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Winners occasionally went on to greater success in television entertainment.

Many top entertainers began their careers with a performance on this programme.

The acts were evaluated by a panel of experts, including Clifford Davis, Ingrid Pitt, Mickie Most, Alan A. Freeman, Clive James, Muriel Young, Ted Ray, Ed Stewart, Jack Parnell, Arthur Askey, Noel Edmonds and Tony Hatch.

Davis, Most and Hatch were especially notorious for being " hard " on contestants.

Four judges would make up the panel each week.

Tony Hatch made the headlines after one edition for giving a contestant whose act solely consisted of a repetitive and elementary 12 bar blues riff a score of zero.

Hatch was deemed ' mean ' for this.