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[[File:Robena Sharp CCpilot.JPG|thumb|Sharp pulling the lever of [[CECIL]]'s predecessor, "HARRY".]]
 
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'''Robena Sharp''' was the "numbers girl" on the [[Calendar Countdown Pilots]]. Her solitary role was to be wheeled out twice a show to put the numbers tiles up and pull a lever. She did not speak, with Whiteley reading out the choices, presumably in an exercise of saving money, which is odd considering that a better money-saving exercise would have been to have [[Cathy Hytner]] do both jobs.
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'''Robena Sharp''' was the "numbers girl" on the [[Calendar Countdown Pilots]]. Her solitary role was to be wheeled out twice a show to put the numbers tiles up and pull a lever. She did not speak, with [[Richard Whiteley]] reading out the choices, presumably in an exercise of saving money, which is odd considering that a better money-saving exercise would have been to have [[Cathy Hytner]] do both jobs.
  
 
Amazingly, the concept of a numbers girl survived with [[Beverly Isherwood]] for a full two years before the concept was finally axed.
 
Amazingly, the concept of a numbers girl survived with [[Beverly Isherwood]] for a full two years before the concept was finally axed.

Revision as of 15:25, 10 September 2020

Sharp pulling the lever of CECIL's predecessor, "HARRY".

Robena Sharp was the "numbers girl" on the Calendar Countdown Pilots. Her solitary role was to be wheeled out twice a show to put the numbers tiles up and pull a lever. She did not speak, with Richard Whiteley reading out the choices, presumably in an exercise of saving money, which is odd considering that a better money-saving exercise would have been to have Cathy Hytner do both jobs.

Amazingly, the concept of a numbers girl survived with Beverly Isherwood for a full two years before the concept was finally axed.