Holed In One – Full Swing
Full Swing, 1996
Full Swing was a golf based game show hosted by Jimmy Tarbuck that was quite literally holed in one: one series of eight episodes.Taking it's influence from successful shows Bullseye and B...
Laughs From The Palladium, 1987
Laughs From The Palladium, 1987
Over the years the London Palladium has featured heavily in ITV's Sunday Night schedules, from it there has been some great laughs. Back in late 1987 ITV screened a special on...
The Story Of A Plank?
The Plank - 1967 (Cinema), 1979 (TV)
Based on a comedy sketch called "Sykes and a Plank", which was written by Eric Sykes for his comedy television series "Sykes and a" An all star line up come together in thi...
Jimmy Tarbuck OBE, 1940 – Present
Jimmy Tarbuck OBE, 1940 - Present
A national institution, Jimmy Tarbuck is one of Britain's best loved comedians and one the few all time greats still with us.Famous for hosting many a variety show such as...
Live From….
Live From....A Theatre In The West End Of London
Live From... refers to a series of television variety shows in the great tradition set by Sunday Night At The Palladium. There were forty three shows screened ...
Look Who’s In The Frame……
Tarby's Frame Game, 1987
Another Game Show, another comedian.Jimmy Tarbuck was the presenter in this ITV Game Show. Produced by Yorkshire Television it ran for three series between 1987 and 1989, running ...
Odds Make Points In …….
Winner Takes All, 1975
An old game show from 1970's Friday nights, hosted by another comedian, this time it's Jimmy Tarbuck.Winner Takes All first aired in 1975, hosted by Jimmy Tarbuck it ran until 1987, ...
The Comedian’s Other Job ?
The Comedian And The Gameshow
Some of today’s most popular comedy shows are in fact panel games or game shows. These are either presented by or feature panels of popular comedians.So we thought we’d go ba...
Sunday Night At The London Palladium, 1955 – Present
Sunday Night At The London Palladium, 1955 - Present
Perhaps one of Television's most appealing variety shows, Sunday Night at the Palladium is a British television variety show that was hosted from the London...
All Star Comedy Carnival, 1969
We mentioned this in our history of Christmas Specials post. ITV's answer to BBC's Christmas Night With The Stars. It ran along similar lines to the BBC offering, but had a much heavier emphasis on the comedy...