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== Host == | == Host == | ||
| - | [[Adrian Hedley]] | + | [[Adrian Hedley]] (all series) |
| - | [[ | + | [[Janet Ellis]] (1979-83) |
== Co-hosts == | == Co-hosts == | ||
| - | + | Character voices: John Leeson | |
| - | + | David Cleveland and David Wyatt (''Cid Sleuth'' section, 1979-81) | |
| - | + | Chris Emmett (1980) | |
| - | + | "The 'O' Men": [[Sylvester McCoy]] and David Rappaport (1980-84) | |
| - | + | Wilf Lunn (1980-84) | |
| - | + | [[Tommy Boyd]] (1981) | |
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| - | + | "Dot": [[Julia Binsted]] (1983-4) | |
| - | + | Paul Shearer (1984) | |
| - | + | [[Howard Stableford]] (final series, 1984) | |
| - | + | == Broadcast == | |
| - | + | BBC1, 16 July 1979 to 15 June 1984 (50 episodes in 6 series) | |
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| - | == | + | == Synopsis == |
| - | + | Viewer participation competition where the object each week to identify a six-letter word. | |
| - | == | + | <div class="image"><IMG src="/atoz/programmes/j/jigsaw/jigsaw3.jpg" alt="jigsaw3.jpg" width="250" height="198"> |
| - | + | ''Janet Ellis and Adrian Hedley''</div> | |
| - | + | Each letter would be identified via a sketch of some variety, which nearly always included some brilliant miming by host Adrian Hedley. At the end of the programme, Mr Noseybonk (a man - Hedley in disguise, of course - wearing a really quite scary mask with a very, very long nose and a pair of ill-fitting trousers) would run around a park or some such location, with some jaunty background-music, looking at different objects - the first letters of these prominent objects being the answer to the write-in competition. | |
| - | [ | + | <div class="image">[[Image:Jigsaw noseybonk.jpg|400px]]''Mr Noseybonk''</div> |
| - | + | In the early series there would be a sketch involving inept detective "Cid Sleuth", and other characters included the O-Men (Sylvester McCoy and David Rappaport), Biggum the Scottish giant - all you ever saw of him was his sandals - and Pterry the pterodactyl. After Janet Ellis left to join ''Blue Peter'', Julia Binsted provided a replacement of sorts as "Dot", a character who changed from a silver dot on the screen into a human and could manipulate the visual elements of the show. | |
| - | + | <div class="image"><IMG src="/atoz/programmes/j/jigsaw/jigsaw5.jpg" alt="jigsaw5.jpg" width="270" height="181"> | |
| - | + | ''Jig (foreground) reveals the six-letter word''</div> | |
| - | + | Reprised to an extent with [[See it, Saw it]]. | |
| - | + | == Inventor == | |
| - | + | Devised by [[Clive Doig]]. | |
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| + | == Web links == | ||
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| + | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jigsaw_(British_TV_series) Wikipedia entry] | ||
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| + | == See also == | ||
| - | ' | + | [[Weaver's Week 2017-10-29|Weaver's Week reflections]] |
[[Category:Childrens]] | [[Category:Childrens]] | ||
[[Category:Fictional Characters]] | [[Category:Fictional Characters]] | ||
Current revision as of 10:01, 21 November 2020
Contents |
Host
Adrian Hedley (all series)
Janet Ellis (1979-83)
Co-hosts
Character voices: John Leeson
David Cleveland and David Wyatt (Cid Sleuth section, 1979-81)
Chris Emmett (1980)
"The 'O' Men": Sylvester McCoy and David Rappaport (1980-84)
Wilf Lunn (1980-84)
Tommy Boyd (1981)
"Dot": Julia Binsted (1983-4)
Paul Shearer (1984)
Howard Stableford (final series, 1984)
Broadcast
BBC1, 16 July 1979 to 15 June 1984 (50 episodes in 6 series)
Synopsis
Viewer participation competition where the object each week to identify a six-letter word.
Janet Ellis and Adrian HedleyEach letter would be identified via a sketch of some variety, which nearly always included some brilliant miming by host Adrian Hedley. At the end of the programme, Mr Noseybonk (a man - Hedley in disguise, of course - wearing a really quite scary mask with a very, very long nose and a pair of ill-fitting trousers) would run around a park or some such location, with some jaunty background-music, looking at different objects - the first letters of these prominent objects being the answer to the write-in competition.
Mr NoseybonkIn the early series there would be a sketch involving inept detective "Cid Sleuth", and other characters included the O-Men (Sylvester McCoy and David Rappaport), Biggum the Scottish giant - all you ever saw of him was his sandals - and Pterry the pterodactyl. After Janet Ellis left to join Blue Peter, Julia Binsted provided a replacement of sorts as "Dot", a character who changed from a silver dot on the screen into a human and could manipulate the visual elements of the show.
Jig (foreground) reveals the six-letter wordReprised to an extent with See it, Saw it.
Inventor
Devised by Clive Doig.
