I worked as assistant house manager at the Birmingham Hippodrome when New Faces was filmed, it brings back so many memories, Marti was a wonderfully warm a person, very down to earth, she genuinely cared about the performers and she herself was very nervous prior to filming. Thanks for uploading, made my day reliving this great time in my life.
I watched this episode 1st time round in 1986 sadly we no longer have Marty Caine now she totally made that show her own. RIP Marty you are still in our thoughts and hearts
Gosh. Memories of having a glass of wine in a Great Yarmouth hotel on a lazy summer afternoon with the delightful Marti and Bradley Walsh whilst doing a summer show in the 90's. Unforgettable.
Can't believe Billy Pearce didn't win. I've seen him several times over the years in both family pantomime and his adult shows and has me in stitches every time.
The BBC did an article about the 1986 finalists. It seems to have been a curse for most of them. Billy Pearce talked about having a couple of successful years after this and then it drying up. He said he lost a lot of his money on very bad investments and is now doing panto.
The BBC did an article in 2011 about the 1986 finalists. It seems that the show was a curse for many of them. It went to their heads but was very fleeting, and resulted in poverty and their marriages breaking up. Cadman of Walker and Cadman talked about how they had a couple of years of success after this but their act suddenly went very much out of fashion by 1989 and everything dried up. He ended up sleeping rough. Fellow 1986 finalist, Billy Pearce, also talked about having a couple of years of success after this but losing all his money on bad investments. The person who seems to have done best from the 1986 finalists was the violinist Gary Lovini who was just 17 at the time. He's carved out a career performing on cruise ships and has made a reasonable amount of money. He's one of the few whose first marriage didn't break down.
Saw Walker & Cadman at the Wellington Pier, Yarmouth, ,billed as winners of New Faces (admitedlly I wouldnt like to see who lost ) after living in a skip (so he said) the dark haired one ended up at a holiday park. billy Pearce had to say to his wife (who some of his mates thought ..only married him for his money) he,d lost everything. "no,she said, you got your talent, and youve got me!" His showbiz mates kept him afloat & he worked to pay them back.Freddie Phillips had been on the Fame Game and you thought for a mo he had a future. After a bad appearance on wogan .....dougie Small ended up back on whats left of the club circuit.
Those ads take me back I was a very young mum in 86 it seems like yesterday really it does wonder if I am dreaming and will wake up in the 80s knowing I had a nightmare
It's sad getting old. Personally speaking though I'd never want to go back to the 80s. Absolutely grim, grey decade. Not as nice as we like to remember.
I remember watching this as a six year old and I always thought Marti was absolutely stunning in her glittering evening dresses with her beautiful bouncy long hair as she came onto the stage. A lady gone too soon.
It was the Superman impression and the use of the chair, it was a great idea. It's been done many times since but he was the first. I remember the next day, everyone was grabbing a chair and doing it.
It's all very, very old stuff adapted for TV. So much of this stuff comes from old 19th century music halls and working men's clubs. It's old tricks from well over 100 years ago, just repackaged.
I too have been searching the internet for many years, trying to find - unsuccessfully - a complete show of New Faces (Marti Caine/1980s version). Thank you soooo much for posting this to TH-cam and sharing it with the world. Do you have any more episodes of New Faces of '86/'87/'88, by any chance? I used to have copies of the second to last show of New Faces of '88 along with the Grand Final episode that aired the following week, but I can no longer find them in my old VHS tapes.
It's good social history and a good reminder to people who misremember that period and try to make it out like it was some kind of golden era. It absolutely wasn't. It was bloody awful for the most part.
I vaguely remember Marti Caine. She died a while ago now, and too young. I was too young to remember this show though, but it looked great!! Marti was Beautiful too.
19:59 Odd to say, but phone-in voting was a novel concept in the 1980’s, and this would’ve possibly been the first time it had been done. The ad at 17:39 is classic. I hadn’t seen it before but as a lifelong fan of Spitting Image I loved it. Better than the 3 acts thus far, though that standup “comedian” was particularly a-hem “of his time”. Need one say more.
for years my family thought i was mad saying the final didn't have a spaghetti junction clapometer... and i ws right!!! i now have the proof!!! i am vindicated 😂😂
So happy someone else said it. His biggest mistake was doin those half-__ MJ moves. Didn’t even go with the song and we knew who did it first. His voice was good. He blew it ripping of MJ.
