The Golden Shot

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The Golden Shot
Opening titles (1974)
Genre	Game show
Presented by	Jackie Rae (1967) Bob Monkhouse (1967–72, 1974–75) Norman Vaughan (1972–73) Charlie Williams (1973–74)
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of episodes	337
Production
Production locations	ATV Elstree (1967)[1] Alpha Studios (1968–69)[1] ATV Centre (1969–75)[1]
Running time	60 minutes (inc. adverts)
Production company	ATV
Original release
Network	ITV
Release	1 July 1967 (1967-07-01) – 13 April 1975 (1975-04-13)
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The Golden Shot is a British television game show produced by ATV for ITV between 1 July 1967 and 13 April 1975, based on the German TV show Der goldene Schuß. It is most commonly associated with host Bob Monkhouse, but three other presenters also fronted the show. Hostess Anne Aston was on hand to read out the scores achieved by the contestants, and each month a "Maid of the Month", usually a glamour model of the era, would demonstrate the prizes and announce the contestants. When Bob Monkhouse returned to present the show in 1974, he was joined by co-hostess (to Anne Aston) Wei Wei Wong, who had recently been seen in The Man with the Golden Gun and who was an ex-member of the Young Generation and Second Generation dance troupes. This was one of the earliest regular appearances by an East Asian woman on British TV.^{[citation needed]}

The show was broadcast live and used a crossbow attached to a TV camera to shoot a bolt at a target, using the camera as the crossbow's viewfinder. The person who loaded the crossbows was referred to by the nickname "Bernie" (or "Heinz" in early episodes), giving rise to the catchphrase "Bernie, the bolt".