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== Host ==
== Host ==
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[[Neil Fox]] (a.k.a. disk jockey"Dr Fox")
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Caron Keating (non-broadcast TV pilot)
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Johnnie Walker (radio version)
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Russ Williams (TV version: 1997)
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[[Neil Fox]] (TV version: 1998)
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== Co-hosts ==
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Team captains (Radio):<br>
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[[Toyah Willcox]] and Jeffrey Holland (1996)<br>
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[[Jeremy Hardy]] and Helen Lederer (1997)
== Broadcast ==
== Broadcast ==
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Channel 5, 1997 to 1999
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Celador for BBC Radio 2, 6 December 1996 to 21 August 1997 (15 episodes in 2 series)
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Celador for Channel 5, 13 April 1997 to 1998
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== Synopsis ==
== Synopsis ==
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Channel 5's attempt at a post-modern pop quiz with teams of "I used to be famous in the 80s, you know" celebrities.
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Celebrity teams answer questions about music, sport, cinema, television, current affairs and general knowledge from the fifties, sixties and seventies.
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== Theme music ==
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Keith Strachan
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== Trivia ==
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A TV pilot was made in 1991 as ''The Wowfabgroovy Show'' with Caron Keating as host with guests June Whitfield, Valerie Singleton, Barbara Dickson, [[Alan Freeman]], Alvin Stardust and [[Richard O'Brien]]. The set was later reused and brightened up for Celdaor's other show called [[Crazy Comparisons]].
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== Pictures ==
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Neil "Doctor" Fox as host - with the perfect face for radio. Retro questions about the 60s and 70s. 'Nuff said.
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''Panel with Foxy''</div>
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Revision as of 05:12, 13 November 2021

Contents

Host

Caron Keating (non-broadcast TV pilot)

Johnnie Walker (radio version)

Russ Williams (TV version: 1997)

Neil Fox (TV version: 1998)

Co-hosts

Team captains (Radio):
Toyah Willcox and Jeffrey Holland (1996)
Jeremy Hardy and Helen Lederer (1997)

Broadcast

Celador for BBC Radio 2, 6 December 1996 to 21 August 1997 (15 episodes in 2 series)

Celador for Channel 5, 13 April 1997 to 1998

Synopsis

Celebrity teams answer questions about music, sport, cinema, television, current affairs and general knowledge from the fifties, sixties and seventies.

Theme music

Keith Strachan

Trivia

A TV pilot was made in 1991 as The Wowfabgroovy Show with Caron Keating as host with guests June Whitfield, Valerie Singleton, Barbara Dickson, Alan Freeman, Alvin Stardust and Richard O'Brien. The set was later reused and brightened up for Celdaor's other show called Crazy Comparisons.

Pictures

Image:Wowfabgroovy_group.jpg Panel with Foxy

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