BBC 4 ON FRIDAY 20TH AT 7PM
WHAT WE WERE WATCHING SONG AND DANCE SPECTACULARS 60’S 70’S 80’S
Well that was so special last night watching the programme with Dougie..
We have had the most lovely response to the programme and much well deserved praise to Dougie …
Huge thanks to producer @SIMONGORETZKI ON TWEETER
SIMON DOWCONZKI Who did a marvellous edit with his team how I would of loved to have been a researcher on this programme !
Beautifully presented by Grace Dent
Seeing all my dancing hero’s that inspired me because as a kid that’s what I wanted to be in the young generation as I’m sure a lot of you did to! I was fortunate to have my dream .. I joined the last group of 1976/77 when Nigel was choreographer ..this is before I worked for DOUGIE and the 2nd Generation family ! Although Dougie and I paths crossed before when I had won an award when I was a kid and I don’t know how it happend but with award money I was lucky enough to have a weeks training with the newly formed 2nd Generation when they were doing 2 G’s and the pop people! I remember I was in awe of them ... and had the most amazing time !
Luckily I got to work with some of my hero’s ! With special mentions of Wei Wei ! Bobby ,Roger and still till this day dance along side the one and only Trev Willis ( I think he was in nearly in every clip of last night show !
What was amazing at the time of the shows the showed of the 6Os and 70’s there were only 3 tv stations ... with high viewing figures and Dougie creating their own individuality personality’s they were stars in their own right.
Last night after watching Dougie said I didn’t have a style of dancing, it changed all the time depending what we were doing ...
To me that you can recognise his style and work. Not only for the originality and the dancers individually he used the cameras as a dancer ..so it all became one ...
It’s been lovely seeing all the messages and comments and I know how much it has meant to DOUGIE ...
The impact he has had on so many of us ... is very special ... xx
