Have a Go
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Host
Co-hosts
Mabel Pickles (1953-67)
At the piano: Jack Jordan (1946-7), Violet Carson (1947-53), Harry Hudson (1953-66), Eric James (1966-7).
Broadcast
Home Service North (as "Have a Go, Joe!"), 5 March to ?, 1946
BBC Manchester for Light Programme, 16 September 1946 to 1967
Synopsis
Britain's very first broadcast quiz to give away money prizes, "Have a Go" was a hugely popular "people show" in which Wilfred Pickles (and his wife, Mabel) travelled around the country, turning up in village halls and asking ordinary folk up on stage to talk about their lives and memories. This done, the member of the public would then be invited to "have a go" at the quiz, which consisted of four questions worth increasing amounts between 2s 6d and one guinea, with a jackpot of £1/19s/11d (i.e. a penny under £2, for some reason). There would also often be items of local produce awarded in addition to the money, hence the catchphrase "What's on the table, Mabel?"
Catchphrases
"How do, how are yer?"
"Are yer courtin'?"
"What's on the table, Mabel?"
"Give 'im the money, Mabel!" (or "...Barney!", when producer Barney Colehan handed out the cash)
Theme music
By Jack Jordan:
- Have a go, Joe, come on and have a go
- You can't lose owt
- It costs you nowt
- To make yourself some dough.
- So hurry up and join us
- Don't be shy and don't be slow
- Come on Joe, have a go!
Trivia
Violet Carson, one of the pianists, went on to become Ena Sharples in Coronation Street.
Merchandise
A boxed Have a Go party game was produced.
...and here it is.See also
Web links
Have a Go page at Whirligig-TV
Pictures
Mabel gives a contestant the money