Didn't they do well

Lynn Packham, 35, from Hailsham and Sharon Pugh, 37, from Ringmer, were invited to a special anniversary edition of the show in London on Friday.

Bruce Forsyth's favourite memories formed tha basis for the programme.

The TV star remembered Lynn and Sharon from a complaint letter they wrote to him as little girls in 1976.

They had spotted cuddly toys were missing as prizes on the show's famous conveyor belt.

Sharon, aged six, sent a message saying: 'Please don't do it again!'

The cuddly toy controversy became a light-hearted theme throughout the show's history.

Thirty years later Bruce wanted the pair to come along and take part in the programme.

Lynn, a PA, said: 'When you are young cuddly toys are very important to you.'

Sharon, a housewife, said producers arranged cuddly toys on the conveyor belt as a joke.

She added: 'We ended up with nine toys, seven for our children and two for us.

'Bruce Forsyth is such a nice man.

'He was very, very friendly and put everyone at ease.

'He was telling jokes all the time, even when they weren't filming.'

Bruce congratulated the women after they won toys on the conveyor belt.

Using his famous catchphrase, he said: 'Didn't they do well?'

Sharon said: 'It feels very surreal to believe they were filming it all.

'Lynn and I chatted to Bruce both on and off camera, and we even shared a make-up artist with him.

'The whole experience was amazing and one that we will never forget.'

The episode is due to be shown on UKTV Gold in November.