He had a tough ride though. The BBC did an article in 2011 about the 1986 finalists. It seems that the show was a curse for many of them. It went to their heads but was very fleeting, and resulted in poverty and their marriages breaking up. Cadman of Walker and Cadman talked about how they had a couple of years of success after this but their act suddenly went very much out of fashion by 1989 and everything dried up. He ended up sleeping rough. Billy Pearce also talked about having a couple of years of success after this but losing all his money on bad investments and ending up in panto. The person who seems to have done best from the 1986 finalists was the violinist Gary Lovini who was just 17 at the time. He's carved out a career performing on cruise ships and has made a reasonable amount of money. He's one of the few whose first marriage didn't break down.
The BBC did an article in 2011 about the 1986 finalists. It seems that the show was a curse for many of them. It went to their heads but was very fleeting, and resulted in poverty and their marriages breaking up. Cadman of Walker and Cadman talked about how they had a couple of years of success after this but their act suddenly went very much out of fashion by 1989 and everything dried up. He ended up sleeping rough. Billy Pearce also talked about having a couple of years of success after this but losing all his money on bad investments. The person who seems to have done best from the 1986 finalists was the violinist Gary Lovini who was just 17 at the time. He's carved out a career performing on cruise ships and has made a reasonable amount of money. He's one of the few whose first marriage didn't break down.
Marti Caine was a pretty good compere here, if a little nervous. Jim Davidson was brilliant. I didn't bother watching the acts beyond the first one. None of them became famous.
WHAT A BENT OUTFIT ALL OF THIS SHOW WAS, THEN COWELL CAME ON AND IT WAS STILL BENT, BUT WITH MORE MONEY THROWN AT IT, FALSE FACES FROM MOST OF THE PANEL, AND WHAT CRACKED ME UP WAS JIM DAVIDSONS COMMENTS ON A ACT THAT WOULD BE CLEAN JOKES FOR PANTO, YEAH JIM JUST LIKE YOURS FFS, AND TO ADD THE ICING ON THE CAKE DUGGIE SMALL WAS AS FUNNY AS THE PLAGUE.
Wow they didn't give a shit back in the 80s, the first act damcing just rips from Michael Jackson, don't feel you would get away with that nowadays, great to see this again. Loved Marti Cain
It was so unpolished A lot of these acts came from working men's clubs, playing to half drunk pensioners. A lot of the acts were almost literally a "poor man's version of".
I have fond memories of Duggie Small's superman routine but I was only 11 at the time. Looking back at this I don't know how he won that competition. It's painfully unfunny. And the woke brigade would have a field day with gay jibes.
Amazing how many comments l see trashing this show but actually, it did produce over the years some acts that did indeed go on to become huge household names and yes some of them - still alive! Of course some of them were equally dire but that mix has always, been the consistency of talent shows from day 1. New Faces still had a charm about it and better then the tv drivel and some of the gutter level tv of today anytime. ITV for all those decades right up to the 90's even had tv catalogue of shows including this in the 70's and 80's that todays stuff wouldn't get anywhere near of viewing figures!
Nothing gets the viewing figures it used to for the simple reason that there's a million times more choice. People are just as likely to be watching Netflix, Disney+ or TH-cam (as you were doing) as they were ITV. I don't think we should put the old days on a pedestal though. The stuff we get on TV now is an evolution of this - they've always been terrible, no matter which era. It was just as bad then. It was also just as exploitative - a sausage factory of performers. The BBC did an article in 2011 about the 1986 finalists. It seems that the show was a curse for many of them. It went to their heads but was very fleeting, and resulted in poverty and their marriages breaking up. Cadman of Walker and Cadman talked about how they had a couple of years of success after this but their act suddenly went very much out of fashion by 1989 and everything dried up. He ended up sleeping rough. A fellow 1986 finalist, Billy Pearce, also talked about having a couple of years of success after this but losing all his money on bad investments.
