Double Your Money was the most-viewed television quiz show in Britain right from its inception in 1955 until its demise in 1968 when the programme's production company (the London weekday franchise holder, Rediffusion) lost its ITV franchise. Hosted by Hughie Green (later of Opportunity Knocks fame) 'and I mean that most sincerely folks' and ably assisted by a number of co-hosts - most famously by his wonderful cockney sidekick Monica Rose - the show was an early forerunner of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire. The prize money was of course rather smaller in those days.
Monica Rose was just 15 when she first appeared on the show in 1963 as a contestant, having been picked out of the studio audience. Hughie Green was so impressed by her cheeky charm that he invited her back as a guest presenter six weeks later. She was a regular co-host for three years. She and Hughie were reunited in 1970 on the quiz show The Sky's The Limit. She left the entertainment industry in the 1970s. Having become a Christian, she married Baptist lay-preacher Terry Dunnell in 1982 and undertook important charity work supporting young offenders.
Sadly Monica suffered severely from depression and took her own life in 1994. A lovely lady who will be fondly remembered by a whole generation of viewers and who is greatly missed.

The catchy theme song used here isn't the original 1950s theme, but it's the one that's most fondly remembered from the show's heyday in the 1960s.

Double your money and try to get rich
Double your money without any hitch
Double your money - it's your lucky day
Double your money and take it away!

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