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==Acts who appeared on the show== The early series of the programme featured a regular cast of comedy performers including [[Chris Emmett]], Mike Newman, [[Felix Bowness]], [[Debbie Arnold]] and [[Duggie Brown]]. This format was changed for later series when each show featured a number of variety acts of the day as well as a house dance troupe such as the Brian Rogers Connection who would perform solos for the first act. They would later often dance behind the acts who would invariably top the bill. Previous dance/hostess troupes who appeared include Lipstick (choreographed by hostess Libby Roberts) and the Gentle Secs. Other hostesses who appeared on the show include: Mireille Allonville, Jenny Layland, Patsy Ann Scott, [[Annie St John]], Karen Palmer, Gail Playfair, [[Caroline Cossey|Tula]], Alison Temple-Savage, Libby Roberts, Fiona Curzon, Karan David, [[Dougie Squires|Wei Wei Wong]], [[Caroline Munro]] and Lynda Lee Lewis. Acts who appeared included: [[Gloria Gaynor]], [[George Roper]], [[Ken Dodd]], [[Charlie Williams (comedian)|Charlie Williams]], [[Bonnie Langford]], [[Duncan Norvelle]], [[Black Lace (band)|Black Lace]], [[Bernie Winters]], Stutz Bear Cats, Kit and the Widow, [[Wall Street Crash (group)|Wall Street Crash]], [[Kiki Dee]], [[Michael Ball (singer)|Michael Ball]], [[Nigel Lythgoe|'Nasty Nigel' Lythgoe]], Martin "The Beast" Francis, Tom Pepper, [[Fay Presto]], [[Pete Price]], [[The Manhattan Transfer|Manhattan Transfer]], [[Shane Richie]], the Flaming Hamsters, [[Stan Boardman]], [[Fascinating Aida]], [[Showaddywaddy]], [[Kajagoogoo]], [[Frankie Howerd]], [[Colm Wilkinson]], [[Wilfrid Brambell]] from [[Steptoe and Son]], [[Sinitta]], [[Five Star]], Indigo Lady, [[Cheryl Baker]], [[Phil Cornwell]], [[Jaki Graham]], [[Nana Mouskouri]], [[the Chuckle Brothers]], [[Brian Conley]], [[Roy Walker (TV personality)|Roy Walker]], [[the Drifters]], [[John Sparkes]], [[Wayne Sleep]], [[Andrew O'Connor (actor)|Andrew O'Connor]], [[Gareth Hunt]], [[Peter Beckett]], [[Syd Lawrence]] (with his orchestra), [[Humphrey Lyttelton]], [[Frankie Vaughan]], [[Jessica Martin]], the Foxes, [[Mud (band)|Mud]], [[Keith Harris (ventriloquist)|Keith Harris and Orville]], [[Mick Miller (comedian)|Mick Miller]], [[Diane Solomon]], [[Tony Christie]], [[Cover Girls]], [[Lyn Paul]], [[The Searchers (band)|the Searchers]], [[the Rockin' Berries]], [[Stephanie Lawrence]], [[Don Lusher]] (with his band), [[Madeline Bell]], [[Georgie Fame]], [[Wayne Dobson]], [[The Real Thing (soul group)|the Real Thing]], [[Rebecca Storm]], [[Richard Digance]], [[Anna Dawson]], [[Marion Montgomery]], [[Bill Maynard]], [[the Krankies]], [[Terry Scott]], [[Carmel McSharry]], [[Bob Carolgees]], [[Diana Dors]], [[Lionel Blair]], [[Alvin Stardust]], [[Phil Cool]], [[Vince Eager]], [[Mike Reid (actor)|Mike Reid]], [[Nicholas Parsons]], [[Sheila Steafel]], [[Danny La Rue]], [[Les Dennis]], [[The Wurzels]], [[Joan Benham]], [[Ken Colyer]] (with his jazzmen), [[Frazer Hines]], [[Charlie Williams (comedian)|Charlie Williams]], [[Pan's People]] (as Dee Dee Wilde's Pan's People), [[Rita Webb]], [[The Great Soprendo]], [[Bernard Bresslaw]], [[Charlie Drake]], [[Aimi MacDonald]], [[Mark Heap]] (the Two Marks), [[Vince Hill]] and [[Paul Da Vinci]]. As was the style of the day, the show often featured speciality acts such as a female singer who sang unconvincing renditions of popular songs whilst her male partner sketched caricatures of famous people connected with the song on a flip chart (e.g. a sketch of [[Marilyn Monroe]] was drawn whilst the [[Elton John]] song [[Candle in the Wind]] was performed) who were [[Paul Trevillion|Trevillion]] and (Sadie) Nine. The other songs performed were Smile (Though, Your Heart is Breaking), [[Eye of the Tiger]] accompanied by sketches of [[Charlie Chaplin]] and a boxer. The prize announcers were: Anthony Schaeffer (1984β1985) and later John Benson (1986β87), who had provided the famous voice-over for ''[[Sale of the Century (British game show)|Sale of the Century]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/essex/hi/tv_and_radio/newsid_8176000/8176923.stm |title=BBC - Presenter Profile: Sadie Nine |publisher=BBC News |date=2009-07-31 |access-date=2014-05-20}}</ref> The Christmas editions of the show sometimes featured celebrities in place of regular contestants. The first Christmas show for 1978 (but broadcast in January 1979 due to industrial action at YTV) featured three celebrity partners, paired according to their fields of work, with [[Pat Coombs]] and [[Julian Orchard]] (comedy), [[Terry Wogan]] and [[Clodagh Rodgers]] (pop music), and [[Mick Channon]] and [[Rachael Heyhoe-Flint]] (sport). Wogan and Rodgers went through to the final. The pair eliminated the five prizes available for charity, becoming the series' first contestants to end up with Dusty Bin, much to their embarrassment. However, as it was a Christmas special, Dusty Bin contained a cheque for Β£2,000 for their chosen charity, along with a donation of Β£3,000 from YTV for a [[Variety Club]] Sunshine Coach for a local special educational needs school. The 1983 Christmas edition featured teenagers as contestants playing for local charities in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, with a representative from Scotland in the audience receiving an average total from the teams' quiz earnings for their charity. The winning team ended up with Dusty Bin, but this was revealed to be the star prize, meaning all four charities won their prizes. In the 1984 Christmas edition, the teams were [[Barbara Windsor]] and [[John Inman]], [[Anita Harris]] and [[Bernie Winters]], and [[Suzanne Dando]] and Bernie Clifton. Windsor and Inman were the winners, but they too won Dusty Bin; however on this occasion, the prizes were all revealed to be booby prizes, and again Dusty Bin was the star prize. Windsor and Inman were in on the set up and deliberately contrived to win the dustbin. The DJ [[Janice Long]] appeared as a contestant<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0veTwwTDso|title=321, Series 1 Episode 1|date=3 January 2014 |via=YouTube}}</ref> on the very first episode with her then husband, Trevor, in July 1978
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