It's A Celebrity Knockout 1979
British Domestic Series

Presenters:
Stuart Hall
Eddie Waring

Referee:
Arthur Ellis

Scoregirls:
Helene Hunt
Maria Scott
Debra Windass
 

Production Credits:

Producer's Assistant: Gill Hague; Stage Managers: Mike Milone, Tudor Nash-Jones, Dave Pickthall; Videotape Editor: John Sillitoe; Senior Cameraman: Gordon Addison; Costume Designer: Jackie Pinks; Production Team: Tony Williams, Alan Wright; Sound: John Drake; Engineering Manager: Geoff Lomas; Designer and Games Deviser: Stuart Furber; Producer: Cecil Korer; Director: Alan Walsh

A BBC Manchester Production
 

Key:
Domestic Special
= Winner of Special
 

  ▲ = Promoted to Position / ▼ = Demoted to Position

 

GB

It's A Celebrity Knockout 1979

Summer Special

Event Staged: Sunday 29th July 1979
Venue: Queen’s Park Rangers F.C. Football Ground (Loftus Road),
Shepherd's Bush, Greater London, England

Transmission:
BBC1 (GB):
Wednesday 29th August 1979, 8.10-9.00pm

Winners' Trophy presented by: Sir Ian Trethowan, BBC Director-General

Teams: Celebrities v. Lord’s Taverners

Team Members included:

Celebrities - Magnus Pyke (Team Captain), Robin Askwith, Raymond Baxter, John Blythe, Roy Castle, Child (Tim Atack), Roger de Courcey, Bernard Cribbins, Linda Cunningham, Celena Duncan, Jenny Hanley, Anita Harris, Frazer Hines, Rod Hull and Emu, David 'Kid' Jensen, John Junkin, Jeremy Kemp, Mick McManus, Eric Don Moss, Patrick Mower, Pan’s People (Pauline Crawford, Abigail Higgins), Michael Robbins, Willie Rushton, Jim Standon, Sheila Steafel, Mike Swann, Dawn Taylor, Bill Tidy, Bob Todd, Meriel Tufnell;
Lord's Taverners - Patrick Moore (Team Captain),
Debbie Arnold, Child (Keith Atack), Tim Brooke-Taylor, Paul Burnett, Jacqueline Clarke, Julie Dawn Cole, Jess Conrad, Barry Cryer, Neil Durden-Smith, Arthur English, Liz Fraser, Bob Grant, Derek Hobson, Jan Hunt, George Layton, Adrian Love, Victor Maddern, Teresa Mann, Richard O’Sullivan, Pan’s People (Francesca Whitburn and Sarah Woollett), Lance Percival, George Sewell, Shaw Taylor, Bob Wilson, Frank Windsor.

Games: The Cookies' Race, Rolling the Dice, Through the Web, The Pedal Walkers, Drum Roll, The Blind Monks, Horse and Hurdles, Umbrella Balloon Burst, Carry the Canvas, Foam Slide;
Marathon: The Water Carriers;
Jokers:
Joker Playing Cards.

Game Results and Standings

Games

Team / Colour 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 MAR 10
Points Scored
(Joker games shown in red)
C 1 1 2 1 4 1 2 2 2 4 2
LT 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 1
Running Totals
(Leading teams shown in red)
C 1 2 4 5 9 10 12 14 16 20 22
LT 2 4 5 7 8 9 10 11

12

14 15

Result

 Team

Points

Final Scoreboard

1st
2nd

 Celebrities
 
Lord's Taverners

22
15

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.

Made in Colour • This programme exists in the BBC Archives

 

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