Top Secret

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== Host ==
== Host ==
[[Barry Took]]
[[Barry Took]]
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== Broadcast ==
== Broadcast ==
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BBC1, 1982-3
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BBC1, 25 August 1982 to 20 November 1983 (Pilot + 22 episodes in 2 series)
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== Synopsis ==
== Synopsis ==
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Little-known panel game which was rebranded as Tom O'Connor's [[I've Got a Secret]].
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Little-known panel game which was rebranded as Tom O'Connor's [[I've Got a Secret]]. Among the few items that we can remember are one man who had swum the English Channel 25 times, and that when John "Mr Humphries from Are You Being Served?" Inman appeared, his secret was that he was sitting on a cushion of ice cubes. They featured something similar to that on the later show, in which [[Barry Cryer]]'s secret was that he was squashing grapes with his feet.
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== Web links ==
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Opening titles from [http://www.ravensbourne.ac.uk/bbc-motion-graphics-archive/top-secret-1982 1982] and [http://www.ravensbourne.ac.uk/bbc-motion-graphics-archive/top-secret-1983 1983] in the BBC Motion Graphics Archive
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[[Category:Panel Game]]
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Current revision as of 19:47, 12 October 2023

Contents

Host

Barry Took

Broadcast

BBC1, 25 August 1982 to 20 November 1983 (Pilot + 22 episodes in 2 series)

Synopsis

Little-known panel game which was rebranded as Tom O'Connor's I've Got a Secret. Among the few items that we can remember are one man who had swum the English Channel 25 times, and that when John "Mr Humphries from Are You Being Served?" Inman appeared, his secret was that he was sitting on a cushion of ice cubes. They featured something similar to that on the later show, in which Barry Cryer's secret was that he was squashing grapes with his feet.

Web links

Opening titles from 1982 and 1983 in the BBC Motion Graphics Archive

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