What’s My Line?

A panel game in which contestants perform mimes of their jobs to a celebrity panel, who then quiz the contestant to work out what the job is. The format was invented in the USA in the 1950s by Messrs Bach Goodson and Todman and it became Britain's first successful game show. It ran on the BBC twice, between 1953 and 1974, before transferring to Thames on 26/03/1984. It's one-time BBC host Eamonn Andrews oversaw proceedings until his death in 1987, after which Angela Rippon assumed the chair. The final Thames show aired on 28/08/1990, after which HTV, Meridian and Anglia tried it out.