрын

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

@yakacm

Жыл бұрын

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

The programme first appeared on Radio Luxembourg.

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

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.

He made the contestants feel special .

@mark4lev

3 ай бұрын

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

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

Жыл бұрын

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

10 ай бұрын

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

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

@barrypoupard7009

2 жыл бұрын

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

2 жыл бұрын

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

2 жыл бұрын

The Sky's the Limit

@gerardcarton5310

Жыл бұрын

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

@JJONNYREPP

Жыл бұрын

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!?

It's like a time machine

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.

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

@dlamiss

Жыл бұрын

and you mean that most sincerely

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

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

2 жыл бұрын

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

@gobbollino2688

Жыл бұрын

@@steffanhoffmann8937Yes he IS!! Good comment Stefan 😅

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

2 жыл бұрын

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

Hands off the merchandise, Hughie.

brilliant

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

Nice Show....

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

Paula Yates’ real father, Hughie Green

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

Жыл бұрын

Oh God 😩

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.

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.

The earlier version of WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE.

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

6 күн бұрын

I think Michael Miles show was Take Your Pick

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

@edmundpower1250

Жыл бұрын

You sure are old

@sandrascott5299

Жыл бұрын

@@edmundpower1250 Thanks for that!

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

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

What year was this?

@MrDannyDetail

2 жыл бұрын

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

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

@edmundpower1250

Жыл бұрын

She was married to a rat

What are the rules

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

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.

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

9 ай бұрын

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

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

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

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

Just spent £200 at Tesco!

Who's the Aussie hostess ?

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

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

Was this the one that was a scam?

Hardest questions ever wtf

Need the rules

@urasam2

2 жыл бұрын

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

why did hughie have a new york accent?

@urasam2

2 жыл бұрын

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

@maskedavenger2578

2 жыл бұрын

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

2 жыл бұрын

And I mean that most sincerely...

@thewkovacs316

2 жыл бұрын

@@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

2 жыл бұрын

@@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 .

Hugh ie looks older although he’s younger

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

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

@edmundpower1250

Жыл бұрын

Well opportunity knocked!

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

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

Hughie Green had the most fake smile on TV

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

@Ndlanding

Жыл бұрын

Comma gain?

@kamandi1362

Жыл бұрын

This,show,was,a,usa,copys

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

Was there anyone on telly more insincere than Huey

Double Your Money and take Hughie Green away .

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

lol,£6.ha,ha,ha,ha,ha,ha,

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.

PURE EVIL !

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

2 жыл бұрын

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

See him touching the Woman, he was bent

@Ndlanding

Жыл бұрын

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

Ben nevis is not British.

clever chap, not many multi choice either