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unusual facts about Bruce Forsyth's Hot Streak


Ron E Sparks

Sparks has also made a name as a television voice artist, and has provided voice overs for several Australian television shows, such as Wheel of Fortune and Hot Streak.


Alan Fenton

This led to a career writing comedy sketches and scripts for TV comedy series, Saturday Night Spectaculars and Sunday Nights at the London Palladium for most of the top comedians of the day, including Ronnie Corbett, Bruce Forsyth, Dickie Henderson, Roy Castle, Arthur Haines, Jack Douglas and Joe Baker, Dick Emery, Irene Handl, Des O'Connor and many others.

Arthur Negus

He also appeared on other TV programes including several editions of The Generation Game during the time it was presented by Bruce Forsyth and Larry Grayson.

Bill Cotton

There was also a documentary about his career with Michael Grade, Bruce Forsyth, Michael Parkinson, Ronnie Corbett, Terry Wogan, and Paul Jackson among those paying tribute.

Bruce Johnson

Bruce Forsyth (Bruce Joseph Forsyth Johnson, born 1928), English entertainer

Cambridge Theatre

Notable productions include Joan Sims in Breath of spring by Peter Coke in 1958, Tommy Steele in Half a Sixpence in 1963 (678 performances), Bruce Forsyth in Little Me in 1964 (334 performances), The Black Mikado (1975–76), and in the late 1970s the Kander and Ebb musical Chicago ran for 590 performances.

Courts plc

It was known for an advertising campaign in the 1980s and 1990s that featured Bruce Forsyth dressed as a judge ("I'll see you in Courts!").

Joseph Forsyth Johnson

Johnson's great grandson by his first marriage is the British entertainer Bruce Forsyth.

Miss World 1995

The pageant was hosted by Richard Steinmetz, Jeff Trachta and Bobbie Eakes and was also participated by Supermodels Linda Evangelista and Beverly Peele and Bruce Forsyth who acted as presenters.

Peter Brough

His radio series based around the character - Educating Archie - featured in support the likes of Dick Emery, Freddie Sales, Benny Hill, Tony Hancock, Hattie Jacques, Bruce Forsyth, Harry Secombe, Beryl Reid and even a young Julie Andrews as the girlfriend of Archie; Eric Sykes was one of the series main writers in the early 1950s.

Spiv

The character Swinburne (played by Bruce Forsyth) in the film Bedknobs and Broomsticks – set in London during the Second World War – has a similar appearance, and offers to sell from a selection of watches which are pinned inside his coat.

Tess Daly

Since then, she has presented shows including Get Your Kit Off, Singled Out, Smash Hits TV, SMTV Live, Back To Reality, the first series of Make Me a Supermodel (with Dave Berry) and Strictly Come Dancing, which she has co-hosted with Bruce Forsyth in all eleven series to date.

The Generation Gap

Despite its title, The Generation Game (which originally ran in the United Kingdom from 1971-1981 and hosted by Bruce Forsyth) was based on a 1969 Dutch show entitled Een van de acht ("One of the Eight"), which in turn used a stunt-based format much like that of Beat the Clock and Truth or Consequences.

The Good Old Days

:Cast Bruce Forsyth, Georgia Brown, Charlie Williams, Julius Nehring, Gerry Atkins, Pigalle Girls with host Leonard Sachs

You're in a Bad Way

It also makes reference to "watching Bruce on the old Generation Game", which led to the song being self-mockingly described as "the one about Bruce Forsyth" in the sleevenotes to the compilation Too Young to Die - The Singles.


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