Jesse Frederick Joseph Yates (20 December 1918 – 9 April 1993) was a British television presenter and producer.
The programme attracted many special guests, including Harry Secombe, Dame Anna Neagle and Gracie Fields.
From 1958 to 1975, Yates was married to actress and author Elaine Smith (whose stage name was Heller Toren, and who later wrote under the pseudonym Helene Thornton), who gave birth to a daughter Paula, born in 1959.
His TV presenting career ended in 1974 when it was publicly revealed that he had been having an affair with young actress Anita Kay, although he was separated from his wife at the time.
Amid the ensuing furor, Yates had to be smuggled from Yorkshire Television's studio complex in Leeds in the boot of a car.