| Jim'll Fix It | |
|---|---|
| Format | Entertainment |
| Created by | Roger Ordish, Jimmy Savile |
| Starring | Jimmy Savile |
| Country of origin |  United Kingdom |
| Production | |
| Running time | 25 min. See also Entertainment (disambiguation and The Entertainer (disambiguation Entertainment is an activity designed to give people Sir James Wilson Vincent Savile OBE, KCSG (born 31 October 1926) commonly known as Jimmy Savile (often misspelled The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | BBC One UKTV Gold |
| Original run | 31 May 1975 – 1 June 1994 |
Jim'll Fix It was a long running British television show broadcast by the BBC. Events 1279 BC - Rameses II (The Great (19th dynasty becomes pharaoh of Ancient Egypt. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 193 - Roman Emperor Didius Julianus is Assassinated 987 - Hugh Capet is elected Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar)
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Concept
The show debuted on 31 May 1975, and ran until June 1994. Events 1279 BC - Rameses II (The Great (19th dynasty becomes pharaoh of Ancient Egypt. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) It was devised and hosted by Jimmy Savile, who would "fix it" for the wishes of several viewers (usually children) to come true each week. Sir James Wilson Vincent Savile OBE, KCSG (born 31 October 1926) commonly known as Jimmy Savile (often misspelled The producer throughout the show's run was Roger Ordish, always referred to by Savile as 'Doctor Magic'. The standard format was that the viewer's letter, which described their wish, would be shown on the screen and read out aloud by the viewer. This would be followed with a quick chat between Jimmy and the viewer, where they would discuss the wish. The wish would then be enacted (either live in the studio or shown in a pre-recorded format, which usually consisted of an outside broadcast), and finally the viewer would be presented with a medal which had the words "Jim fixed it for me" engraved on it. Outside Broadcasting is the production of Television or Radio programmes (typically to cover news and sports events from a mobile Television studio. Some children apparently thought that Jim's first name was "Jim'll", so some letters shown on the programme started "Dear Jim'll".
Well known "Fix-it's"
A group of Cub Scouts from the 2nd Sutton St Mary’s troop, who wrote to the programme asking to have a meal in an unusual place. A Cub Scout is a member of the section of the worldwide Scouting movement for young persons mainly boys normally aged 8–10 The show opted to send them, complete with packed lunch, to ride the Revolution at Pleasure Beach Blackpool — the hilarious result, thanks to the force of gravity and momentum, being lots of little faces full of food and drink. A packed lunch is a Lunch prepared at home and carried to be Eaten somewhere else such as School, a Workplace or at an outing The Irn Bru Revolution is an Arrow Dynamics Shuttle roller coaster at Pleasure Beach Blackpool. Pleasure Beach, formerly "Blackpool Pleasure Beach" is a family owned Amusement park in Blackpool, England. Gravitation is a natural Phenomenon by which objects with Mass attract one another In Classical mechanics, momentum ( pl momenta SI unit kg · m/s, or equivalently N · s) is the product This was repeated with the same former Cubs in 2007 for Jim'll Fix It Strikes Again, with similar results.
A young Doctor Who fan was able to take part in a short adventure titled A Fix with Sontarans with Colin Baker. Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. "A Fix with Sontarans" is the name of a specially written episode of the long-running science fiction television series Doctor Who, produced for Colin Baker (born London, 8 June 1943 is an English Actor who is best known for playing the sixth incarnation of the Doctor The fourth Doctor, Tom Baker, also appeared in one episode, where he tore off and handed away the frayed ends of his scarf to girls visiting the studio. Thomas Stewart "Tom" Baker (born 20 January 1934 is an English Actor.
Veteran movie actor Peter Cushing (who also played Doctor Who in two cinematic outings) wrote to the show in 1986 to ask if a variety of rose could be named after his late wife. Peter Wilton Cushing, OBE (26 May 1913—11 August 1994 was an English actor known for his many appearances in Hammer Films, in which he played Baron Frankenstein The year 1986 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 1986.
