Tony Holland created a sensation in the 1960s when he appeared on Hughie Green's famous
talent show 'OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS'.

He won the show for 6 consecutive weeks demonstrating Muscle Control - something the British
public had never seen before on Television (or possibly even elsewhere). Tony used MAXALDING techniques to develop his act and was trained, by post, by Court Saldo.

Tony had been doing a Body-building act for about 8 years before auditioning for Opportunity Knocks.
The BBC website www.bbc.co.uk contains an interview with Mike Connolly which goes into detail about this and other aspects of Tony's life before and after his television debut.

After Opportunity Knocks Tony got a considerable amount of Cabaret work and also made many appearances on other TV programmes such as Marty Feldman, David Nixon & Mike and Bernie Winters.

Following a Summer Season Tony developed his act further to include comedy, feats of strength and audience participation. Tony also finds time to make occasional active appearances including one at his daughter' wedding. Between 1998 and 2000 he also made a few TV appearances. Amongst these was 'First Light', a BBC religious programme which showed some clips from earlier TV shows. He also appeared on ITV's 'After They Were Famous' where he performed his Scapula and Abdominal Control. 'North West Tonight' also filmed a piece in his Gym.