Never liked Through The Keyhole the first time. Of all the programmes to remake! Still, it'll be cheap and easy to do so and I've no doubt that's all the powers that be have in mind when it comes to new/rehashed programming like this.
I dread to think what kind of morons they'll get on the new version. Alex Reid? Amy Childs? Urgh, no thanks!!!
Never liked Through The Keyhole the first time. Of all the programmes to remake! Still, it'll be cheap and easy to do so and I've no doubt that's all the powers that be have in mind when it comes to new/rehashed programming like this.
I dread to think what kind of morons they'll get on the new version. Alex Reid? Amy Childs? Urgh, no thanks!!!
I should imagine all the ITV favourites will be on the show, basically anyone that's appeared in the last few series of I'm A Celeb, Dancing on Ice or X Factor
I can't see Keith adopting the Lloyd Grossman approach somehow and I'd imagine Keith with host and do the snooping on VT (that stands for video tape:D)
I remember John McCririck (sp) on this and his house was a total dump and really small. Freddie Starr had naff tacky stuff everywhere, think corner suites and whirlpool baths all over the place. I loved it when it was someone you'd NEVER heard of and the panel had a tortuous time trying to identify them as the audience couldn't really help with the clapping and then when the "celebrity" was revealed there was a lot of "eh?" type faces. Comedy gold.
Yes, but is it safe to say that would have been some time in the eighties? When corner/whirlpool baths were all the rage? I certianly remember a lot of the houses on the show being quite "opulent", in that specific 80's way..... gold taps, huuuuuge grey leather couches with lots of peach cushions, lots of shag-pile rugs everywhere.
I did watch the odd episode of this programme, but there were so many people whose house was featured that I had never heard of. Didn't Stefanie Powers turn up in Hollywood and feature sometimes, and what was David Frost doing on a programme like this , had he been having problems paying the rent ?
I remember a lot of the celebs were people who were Equestrian stars...only known if you're a member of the Conservative party or a horsey type. Unless, that was their target audience on the ITV version.
I guess hearing this now, we're getting the Essex *****, Katie Price and Kerry Katatonia.
They'd completely ran out of 'famous' people by the end. It wasn't just Z list celebrities. It was people who NO ONE had heard of! :eek:
The panel wouldn't have a clue and when it was revealed they'd go "oh yes, of course!".
When this was on I never realised that Sir David Frost is an unbelievably wealthy man. I thought he was just a presenter! They should go round his house!
Agreed - me and my family love Paul O'Grady but can't stand Keith Lemon. I remember Through The Keyhole, it was funny when they didn't recognise the person even after the silhouette disappeared and s/he was shown in full lol 'and here's...who's house...it is'. It used to be shown at lunchtime on BBC2 some years back, didn't it? I remember catching it sometimes when I was off on holiday.
If ever there were a programme you'd want to miss, it had to be that one.
It was bloody dire. I used to watch it at my grandparents house because they had it on. It bored me to tears and I never knew who the celebs were even after the big reveal.
I'm fairly sure they used to tell the contestants exactly whose house it was beforehand. Certainly in the later stages of the show, when they only had complete z-listers on who nobody had heard of.
I remember seeing one where the house belonged to some semi-famous conductor. A conductor! And the contestants somehow managed to deduce that the house belonged to a conductor and get to the right answer!
oh god, why are itv presenters all COMPLETELY appalling. I used to enjoy this show, easy viewing, great in the middle of the day - lloyd and snore-inducing frost - it was chilled, although i wont miss frost. Good heavens, he was absolutely terrible too. Coma time when he opened his gob.
I'm fairly sure they used to tell the contestants exactly whose house it was beforehand. Certainly in the later stages of the show, when they only had complete z-listers on who nobody had heard of.
I remember seeing one where the house belonged to some semi-famous conductor. A conductor! And the contestants somehow managed to deduce that the house belonged to a conductor and get to the right answer!
Utter shite!
I suspect they had a few clue cards hidden under the table , if not the actual name. One I do remember was a ballet dancer with a strange name like Brioni Briani or something. They did eventually get her , and when she came on they greeted her like old pals , Oh! Dear Briani. wonderful to see you ! The audience must have just as been baffled as the viewers.
Probable clues might have been a picture of Moscow in the front hall.. Ah Moscow , the Bolshoi Ballet.
I did like the sports people though . Kenneth Wolstenholme was featured, and had lived in the same bungalow for 30 years
in the later stages of the show, when they only had complete z-listers on who nobody had heard of.
In all my years of watching, the only time I ever worked out who the so-called celebrity was happened with Nora Sands, the dinner lady from Jamie's School Dinners. What a star signing! I think the video made a lot of overly helpful references to chefs, cooking and school. Perhaps there was a lot of dumbing-down for the more recent series...? The panel didn't guess her and when she was revealed, they were obliged to react with the likes of "Oh, of course!". Really they were probably thinking "Who the hell is Nora Sands?!"!
