{"id":404,"date":"2010-05-31T12:21:31","date_gmt":"2010-05-31T12:21:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/?p=404"},"modified":"2010-05-18T12:31:48","modified_gmt":"2010-05-18T12:31:48","slug":"new-faces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/new-faces\/","title":{"rendered":"New faces"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"e526d1e761560160a119e3b74cb2a974\" data-index=\"4\" style=\"float: left; margin: 0px 0px 0px 0;\">\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- skool-response -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1609637348681190\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3558122710\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"autorelaxed\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<h2>New faces from 1973 UK Prime Time Television<\/h2>\n<p>Go back to the early seventies and Britains Got Talent existed in a very different form, New Faces. After a long and successsful reign from Hughie Green and Opportunity Knocks, this ATV show came into the popular viewing figures of the seventies with its very own Simon Cowell. In the form of Mickey Most and Tony Hatch, these two were as awkward and as viscous as any comments mr Cowell gives today.<\/p>\n<p>ATV&#8217;s successful New Faces talent contest from 1973 to 1978 was hosted by Derek Hobson. I can&#8217;t say ive seen much of him since those days.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-405\" href=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/new-faces\/new-faces\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-405\" title=\"New-faces-\" src=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/New-faces-.jpg\" alt=\"New faces from 1973 Television\" width=\"500\" height=\"397\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/New-faces-.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/New-faces--160x127.jpg 160w, http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/New-faces--300x238.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/New-faces--377x300.jpg 377w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>New Faces first aired in September 1973 and remained until April 1978. Contestants received marks out of ten from the four judges in three categories such as &#8220;presentation&#8221;, &#8220;content&#8221; and &#8220;star quality&#8221; This meant each judge could give upto 30 points providing an accumaltive top score of 120 points.<\/p>\n<p>For me, I particularly remember the cartoon introduction of a man looking like sid little busking with a black Sedan coming along and offering him a break.<br \/>\nThe lyrics were:<\/p>\n<p><em>Yesterday I was happy to play<br \/>\nFor a penny or two a song<br \/>\nTill a fellah in a black sedan<br \/>\nTook a shine to my one-man-band<br \/>\nHe said, &#8220;We got plans for you, you&#8217;d never dream&#8221;<\/em><\/p><div class=\"e526d1e761560160a119e3b74cb2a974\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:5px 0 5px 0; text-align:center;\">\nskool\r\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"autorelaxed\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1609637348681190\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3558122710\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><em>(Chorus)<br \/>\nYou&#8217;re a star, you&#8217;re a star<br \/>\nA lam\u00e9 suit and a new guitar<br \/>\nAnd I know that you&#8217;ll go far<br \/>\n&#8216;Cause you&#8217;re a star<br \/>\nYou&#8217;re a star, superstar<br \/>\nOn you go, it&#8217;s your finest hour<br \/>\nAnd I know that you&#8217;ll go far<br \/>\n&#8216;Cause you&#8217;re a star<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I signed my name and the Friday came<br \/>\nWhen the song that I used to sing<br \/>\nCame out on a forty-five<br \/>\nI sang it on the TV live<br \/>\nYes, the music played and I heard the people say<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>(Chorus)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Woah! The record did fine<br \/>\nAnd there came a time<br \/>\nWhen I bought my own black sedan<br \/>\nAnd a piece of land for a home<br \/>\nIn St. George&#8217;s Hill (that&#8217;s where they all live, ya know)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>(Instrumental Break)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>When I&#8217;m low, I&#8217;m a-happy to go<br \/>\nTo the street where I used to play<br \/>\nEven though it makes me laugh<br \/>\nTo have to sign my autograph<br \/>\nFor the folks who used to drop me just to dance<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Now they all say&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>(Chorus to fade)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>These are a few of the stars that came out of New Faces, Marti Caine, Lenny Henry, Dave Allen, Joe Pasquale, Roy Walker, The Chuckle Brothers, Victoria Wood, Roger De Courcey and Nookie Bear, Les Dennis, Jim Davidson and Patti Boulaye.<\/p>\n<p>In 1986 it was resurrected by Central Tv for a run of a few years with Marti Caine a previous winner.<\/p>\n<!--CusAds0-->\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/new-faces\/\"><img width=\"125\" height=\"99\" src=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/New-faces--160x127.jpg\" class=\"alignright tfe wp-post-image\" alt=\"New faces from 1973 Television\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/New-faces--160x127.jpg 160w, http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/New-faces--300x238.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/New-faces--377x300.jpg 377w, http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/New-faces-.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 125px) 100vw, 125px\" \/><\/a><p>New faces from 1973 UK Prime Time Television Go back to the early seventies and Britains Got Talent existed in a very different form, New Faces. 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