It's A Celebrity Knockout 1978
British Domestic Series

Presenters:
Stuart Hall
Eddie Waring

Referee:
Arthur Ellis

Scoregirls:
Helene Hunt
Beverley Isherwood

Production Credits:

Production Assistant: Alan Wright; Sound: John Drake; VT Editor: Malcolm Banthorpe; Engineering Manager: Geoff Lomas; Designer and Games Deviser: Stuart Furber; Assistant Producer: Alan Walsh; Producer: Cecil Korer; Director: Keith Phillips

A BBC Manchester Production

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

GB

It's A Celebrity Knockout 1978

Summer Special

Event Staged: Sunday 16th July 1978
Venue: Fulham F.C. Football Ground (Craven Cottage),
Fulham, Greater London, England

Transmission:
BBC1 (GB): Monday 21st August 1978, 7.10-8.10pm

Winners' Trophy presented by: Eric Morecambe, comedian

Teams: Celebrities v. Lord’s Taverners

Team Members included:
Celebrities - Patricia Brake (Team Captain), Tommy Boyd, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Paul Burnett, Eddie Capelli, Julie Dawn Cole, John Craven, Barry Cryer, Roger de Courcey, Jessie Evans, Graeme Garden, Jenny Hanley, Rachel Heyhoe-Flint, Derek Hobson, David 'Kid' Jensen, John Junkin, Diane Langton, Legs & Co. (Lulu Cartwright, Gillian Clarke, Patti Hammond, Rosemary Hetherington, Susan Menhenick and Pauline Peters), Linda Lusardi, Victor Maddern, Tony Mahoney, Bill Oddie, Nora Perry, Magnus Pyke, Chris Ralston, Cardew Robinson, Ray Stevens, Mike Swann and Bob Wilson;
Lord's Taverners - Eric Morecambe (Team Captain), Robin Askwith, Raymond Baxter, John Blythe, Judith Chalmers, Jacqueline Clarke, Pat Crerand, Linda Cunningham, Neil Durden-Smith, Tony Gale, Bob Grant, David Hamilton, Anita Harris, Frazer Hines, Barry John, George Layton, Liverpool Express (Derek Cashin, Tony Coates, Billy Kinsley, Peter Kircher, John Ryan and Roger Scott Craig), Mick McManus, Ann Moore, Patrick Moore, Don Moss, Richard O’Sullivan, Nicholas Parsons, Lance Percival, Tim Rice, William Rushton, Sheila Steafel, Shaw Taylor, Meriel Tufnell and Norman Wisdom.

Games: Chimps' Tea Party, Balloon Nets, Scooter Tandems, Trifle Slide, Water Carpets, Barrels and Planks, Rocker Stack, Ball Lift and Giant Tricycles;
Marathon: Water Bounce.

Game Results and Standings

Result

 Team

Points

Final Scoreboard

1st
2nd

 Lord's Taverners ●
 Celebrities

18
14

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.

Returning Teams and Celebrities

Domestic and international referee Mike Swann began his It’s A Knockout and Jeux Sans Frontières career as the team manager for the IAK 1972 Banbury team. He participated again in 1973 as an advisor the Bicester team, and became an It's A Knockout referee in 1977. He was a part of the Celebrities team in this It's A Celebrity Knockout event, and participated in Anything Goes in 1985 with other members of his family.

Additional Information

As this programme was played purely for the purpose of raising money for charity, all of the famous celebrities involved gave their time for free.

Made in Colour • This programme exists in the BBC Archives

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