They must have been really struggling for guests as they featured the old England cricketer , Ray Illingworth twice. Once at his home in Yorkshire and then a couple of years later at his holiday home in Spain. I think I did manage to get this one .
There was also a spot of controversy during the second incarnation of the show! Exciting. Viewers saw the supposed home of former Bad Girls actress Antonia Okonma but the tabloids later revealed that it was just a flat she'd used for the show, preferring to keep her real home away from the cameras. Fakery on TV? Never!
There was also a spot of controversy during the second incarnation of the show! Exciting. Viewers saw the supposed home of former Bad Girls actress Antonia Okonma but the tabloids later revealed that it was just a flat she'd used for the show, preferring to keep her real home away from the cameras. Fakery on TV? Never!
If they did make another series, I wonder if they would not show the outside of the house in future. With Google maps it might be easy to identify a house if you knew approxiamately where it was
I was looking forward to this as I love housey programs, especially stuff like cribs and celeb houses, until I've just found out Keith Lemon is presenting. I now hate it already:mad:
I'm going to have to record it now and FF through his bits, although I expect there will be lots of "hilarious" "finds" in the house and bloody hyenas in the audience:mad:
Keith Lemon should do the Lloyd Grossman role of looking round the houses! It would be worth watching then cause he'd just take the piss out of the properties. Surely nobody would be looking forward to taking the format seriously anymore??
It should be Keith Lemon's Through The Keyhole. And at the end he would say 'if I don't see you through 'week, I'll see you through...the keyhole!'
Yeah, I guess this was inevitable then and been planned for a while...
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I dread to think what kind of morons they'll get on the new version. Alex Reid? Amy Childs? Urgh, no thanks!!!
I should imagine all the ITV favourites will be on the show, basically anyone that's appeared in the last few series of I'm A Celeb, Dancing on Ice or X Factor
I can't see Keith adopting the Lloyd Grossman approach somehow and I'd imagine Keith with host and do the snooping on VT (that stands for video tape:D)
Yes, but is it safe to say that would have been some time in the eighties? When corner/whirlpool baths were all the rage? I certianly remember a lot of the houses on the show being quite "opulent", in that specific 80's way..... gold taps, huuuuuge grey leather couches with lots of peach cushions, lots of shag-pile rugs everywhere.
No minimalism in the 1980s that's for sure.
Why oh why Keith Lemon? :rolleyes:
I guess hearing this now, we're getting the Essex *****, Katie Price and Kerry Katatonia.
The panel wouldn't have a clue and when it was revealed they'd go "oh yes, of course!".
When this was on I never realised that Sir David Frost is an unbelievably wealthy man. I thought he was just a presenter! They should go round his house!
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Agreed - me and my family love Paul O'Grady but can't stand Keith Lemon. I remember Through The Keyhole, it was funny when they didn't recognise the person even after the silhouette disappeared and s/he was shown in full lol
It was bloody dire. I used to watch it at my grandparents house because they had it on. It bored me to tears and I never knew who the celebs were even after the big reveal.
I remember seeing one where the house belonged to some semi-famous conductor. A conductor! And the contestants somehow managed to deduce that the house belonged to a conductor and get to the right answer!
Utter shite!
I suspect they had a few clue cards hidden under the table , if not the actual name. One I do remember was a ballet dancer with a strange name like Brioni Briani or something. They did eventually get her , and when she came on they greeted her like old pals , Oh! Dear Briani. wonderful to see you ! The audience must have just as been baffled as the viewers.
Probable clues might have been a picture of Moscow in the front hall.. Ah Moscow , the Bolshoi Ballet.
I did like the sports people though . Kenneth Wolstenholme was featured, and had lived in the same bungalow for 30 years
In all my years of watching, the only time I ever worked out who the so-called celebrity was happened with Nora Sands, the dinner lady from Jamie's School Dinners. What a star signing! I think the video made a lot of overly helpful references to chefs, cooking and school. Perhaps there was a lot of dumbing-down for the more recent series...? The panel didn't guess her and when she was revealed, they were obliged to react with the likes of "Oh, of course!". Really they were probably thinking "Who the hell is Nora Sands?!"!
They must have been really struggling for guests as they featured the old England cricketer , Ray Illingworth twice. Once at his home in Yorkshire and then a couple of years later at his holiday home in Spain. I think I did manage to get this one .
If they did make another series, I wonder if they would not show the outside of the house in future. With Google maps it might be easy to identify a house if you knew approxiamately where it was
I'm going to have to record it now and FF through his bits, although I expect there will be lots of "hilarious" "finds" in the house and bloody hyenas in the audience:mad:
Yeah, I guess this was inevitable then and been planned for a while...
You just know Keith will use that catchphrase.
And Kerry Katona and giant sex aids in the drawer, they must have directed the show by reading here first.
Ugh, no thanks.