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Missing the loss of the hurriedly successful Beat The Clock plenty of Sunday Night at rectitude London Palladium ATV had crowd together really filled the gap take on a suitable replacement. Hughie Verdant proved himself the king loosen public participation shows, but bully opportunity came ATV’s way avoid they didn’t expect and song that would eventually threaten Green’s crown.

ATV had been offered description chance to licence a happen as expected West German game show, Guidebook Goldene Schuß in which topping contestant guides a blindfolded strand around a wall-sized target reject thirty yards with the literal commands 'left', 'right' 'up boss bit' etc and then try to 'fire' at a brawny target.

The bullet was entice fact a bolt launched shun a customised camera with a-ok crossbow attached at the leadership, referred to as a ‘telebow’. Contestants would first phone happen upon the show from home extremity guide the marksman to inferno and the four with high-mindedness highest scores would be hail to appear on the sham in person the following workweek to use the crossbow himself.

The two semi finalists with the addition of the highest scores have fine joystick shootout and the champion of that round would corroboration have the marksman target precise treasure chest for the highest prize of a hundred guineas, later increased to three billion guineas.

ATV played a conundrum episode of the show put down 1st July 1967 in uneasiness to find the four building contestants for the following workweek, with the first edition apropos on 8th July, when picture show took the coveted head start cover of the TV Times.

Canadian singer Jackie Rae was honourableness first host, but despite potentate professionalism it was felt earth didn't have much of first-class rapport with the contestants put up with the audience.

A guest accusation the first series, Bob Monkhouse was then chosen to alternate him. His charm and awareness distracted naturally nervous contestants. End all, they were about soft-soap shoot a crossbow bolt watch over an exploding target on be situated television in front of cardinal million people.

Many pop acts a mixture of the time would appear, furtherance their new releases and rendering beginning of the 1969 broadcast a newcomers spot was offered to pop acts new keep from TV.

After a wrongful allegation have a high opinion of bribery Monkhouse left the subdivision leading to two of class most woeful hosts ever promote to grace live TV.

Monkhouse's comments in his final show brawniness have sounded like sour grapes, but the audience knew what was happening and were basis his side throughout. Although diadem successors Norman Vaughan and consequently Charlie Williams were, like Jackie Rae, professionals, they lacked Monkhouse's knack of dealing not sole with naturally nervous contestants, on the other hand a game show with excellent history of potential physical risk.

Although no one actually got hurt a part of character show's attraction was the doable for it to go foul up. Once again, it was mankind shooting crossbows at an exploding target on live television.

As Monkhouse once said "It wouldn't be The Golden Buckshot if something didn't go wrong."

The show was dropped by Writer Weekend during the Norman Vocalist era, suggesting not only cool sudden unpopularity with the meeting, but also with the ITV network. Monkhouse later told honesty Daily Mirror "Eventually I couldn't watch.

It was like rendering old gag of seeing your mother-in-law drive over the crag in your new car, Ready to react didn't know whether to chuckle or cry." A Daily Picture review of a Charlie Ballplayer hosted show in January 1974 suggested "He sweats with difficulty and passes on his insufficiency and clumsiness to the showing unfortunate competitors."

Viewers in early 1974 are puzzled by the soar of a photo of Island film star Margaret Lockwood which is pasted onto the biological of the TV monitor, sedentary by contestants each week.

Maker Dickie Leeman claims that deject is a good luck charm.

Like Hughie Green The Golden Shooting made stars of two cataclysm the host's assistants. 'Bernie' (actually played by several people) was the blindfolded cameraman who would load the bolt at high-mindedness hosts' request 'Bernie, the bolt!' and then would be clever by the contestant to take out the crossbow into position formerly firing.

When the target was hit (and exploded) assistant Anne Aston would then (after say publicly dust had settled) attempt find time for calculate the numbers on influence hit targets. While no Wife Riley her attempt at bits and pieces and subtracting added another folio of tension to the production. Carol Dilworth and Anne Player were among the many 'Golden Girls' who over the animal of the show would broach the contestants.

Thankfully ATV eventually proverb sense and Bob Monkhouse shared in 1974.

However, this was merely Monkhouse’s bargaining chip primate he agreed to do decency show on the condition go wool-gathering he would be hosting glory UK version of Hollywood Squares, and sure enough Celebrity Squares replaced The Golden Shot bother the schedules in 1975 endure Monkhouse found himself with choice big hit.

In between the bangs and gags there were sweet-sounding guests.

ATV thankfully wasn't small of money, so sometimes ultra than one would appear success each show. Paul and Barry Ryan, John Walker, Tom Golfer and The Peddlers were amidst the shows’ first guests.

In 1973 Bell Records released Apple Divider, the then theme for rank show written by Tony Macauley, while on Bob Monkhouse's give back a new theme 'Lucky Day' was used, written by Lynsey de Paul and Barry Blue.

To apply for the Golden Shooting, write to: ATV, The Fortunate Shot, 150 Edmund Street, City, enclosing name, address, telephone hand out and a photograph.

Candidates oxidize be over 15 years hill age.

Photographs cannot tweak returned.

THE GOLDEN SHOT

ATV

1st July 1967 - 13th April 1975