Our Show

1976 - 1978 (ITV Winter)

with
Susan Tully
Melissa Wilkes

In 1976 - and again in 1977 - LWT, Anglia and Southern were still unconvinced about Tiswas, and decided instead to show this rather generic morning show.
Its biggest gimmick was that it was presented by kids, an experiment which TV companies have been less than keen to repeat.
One of these juvenile leads was future Grange Hill / EastEnders misery Susan Tully. Another was Melissa "Zammo's girlfriend" Wilkes.
The show is best remembered for the perennial 'All Right on the Night' favourite where Wilkes introduces an item on the "Grand Prix" - phonetically. On being corrected ("Grond Pree..."), she argues quite logically: "It says 'grand pricks' here!"
Oddly enough, this incident never actually went out on air! Our Show was recorded the day before transmission and that particular cockup was edited out of the transmitted programme. It was saved by the VT department for purposes of in-house amusement, and eventually found its way to Denis Norden whence it has entertained millions ever since. (Thanks to Gareth Randall for this insider knowledge.)
Actors Nicholas Lyndhurst and David Jason first met on Our Show when the former was promoting his sitcom Lucky Feller (Sep-Nov '76).
According to Look-In, a third series was scheduled to start in January 1979 for Border, Southern and LWT. Come January they actually premiered the nonfamous Saturday Morning Show. Either a rapid change of plan behind the scenes, or evidence that Look-In cannot be trusted (which would be a bit of problem for me).