@@zeddeka The stuff that was on in decades gone by is still fondly remembered, unlike what majority of todays would be. Sorry but to say it all has always been bad no matter when couldn't disagree more. I could name you a ton of programmes both ITV and BBC which was loved by huge viewing audiences and even was sold abroad by both broadcasters gaining additional audiences. There is no way you could call golden years programming like Upstairs Downstairs, Beadles About, You Bet, Till Death Us Do Part, Bullseye - the Generation Game, Surprise Surprise..I could go on and on, as always having been bad tv! And to finish off, as for the whole increase in the types of viewing abilities now compared to back then, even with that - more recent hit series such as Gavin and Stacey (not a massive fan but obviously lot are), has shown if something catches the vibe of the population a lot will still come together to watch it.
How terrible was this show lol.. hasnt changed now.. Duggie Small, whatever happened to his career.. think how bad you must be to finish below Duggie Small lol
I worked as assistant house manager at the Birmingham Hippodrome when New Faces was filmed, it brings back so many memories, Marti was a wonderfully warm a person, very down to earth, she genuinely cared about the performers and she herself was very nervous prior to filming. Thanks for uploading, made my day reliving this great time in my life.
Hi Neal do you have any pictures of spaghetti junction etc,I loved new faces 🎉
This took me back. Thank you for sharing. ALso loved seeing the old adverts
I watched this episode 1st time round in 1986 sadly we no longer have Marty Caine now she totally made that show her own. RIP Marty you are still in our thoughts and hearts
True. Always liked her xx
Gosh. Memories of having a glass of wine in a Great Yarmouth hotel on a lazy summer afternoon with the delightful Marti and Bradley Walsh whilst doing a summer show in the 90's. Unforgettable.
Can't believe Billy Pearce didn't win. I've seen him several times over the years in both family pantomime and his adult shows and has me in stitches every time.
if he keeps attacking you mate you need to stay away from him
The BBC did an article about the 1986 finalists. It seems to have been a curse for most of them. Billy Pearce talked about having a couple of successful years after this and then it drying up. He said he lost a lot of his money on very bad investments and is now doing panto.
Used to go out with a guy who had a nephew that loved this. I would watch it with him and count how many times Marti said ladies and gentlemen. 🥰
Saw Marti in 1988 in Oxford, got out of her blue Rolls bought a bottle of lucozade and a bag of sweets. Smiled and said hello.
R. I. P Marti.
She was fab we lost her too soon i really liked her.
The BBC did an article in 2011 about the 1986 finalists. It seems that the show was a curse for many of them. It went to their heads but was very fleeting, and resulted in poverty and their marriages breaking up. Cadman of Walker and Cadman talked about how they had a couple of years of success after this but their act suddenly went very much out of fashion by 1989 and everything dried up. He ended up sleeping rough. Fellow 1986 finalist, Billy Pearce, also talked about having a couple of years of success after this but losing all his money on bad investments. The person who seems to have done best from the 1986 finalists was the violinist Gary Lovini who was just 17 at the time. He's carved out a career performing on cruise ships and has made a reasonable amount of money. He's one of the few whose first marriage didn't break down.
Saw Walker & Cadman at the Wellington Pier, Yarmouth, ,billed as winners of New Faces (admitedlly I wouldnt like to see who lost ) after living in a skip (so he said) the dark haired one ended up at a holiday park. billy Pearce had to say to his wife (who some of his mates thought ..only married him for his money) he,d lost everything. "no,she said, you got your talent, and youve got me!" His showbiz mates kept him afloat & he worked to pay them back.Freddie Phillips had been on the Fame Game and you thought for a mo he had a future. After a bad appearance on wogan .....dougie Small ended up back on whats left of the club circuit.
That's the same for the entire industry and still persists today; also why these celebs do so many commercial endorsements.
I’ve been looking for a full version of New Faces for years! Thanks for posting and bringing back childhood memories.
Lovely trip down memory lane.
Oh Marti we miss you 🙏
Worth watching for the ad nostalgia alone. Awesome.
