What's My Line? (British game show)

What's My Line? is a panel game show based on the American version of the same name. It was originally aired on BBC Television Service from 16 July 1951 to 13 May 1963, hosted by Eamonn Andrews. It was revived by BBC2 from 23 August 1973 to 25 May 1974, hosted by David Jacobs, and then by ITV from 26 March 1984 to 31 August 1990. The ITV incarnation was first hosted by Eamonn Andrews from 1984 until his death in 1987, then by Penelope Keith for a part of 1988 before Angela Rippon took over until 1990. Two regional ITV stations, HTV and Meridian, revived it again from 19 September 1994 to 17 December 1996, when it was hosted by Emma Forbes.

Regular panelists on the original version were Jerry Desmonde, Gilbert Harding, David Nixon, Barbara Kelly and Isobel Barnett.

Transmissions BBC Television Service Series Start date End date Episodes 1 16 July 1951 7 April 1952 39 2 18 August 1952 28 June 1953 46 3 1 November 1953 20 June 1954 34 4 26 September 1954 20 March 1955 26 5 24 October 1955 16 July 1956 39 6 30 September 1956 7 April 1957 28 7 5 October 1957 22 June 1958 38 8 28 September 1958 22 March 1959 26 9 30 August 1959 24 April 1960 35 10 18 September 1960 21 May 1961 34 11 1 October 1961 3 June 1962 35 12 1 October 1962 13 May 1963 33

BBC2 Series Series Start date End date Episodes 1 23 August 1973 20 September 1973 5 2 19 January 1974 25 May 1974 17

Specials Date Entitle 25 December 1973 Christmas Special

Thames Series Series Start date End date Episodes 1 26 March 1984 2 July 1984 14 2 18 February 1985 20 May 1985 14 3 31 March 1986 30 June 1986 13 4 6 April 1987 18 May 1987 7 5 22 February 1988 25 March 1988 40 15 August 1988 2 September 1988 6 13 December 1988 10 February 1989 38 15 March 1989 7 April 1989 7 10 July 1990 31 August 1990 32

Specials Date Entitle 24 December 1984 Christmas Special 30 December 1985 Christmas Special

HTV/Meridian Series Start date End date Episodes 1 19 September 1994 19 December 1994 14 2 18 September 1995 18 December 1995 14 3 17 September 1996 17 December 1996 14

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