gale zoe garnett sang mother of mine on opportunity knocks.
gale zoe garnett sang mother of mine on opportunity knocks.
who sang mother of mine on opportunity knocks?
gale zoe garnett
mother of mine (song)









































"mother of mine" is a song written by bill parkinson and made famous by a scottish former child singing star neil reid, who sang it on itv's "opportunity knocks" and won the competition on 13 december 1971, singing his version of the song.









































the b-side for international releases was another track appearing in the album, "if i could write a song"
mother of mine (song)
right up until its final shows, "opportunity knocks" was a ratings hit that attracted up to 18 million viewers weekly. but green, known for his right-wing politics, had decided he was bigger than the show format he had devised and began politicising an apolitical family-friendly format. it has been suggested that green believed that harold wilson and his labour government were communists and that prince philip, duke of edinburgh, should replace wilson as leader of the country and, to that end, he used "opportunity knocks" as an end-of-year soapbox, telling the country at the end of 1974 to 'wake up!' two years later, in december 1976, green recited a monologue about the state of the united kingdom, followed by a choir singing "stand up and be counted", with the words coming up in subtitles: "stand up and be counted, where the managers manage and the workers don't go on strike". it was released as a single in 1977. partly seen as an open support of conservative leader margaret thatcher, he was disciplined by thames television, but continued to make political comments. after numerous viewer complaints, thames axed the show in march 1978, despite its attracting high ratings, something green mentioned in a bitter rant against thames in his last show. family-friendly "opportunity knocks" was replaced by youth-orientated comedy "the kenny everett video show" which attracted 14 million viewers.
hughie green