Billy Pearce is still funny
he should have won
Thanks for sharing this epic series of the 80s ...loved it
Wayne Denton sums up the 80s pub scene beautifully 😅
Those ads take me back I was a very young mum in 86 it seems like yesterday really it does wonder if I am dreaming and will wake up in the 80s knowing I had a nightmare
It's sad getting old. Personally speaking though I'd never want to go back to the 80s. Absolutely grim, grey decade. Not as nice as we like to remember.
I remember watching this as a six year old and I always thought Marti was absolutely stunning in her glittering evening dresses with her beautiful bouncy long hair as she came onto the stage. A lady gone too soon.
I remember watching this as a 12yr old. I still to this day cannot work out how Duggie Small won
It was the Superman impression and the use of the chair, it was a great idea. It's been done many times since but he was the first. I remember the next day, everyone was grabbing a chair and doing it.
Considering the music of the time, I can't believe they would sing such old fashioned songs.
The judges look akin to Muppets up there, lol
made my night seeing this great job loved marti caine
The adverts were more entertaining.
Marti Caine was beautiful.
love it! Great memories!!
Lovely lady
When the adverts were better than the show.
I think they are still better given the drivel that’s shown these days
Ah well. Saturday night telly was shite back then. Thank god for the internet.
Hahahaha
Now we all know where Simon Cowell got his ideas from. Loved Marti
It's all very, very old stuff adapted for TV. So much of this stuff comes from old 19th century music halls and working men's clubs. It's old tricks from well over 100 years ago, just repackaged.
so many forgotten acts never to hit the big time. Found it sad
If anyone wants to tell the young ones how good the 80s were, with the exception of Marti Caine do not show them ANY of this!
I too have been searching the internet for many years, trying to find - unsuccessfully - a complete show of New Faces (Marti Caine/1980s version). Thank you soooo much for posting this to TH-cam and sharing it with the world. Do you have any more episodes of New Faces of '86/'87/'88, by any chance? I used to have copies of the second to last show of New Faces of '88 along with the Grand Final episode that aired the following week, but I can no longer find them in my old VHS tapes.
You probably tape over them with Bergerac.
@@theculturedthug6609 More like Prisoner: Cell Block H. 😂
Was hoping by re-watching it, Billy Pearce would have won 😂 lol
I used to watch this, I had forgotten how bad the acts were, most of them here were embarrassing and the judges were lying through their teeth!
I miss the 80s. It’s was such inexorable trash! Love it.
That comedian was a dead ringer for Australian Les Patterson, the one who does Dame Edna Everedge.
You mean Barry Humphries, who does both Les Patterson and Dame Edna Everage...?
I was 21 then and loved New Faces and Marti!
What a date stamp, seems like a different world now.
It's good social history and a good reminder to people who misremember that period and try to make it out like it was some kind of golden era. It absolutely wasn't. It was bloody awful for the most part.
How did my brain, all these years, think that Joe Pasquale was the person who did the Superman bit.
The second act - so called 'comedian' was absolutely dire.
You can tell they're bad when they're laughing louder than the audience.
That was entertaining, and the ads brought back memories, thanks 👍
And if you’d like to vote for Walker and Cadman ladies and gentlemen, then that speaks volumes for the pitiful state of entertainment in the 80’s.
I vaguely remember Marti Caine. She died a while ago now, and too young. I was too young to remember this show though, but it looked great!! Marti was Beautiful too.
19:59 Odd to say, but phone-in voting was a novel concept in the 1980’s, and this would’ve possibly been the first time it had been done. The ad at 17:39 is classic. I hadn’t seen it before but as a lifelong fan of Spitting Image I loved it. Better than the 3 acts thus far, though that standup “comedian” was particularly a-hem “of his time”. Need one say more.
Jim D is a legend still going strong and tells it like it is my god he looks young there great guy.
❤ Marty Caine 😊
I remember this well, must have been nine years old. Looking back, it's so dated. Spaghetti Junction. Hahaha
Billy still going he is funny seen him lots time
Scott great singer
Ah, before telly was all about box ticking and 'multi culturalism'. Take me back please....
