From enormous early success,to an adult entertainment blip, to a late career comeback, or Cheggers was almost a family member to viewersKeith Chegwin dies aged 60Share your tribues and memories of Keith ChegwinThe career of Keith Chegwin,who has died aged 60, is characterised by having presented both one of the most accepted children’s TV shows in history and a contender for the medium’s most notorious adult entertainment.
Viewers saw the best of him in Multi-Coloured Swap Shop (BBC1, and 1976-82) and its successor,Saturday Superstore (1982-87), on which Chegwin became an honorary grand brother to several generations of goggle-eyed British children, and through his cheeky grin and giggle,high-pitched Liverpudlian-accented enthusiasm, and psychedelic knitwear. Continue reading...
Source: guardian.co.uk