Hughie Green, Most Sincerely

TV Movie
2008
1h 20m

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In 1934 Hughie Green, a nervous 14-year-old performer, is pushed onto a stage in his native Canada. Twenty-four years later he is a big name in British television as the quiz-master of the p... Read allIn 1934 Hughie Green, a nervous 14-year-old performer, is pushed onto a stage in his native Canada. Twenty-four years later he is a big name in British television as the quiz-master of the popular game show 'Double Your Money'. Whilst on a stage tour with the show he meets a form... Read allIn 1934 Hughie Green, a nervous 14-year-old performer, is pushed onto a stage in his native Canada. Twenty-four years later he is a big name in British television as the quiz-master of the popular game show 'Double Your Money'. Whilst on a stage tour with the show he meets a former show business acquaintance, Jess Yates, now running a hotel with his young wife Elaine,... Read all

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7.6/10

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- 1 win & 1 nomination

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Trivia
jools holland refused to have footage of himself featured in the scene when hughie green is watching a clip of 'the tube' on his TV. a lookalike actor is superimposed with footage of paula yates instead.

Goofs
In one scene, apparently set in the very early 70's, there is a shot of Hughie Green's home telephone. The phone showed is a leather-clad "Rhapsody" telephone. These telephones were not available in the 70's.

Crazy credits
Carmen Du Sautoy's character is credited as "Christina Shaples" but biographies of Hughie Green spell her surname "Sharples".

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7/10

Sincerity, for folks' sake

When Hughie Green, host of British TV's first talent show uttered his catch-phrase: "And I mean that most sincerely folks" it underlined his patent insincerity. Ironic that this purveyor of vacuous but popular TV should be honoured by a quality semi-biographical drama. It manages to be engaging, entertaining, enlightening as well as at times witty (the coin tossed to the cigarette-seller) - something that Hughie never managed in his entire life*. Sincere Hughie was a heel. The high quality of the writing is fortunately matched by the acting - not too many actors would be qualified to play monster ego Hughie, and Trevor Eve does real fine. But, and it is a thing easily overlooked, the production does also made clear that in his specialist but un-respected field of cheap cheerful TV, Green was, and knew, that he was a great professional and demanded commensurate respect.

In every way a superior production - something that never could be said about the original's own.

*In fact this is wrong - Hughie, aged 14 appears in the 1935 British film "Big Ben Calling" as an impressionist and does Mae West very creditably then, with straw hat, Maurice Chevalier. Seen on Talking Pictures Freeview and Freesat.