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The TV That Made Me

Series 1

Episode 11: Pam Ayres

Duration: 44 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland HD

Writer Pam Ayres shot to fame on TV talent show Opportunity Knocks in 1975. She joins comedy legend Brian Conley to look back at the classic archive TV moments from her past that helped shape her into one of the nation's best-loved poets and entertainers.

Pam's younger years contained a wealth of great telly, but what does the combination of her love of a dancing, juggling dog, not one but two of our favourite boys in blue and one of the scariest series ever broadcast on British TV tell us about her? And how did a fast-paced comic singer influence her future career? Show less

Contributors

Presenter:
Brian Conley
Participant:
Pam Ayres
Executive Producer:
Sarah Walmsley
Series Producer:
Jo Scott
Production Company:
Raise the Roof Productions

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