Unfortunately the lady who did the ALB songs had that rare talent of making each song sound the same ..
Well played theme by Harry Rabinowicz and the orchestra ❤
is that the Everton chairman sitting next to Millie !
for years my family thought i was mad saying the final didn't have a spaghetti junction clapometer... and i ws right!!! i now have the proof!!! i am vindicated 😂😂
6:03 - that's the boldest non-moonwalk in all of non-moonwalk history
Imagine putting him in front of Simon Cowell 🫣🤣🤣
@@fairlyvague82 😂😂
So happy someone else said it. His biggest mistake was doin those half-__ MJ moves. Didn’t even go with the song and we knew who did it first. His voice was good. He blew it ripping of MJ.
Gary lovin and Billy Pearce still going strong and entertain us today.
Marti Caine just about holding it together.. 😮
Billy Pearce made it , never heard of any of the others.
He had a tough ride though. The BBC did an article in 2011 about the 1986 finalists. It seems that the show was a curse for many of them. It went to their heads but was very fleeting, and resulted in poverty and their marriages breaking up. Cadman of Walker and Cadman talked about how they had a couple of years of success after this but their act suddenly went very much out of fashion by 1989 and everything dried up. He ended up sleeping rough. Billy Pearce also talked about having a couple of years of success after this but losing all his money on bad investments and ending up in panto. The person who seems to have done best from the 1986 finalists was the violinist Gary Lovini who was just 17 at the time. He's carved out a career performing on cruise ships and has made a reasonable amount of money. He's one of the few whose first marriage didn't break down.
Oh dear!!!!
I love panto and have seen billy pearce twice both times he was dire
She was so glam rip marti
3:20 it’s our Gordon Clegg.
Supporting words off the judges
Ist comedian. Dire is the word.
first act reminds me of a younger dev from coronation street doing honky tonk woman but he onlt knows micheal jackson moves
I remember voting for High Jynx 🤣
does anyone have the 1987 final in full to put on youtube
Do u have anymore New Faces finals?
i didnt know there were more this is the only one i found so far on vhs and its been a while
That was very painful to watch
Billy Pierce didn't win and he's FAMOUS!!
The BBC did an article in 2011 about the 1986 finalists. It seems that the show was a curse for many of them. It went to their heads but was very fleeting, and resulted in poverty and their marriages breaking up. Cadman of Walker and Cadman talked about how they had a couple of years of success after this but their act suddenly went very much out of fashion by 1989 and everything dried up. He ended up sleeping rough. Billy Pearce also talked about having a couple of years of success after this but losing all his money on bad investments. The person who seems to have done best from the 1986 finalists was the violinist Gary Lovini who was just 17 at the time. He's carved out a career performing on cruise ships and has made a reasonable amount of money. He's one of the few whose first marriage didn't break down.
Marti Caine was a pretty good compere here, if a little nervous. Jim Davidson was brilliant. I didn't bother watching the acts beyond the first one. None of them became famous.
What happened to Walker & Cadman?
Marti’s going to pieces up there!
I remember when Duggie Small won this show, not bad but not that special either. He then appeared on Wogan in early 1987 & he bombed dreadfully
Duggie Small is going to be huge. Any day now.
WHAT A BENT OUTFIT ALL OF THIS SHOW WAS, THEN COWELL CAME ON AND IT WAS STILL BENT, BUT WITH MORE MONEY THROWN AT IT, FALSE FACES FROM MOST OF THE PANEL, AND WHAT CRACKED ME UP WAS JIM DAVIDSONS COMMENTS ON A ACT THAT WOULD BE CLEAN JOKES FOR PANTO, YEAH JIM JUST LIKE YOURS FFS, AND TO ADD THE ICING ON THE CAKE DUGGIE SMALL WAS AS FUNNY AS THE PLAGUE.
You enjoyed it then 😂😂
MARTI CAME ACROSS AS FALSE.
All a bit rough around the edges but this was genuine TV
So wanted pauline hannah to win, love to see her own show.
