Ted Rogers (20 July 1935 - 2 May 2001), was a fast-talking English comedian and light entertainer who started his career as a Redcoat entertainer and is best remembered as the only host in the original series of the Yorkshire Television Gameshow 3-2-1. He was born in Kennington, south London and went to school in Lambeth.

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  • Ted Rogers (20 July 1935 - 2 May 2001), was a fast-talking English comedian and light entertainer who started his career as a Redcoat entertainer and is best remembered as the only host in the original series of the Yorkshire Television Gameshow 3-2-1. He was born in Kennington, south London and went to school in Lambeth. His idol as a youngster was Danny Kaye and Rogers won a holiday camp talent contest impersonating Kaye as a youngster, but he would later put all showbusiness offers on hold whilst he did his National Service in the RAF. In the early 1960s Rogers would appear as a stand up comedian on the Billy Cotton Bandshow. He appeared alongside performers such as singers Tom Jones, Cliff Richard, Alma Cogan and comedians Terry Scott and Hugh Lloyd. He went on to become a familiar presence on Sunday Night at the London Palladium in the 1970s, although he is best remembered as the presenter of 3-2-1, a variety-cum-gameshow, which remained a staple of ITV's Saturday night schedule for ten years although the first series was aired on a Friday. The first ever edition of the programme was shown on 15 September 1978. It proved to be such a success that it was moved to Saturdays. Rogers also appeared on the comedy panel game Joker's Wild. He earned £130,000 a year in the early 1980s from 3-2-1 alone, and combined this with a career as a highly-paid after dinner speaker and made regular cabaret and public appearances. Undoubtedly these years were the peak of Rogers career, financially and professionally. 3-2-1 was surprisingly axed in 1988 when still attracting audiences of 12 million and in the Top Twenty ratings. In April 1996 Rogers told the Sunday Mirror that "The Oxbridge lot got control of TV and they didn't really want it. It was too downmarket for them. We were still getting 12 million viewers when they took it off after 10 years. These days if a show gets nine million everyone does a lap of honour". Rogers also provoked ire in the music world with the obvious sub-text of his comedy act and persona deemed politically incorrect and epitomised the banality of American imported ideas regarding the game-show genre. One acidic song sung by the Manchester based cult-indie group, The Fall, "Joker Hysterical Face" with the barbed lyric, "Ted Rogers' brains burn in hell".
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  • Ted Rogers (20 July 1935 - 2 May 2001), was a fast-talking English comedian and light entertainer who started his career as a Redcoat entertainer and is best remembered as the only host in the original series of the Yorkshire Television Gameshow 3-2-1. He was born in Kennington, south London and went to school in Lambeth.
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