Andrew Wood, the creator and owner of the Bullseye

Andrew Wood, the creator and owner of the Bullseye format started his career in the entertainment industry in the 1960’s working as a booker of cabaret acts for UK nightclubs and US Military bases in the UK, France and Germany.  During this time Andrew also worked for the Anglo American Artists Agency in London who brought top Rock and Roll stars from America to perform in Europe.  Artists that Andrew worked with during this time include, Little Richard, Chuck Berry, Carl Perkins, Brenda Lee, The Rolling Stones, The Animals, The Nashville Teens, John Lee Hooker, Jerry Lee Lewis, Bo Diddley, Gene Vincent, Eddie Cochran and The Everly Brothers to name but a few.

Whilst working in the Agency Andrew received a phone call from Alma Cogan a top British female singing star at the time inviting him to bring Carl Perkins to a party at her Kensington flat as the Beatles wanted to meet Carl.  The party at Alma’s that night was like a who’s who of show business as there were so many stars there including the Beatles, Jane Asher, Noel Coward, Bruce Forsythe and Sammy Davis Jnr.  After the party Carl told Andrew that he was amazed that the Beatles were so interested in him when they were the number one attraction in the world.  A few days later the Beatles recorded an EP at Abbey Road Studios and included the Carl Perkins song ‘Matchbox’.

Andrew left the Agency as he had become tired of being on the road so much and opened his own record shop ‘Sounds Funky’ in Kingston Upon Thames.  This enabled Andrew to concentrate on his first love, writing.  During this period Andrew wrote a couple of screenplays but unfortunately he never got the green light on them.

In 1979 he started to research game shows from around the world and to understand the reasons behind their success.  After many months Andrew decided he had the formula that he wanted for a successful television game / quiz show, this show was of course, Bullseye.  Bullseye, was commissioned by ATV in 1980 and after many years of success over the entire ITV Network Bullseye established itself as an ITV flagship show and at the same time became part of the British psyche.

Andrew continued to write and in the late 1980’s devised a television game show format entitled ‘The Bible Quiz’ which he sold to the German Television Network RTL.

In 1997 Andrew wrote an action thriller screenplay entitled ‘Sirocco’.  The plot was about a series of terrorist attacks in ten major cities across the United States.  As yet the screenplay remains unsold but Andrew together with his friend, Film Critic Alasdair Morton adapted the screenplay into an audio book.  The audio book version of Sirocco is now available to buy through the Talking Book Shop London and Amazon.

In 2006 Andrew’s daughter Laura joined the family business in the role of Director of Business Affairs, overseeing all Bullseye Merchandising and Licensing of the Brand.  Since Laura joined the business she has together with Andrew written 5 new television game show formats.  Four of these new formats were specifically written and designed for American Television and they are currently under consideration by an American TV network.  Andrew and Laura are currently working on taking Bullseye to America. 

Audio Overview  &  Visit the Sirocco Site for a preview of the first Chapter

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If you would like to be informed when the hardback and paperback version of SIROCCO will be available please write to me using the following email link Andrew Wood  providing me with you name and contact details and I will forward the information to you as soon as I have it. Have you visited the You Tube site and viewed the Sirocco file ??  - You can do this by clicking HERE