Wow they didn't give a shit back in the 80s, the first act damcing just rips from Michael Jackson, don't feel you would get away with that nowadays, great to see this again. Loved Marti Cain
It was so unpolished A lot of these acts came from working men's clubs, playing to half drunk pensioners. A lot of the acts were almost literally a "poor man's version of".
david bowie`s widow iman in tia maria advert
Good grief!
Never understood why this woman was ever funny or Dougie Small for that matter.
I have fond memories of Duggie Small's superman routine but I was only 11 at the time. Looking back at this I don't know how he won that competition. It's painfully unfunny. And the woke brigade would have a field day with gay jibes.
@@bwlboy123 "woke brigade" ? I'm the same age as you and I'd say anybody who isn't a total piece of sh*t would have problems with the gay jokes.
the adverts far more entertaining than the acts
Great to see this 86 version of New faces the so called comic the second act was terrible he was so ugly exactly how I'd describe his act
Totally agree mate. He was charmless and dire.
Dreadful act
billy Pearce bigger star than winner duggie small😄😄😄
Did Duggie Small become Biggie Smalls?
Amazing how many comments l see trashing this show but actually, it did produce over the years some acts that did indeed go on to become huge household names and yes some of them - still alive! Of course some of them were equally dire but that mix has always, been the consistency of talent shows from day 1. New Faces still had a charm about it and better then the tv drivel and some of the gutter level tv of today anytime. ITV for all those decades right up to the 90's even had tv catalogue of shows including this in the 70's and 80's that todays stuff wouldn't get anywhere near of viewing figures!
Nothing gets the viewing figures it used to for the simple reason that there's a million times more choice. People are just as likely to be watching Netflix, Disney+ or TH-cam (as you were doing) as they were ITV. I don't think we should put the old days on a pedestal though. The stuff we get on TV now is an evolution of this - they've always been terrible, no matter which era. It was just as bad then. It was also just as exploitative - a sausage factory of performers. The BBC did an article in 2011 about the 1986 finalists. It seems that the show was a curse for many of them. It went to their heads but was very fleeting, and resulted in poverty and their marriages breaking up. Cadman of Walker and Cadman talked about how they had a couple of years of success after this but their act suddenly went very much out of fashion by 1989 and everything dried up. He ended up sleeping rough. A fellow 1986 finalist, Billy Pearce, also talked about having a couple of years of success after this but losing all his money on bad investments.
@@zeddeka The stuff that was on in decades gone by is still fondly remembered, unlike what majority of todays would be. Sorry but to say it all has always been bad no matter when couldn't disagree more. I could name you a ton of programmes both ITV and BBC which was loved by huge viewing audiences and even was sold abroad by both broadcasters gaining additional audiences. There is no way you could call golden years programming like Upstairs Downstairs, Beadles About, You Bet, Till Death Us Do Part, Bullseye - the Generation Game, Surprise Surprise..I could go on and on, as always having been bad tv! And to finish off, as for the whole increase in the types of viewing abilities now compared to back then, even with that - more recent hit series such as Gavin and Stacey (not a massive fan but obviously lot are), has shown if something catches the vibe of the population a lot will still come together to watch it.
Milly martin was a real beauty and a great singer .😂
No 2 is using Barry Humphries character really badly.
Why on earth did the 1st act not do Michael jackson
I know these people have the guts to get up there but it is such poor mediocre rubbish!
Thank Rob for Billy Pearce!. The rest were awful.
Peacre stole that first joke from ian sludge lees from his new faces act in 1976. Wonder what else he took
Maybe his wife, his dog, and his record collection.
How terrible was this show lol.. hasnt changed now.. Duggie Small, whatever happened to his career.. think how bad you must be to finish below Duggie Small lol
Aan Aan
God this was truly awful 😵💫
your only supposed to blow the bloody doors off whoops wrong Caine? Billy Pierce top man
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So many dead people.
in the audience possibly, but I am sure Jim Davidson is alive for starters
Marti Caine was very nervous and not a strong anchor for the show. Very amateur.
I remember this from when I was a kid but only now do I notice her stumbling over her words all the time.
Marti did her best
I was nearly on this show, thank the lord I wasn't. 🙏😱
Distorted and unwatchable.
Bloody awful, all of it.