Later series saw Jim distributing medals from his "magic chair" which concealed the medals in a variety of robotic compartments. The "magic chair" was the brainchild of Kevin Warwick and was built for the BBC by his team at the University of Reading. Kevin Warwick (born 9 February 1954 Coventry, UK is a British scientist and professor of Cybernetics at the University of Reading The University of Reading is a University in the English town of Reading Berkshire
In the 1980's a young boy called Dom Lawson who now works for Kerrang and Metal Hammer magazine and got his wish to be Iron Maiden's tech for the day. Kerrang! is a weekly rock Magazine published by Bauer Consumer Media in the United Kingdom. Metal Hammer (sometimes MetalHammer) is a monthly heavy metal magazine in the United Kingdom, Ireland and in Germany For other uses see Iron maiden. This came true and he also met the band. this was found out in Iron Maiden's 'A Matter of Life and Death' tour book, where Dom Lawson speaks about Iron Maiden and his history on the band
Theme tune
The series is known for its iconic closing theme tune:
ITV1's Saturday Night Takeaway, for the first three series, had a slot called "Jim Didn't Fix It", though how ITV got hold of the letters, since Jim'll Fix It was a BBC show, is unclear. This article deals with the ITV1 brand name as it is broadcast at present Saturday Night Takeaway was a Variety show shown in the UK on Saturday evenings on ITV, presented and executively produced by Ant & Dec
References in Popular Culture
In an episode of BBC comedy Citizen Smith, amused at the latest failure on the part of the Tooting Popular Front, Shirley suggests Wolfie writes to Jim'll Fix It to bring about the revolution. Citizen Smith was a British television sitcom The show was written by John Sullivan, who went on later to write Only Fools and Horses.
A regular feature of Stephen Fry's 1988 Radio 4 series Saturday Night Fry was entitled Stephen Will Do His Level Best To Comply With Your Wishes. Stephen John Fry (born 24 August 1957 is an English Humorist, Writer, Wit, Actor, Novelist, filmmaker Saturday Night Fry was a six-part comedy series on BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in 1988.
An episode of Drop The Dead Donkey featured a young girl reading the news alongside regular newsreader Sally Smedley as her "Fix-it" wish. Drop the Dead Donkey was a Situation comedy that ran on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom from 1990 to 1998.
In the third episode of season 1 of the HBO/BBC sitcom Extras, Ricky Gervais's character Andy describes the letter his agent wrote for him: "It's like he's writing to 'Jim'll Fix It. Ricky Dene Gervais (dʒɜːˈveɪz born 25 June 1961 is an English Actor, Comedian, Writer, director, Producer and former '"
2007 revival
In October 2006 UKTV announced that they were to revive Jim'll Fix It with a new series provisionally called Jim'll Fix It: Now and Then. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. UKTV is a joint venture between BBC Worldwide and Virgin Media Television. [1]
This new series, which sees the return of Sir Jim (complete with customary jewellery, garish tracksuits and big red chair), began on April 5, 2007 on UKTV Gold and was actually titled Jim'll Fix It Strikes Again. Events 456 - St Patrick returns to Ireland as a missionary bishop Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The series set out to show classic moments from the original shows, 're-fix' it for some of the original participants, and make dreams come true for a number of new people.
In the first episode, which was co-presented by Mel Giedroyc, the infamous 'fix-it' was recreated whereby a group of Cub Scouts attempted to consume food and drink whilst travelling on a rollercoaster. Melanie Clare Sophie Giedroyc mɛl gidrɔɩtʃ ''or'' gjɛdrɔɩtʃ (born June 5, 1968, Epsom, Surrey) is an English Television The show went back to Pleasure Beach Blackpool and once again rode the Irn Bru Revolution It featured a number of the original lads — now grown men some 26 years older — who donned woggles, shorts and caps and made even more of a mess than they did back in the 80s! Go West also played in the studio. Pleasure Beach, formerly "Blackpool Pleasure Beach" is a family owned Amusement park in Blackpool, England. The Irn Bru Revolution is an Arrow Dynamics Shuttle roller coaster at Pleasure Beach Blackpool.
UKTV Gold is looking for participants for a second series of Jim'll Fix It Strikes Again; be they adults who wrote to Jim the first time around and were unsuccessful, or people who want their dreams realised now. An example of the latter is the woman featured in the first episode who, inspired by watching Strictly Come Dancing, wanted to dance with pro dancer Ian Waite after having not danced for several decades. Strictly Come Dancing is a British Television show, featuring celebrities with professional dance partners competing in Ballroom and Latin Ian Waite is a professional Latin-American Dancer. History Ian started dancing at the age of 10 She was paired-up with Ian and actually got to dance the tango in front of the Strictly Come Dancing studio audience and panel of Judges.
References
External links
- British Film Institute Screen Online
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- Jim'll Fix It replica medals
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