It's A Celebrity Knockout 1977
British Domestic Series

Presenters:
Stuart Hall
Eddie Waring

Referees:
Arthur Ellis
Mike Swann

Scoregirls:
Brenda Lee
Dinah May
Pam Nolan

Production Credits:

Production Team: Alan Walsh, Alan Wright; Engineering Manager: Geoff Lomas; Sound: John Drake; Games Arranger: Paul Trerise; Designer: Mel Bibby; Producer: Cecil Korer; Director: Geoff Wilson

A BBC Manchester Production

Key: Domestic Special ● = Winner of Special   ▲ = Promoted to Position / ▼ = Demoted to Position

GB

It's A Celebrity Knockout 1977

Summer Special

Event Staged: Sunday 26th June 1977 from 3.30pm
Venue: Chelsea F.C. Football Ground (Stamford Bridge),
Chelsea, Greater London, England

Transmission:
BBC1 (GB): Tuesday 16th August 1977, 6.55-7.50pm

Winners' Trophy presented by: Susan Hampshire, actress

Teams: Celebrities v. Lord's Taverners

Team Members included:
Celebrities - Bill Oddie (Team Captain), Robin Askwith, Eddie Capelli, Keith Chegwin, Bernard Cribbins, Neil Durden-Smith, Bob Grant, Susan Hampshire, Nicky Henson, Frazer Hines, Derek Hobson, Ian Lavender, Legs & Co. (Lulu Cartwright, Gillian Clarke, Patti Hammond, Rosemary Hetherington, Susan Menhenick and Pauline Peters), Ronald Leigh-Hunt, Hilary Pritchard, Chris Ralston, Norman Rossington, Ian St. John, Meriel Tufnell, Roger Whittaker, Frank Windsor;
Lord's Taverners - Willie Rushton (Team Captain), Raymond Baxter, Bernard Bresslaw, Judith Chalmers, Roger de Courcey, Linda Cunningham, Eric Flynn, Alan Freeman, Gillian Gilks, Peter Glaze, Terrence Hardiman, Anita Harris, John Junkin, Don McLean, Liverpool Express (Derek Cashin, Tony Coates, Billy Kinsley, Peter Kircher, John Ryan and Roger Scott Craig), Mick McManus, Brian Mears (Chelsea F.C. Chairman), Lance Percival, Sam’s Set (Sharon Fussey, Sandra Hamilton, Erica Lynley, Caroline Sargeant, Samantha Stevens), Bob Wilson, Kenneth Wolstenholme.

Games: Bursting Balloons in the Sack, Skipping Water Carriers, Stuffing the Balloons, Head Waiters, The Blind Drivers, Drum Roll, The Water Carts, Sack Race (Tie-breaker);

Marathon: Waiters' Slide;
Jokers: Joker Playing Cards.

Game Results and Standings

Result

 Team

Points

Final Scoreboard

1st
2nd

 Celebrities ●
 Lord's Taverners

16 (18)*
16 (17)

* Result decided by tie-break game.

The Visiting Teams

The Celebrities team comprised of famous (and not-so-famous) faces from the worlds of television, film, sport and entertainment.

The Lord's Taverners are a charitable association of cricketing actors, sports people and other personalities.

Team Personnel

Celebrity participant Keith Chegwin would return in 1978 to present the winners' trophy at Blackpool in It's A Miners Knockout and again in 1982 as a guest presenter of It's A Knockout Heat 2 from Cockermouth. Chegwin would go on to host both the Knockout spin-off series Anything Goes in 1985-85 and It's A Knockout itself when it was re-launched in Great Britain by Channel 5 in 1999.

Additional Information

This competition featured members of The Lord's Taverners, a charitable association of cricketing actors, engaging in a "jocular joust for The Lord's Taverners Knockout Trophy" with other celebrities from the worlds of entertainment and sports.

Although no mention of it was made, this programme was celebrating the 100th official edition of It’s A Knockout to be held on British soil since 1966. This total was made up of 73 Domestics Heats, 12 International Heats, 2 Championship Knockouts, 7 Cup Final Knockouts, 3 Christmas programmes and 3 Celebrity Knockouts (including this one)!

Made in Colour • This programme exists in the BBC Archives

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