The Best of Cannon & Ball
Apr 07, 1985Double act Tommy Cannon and Bobby Ball entertain us with their own unique brand of humour. The programmes feature various sketch shows along with many celebrity guests.
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Jimmy Tarbuck
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The Plank
May 18, 1967A slapstick comedy about two workmen delivering planks to a building site. This is done with music and a sort of "wordless dialogue" which consists of a few mumbled sounds to convey the appropriate emotion.
Comedy
Tommy Cooper: In His Own Words
Dec 25, 2018An affectionate look back at Tommy Cooper's life and career. Sir Michael Parkinson, Jimmy Tarbuck and Chris Tarrant and others reflect on what made Tommy Cooper one of the greatest ever comedians. Colleagues talk about working with him, and his daughter Vicky reveals her feelings about her father.
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An Audience with Joan Rivers
Mar 17, 1984The shockingly controversial, outrageous, and wickedly funny comedienne performing live in front of a celebrity audience.
Comedy
An Audience with Shirley Bassey
Oct 21, 1995Showbiz legend Dame Shirley Bassey delights a celebrity audience by singing songs and answering light-hearted questions. Enjoy renditions including Born to Sing and George Harrison's Something from the sequin-gowned Welsh songstress.
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An Audience with Bruce Forsyth
Feb 01, 1997Bruce Forsyth entertains a VIP audience as he stars in a spectacular one-man show.
Comedy
The Cancellation Of Jim Davidson
May 24, 2024Comedian Jim Davidson offers an in-depth exploration of his life and unique career. Sign in to watchTrue, he's no longer the BBC's Mr Saturday Night. At one point he was earning £1.5 million a year as host of Big Break and The Generation Game. The BBC dropped him in 2002, but that was years before cancel culture, and even his manager admitted that he'd had a good run.
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Les Dawson Lost Tapes
Jul 21, 2021Through previously unseen footage and clips, we reveal a very different side to the late comedian Les Dawson's public persona and discover the real Les away from the spotlight.
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Brazen Hussies
Nov 30, 1996After meeting her old school friend Sandra Delaney, who now works as a stripper, pub owner Maureen Hardcastle decides to spice up her flagging business by turning it into a male stripper club, with the help of untrustworthy businessman Billy Bowman.
Comedy
Strictly Sinatra
Jun 29, 2001In Glasgow, Toni Cocozza, age 28, aspires to be a lounge singer; his repertoire is strictly Sinatra, backed by Bill, an aging piano player and his only friend. Toni dreams big and enters a local television talent show. About that time, a local Mob boss decides Toni is great entertainment and invites him to be his guest at a casino. Toni chats up Irene, a cigarette girl, he gets an odd job or two from Chisolm, the mobster's number two, the audition goes bust, and Toni's future is uncertain. One thing leads to another with the Mob. Is Toni at a crossroads, or is there in reality no turning or going back?
Drama
An Audience with Jimmy Tarbuck
Oct 22, 1994Jimmy Tarbuck parades his comic wares in front of a celebrity audience, including Cilla Black, Bruce Forsyth, Billy Connolly, Michael Parkinson, Harry Secombe and Henry Cooper.
Comedy
Ken Dodd: How Tickled We Were
Dec 26, 2018Ken Dodd: How Tickled We Were tells Sir Ken’s story from his boyhood growing up in the 1930s in Knotty Ash, through his big break into show business and then on to his unrivalled career in entertainment. Poignant and uplifting, the programme features interviews with the people who knew Sir Ken best – friends and family in Liverpool and beyond, and his many colleagues, admirers and fellow-performers from the world of entertainment. The programme also features an interview with Sir Ken’s wife, Lady Anne Dodd.
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The Unforgettable Harry Secombe
Dec 20, 2010A celebration of the life and career of Sir Harry Secombe, one of Britain's best-loved entertainers.
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Des O'Connor: The Ultimate Entertainer
Nov 23, 2020ITV pay tribute to Des O'Connor in this special celebrating his life and work, telling how Des went from Butlins Redcoat to become the ultimate entertainer.
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James Bond: The First 21 Years
May 27, 1983A look back at the first 21 years of Britain's most successful film series.
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Our Cilla
Dec 25, 2015
Tommy Cooper: The Lost Tapes
Dec 30, 2024This celebratory special showcases appearances by the revered comedian, featuring material previously unseen by British audiences, including tour-de-force performances on US TV.
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Jimmy Tarbuck's 18 Nightmare Holes Of Golf
Jan 01, 1970TV personality Jimmy Tarbuck, a golfing fanatic, takes the viewer on a tour of the 18 worst holes in golf. With footage of the pros having nightmares (Faldo, Ballesteros, Woosnam and Norman are just some of the famous names), it shows that it is not just the enthusiastic amateur that has difficulties in the bunker, or with water hazards, or tiger rough, or trees...
Room 101
Apr 06, 2018Fast-moving game show meets talk show, which sees Frank Skinner refereeing three celebrities each week as they compete to banish their top peeve or worst nightmare to the depths of Room 101.
Comedy
The Detectives
Feb 18, 1997The absurd adventures of two defective detectives, who - despite unbelievable incompetence - somehow manage to solve their cases (or be nearby when the cases are solved) and retain their jobs.
Comedy
Tarby's Frame Game
Jul 29, 1989Tarby's Frame Game was a game show produced by Yorkshire Television in association with Bernstein/Hovis Productions, Columbia Pictures Television & Action Time. It aired on the ITV network from 24 May 1987 until 29 July 1989 and was hosted by Jimmy Tarbuck.
Harty
Dec 17, 1984The Jimmy Tarbuck Show
Feb 19, 1975Tarby And Friends
May 17, 1986
Six Fifty-Five Special
Aug 19, 1983Sally James and guest presenters invite established stars and newcomers to contribute to a lively half-hour of music and conversation.
Talk
Rewind The 60s
Nov 19, 2010It is now fifty years since the start of the 1960s – ten years of change, innovation, excitement and creativity that revolutionised our lives. To celebrate this amazing decade, Lulu presents Rewind the 60s - five entertaining programmes that explore all aspects of the 1960s: from where we lived, to what we ate, to how we dressed, and what we listened to. With the help of some very special guests, Lulu shows us how that extraordinary decade transformed Britain and the world forever – and how much fun it was to live through.
Documentary
Live From Her Majesty's
Nov 27, 1988Live from Her Majesty's was a Sunday night live variety show which was produced by London Weekend Television for the ITV network and ran from 1982 to 1988. It was broadcast live from Her Majesty's Theatre in London and was very much in the tradition of earlier variety spectacles such as Sunday Night at the London Palladium.
The series was presented by Jimmy Tarbuck, produced by the then Head of Light Entertainment at LWT David Bell and directed by Alasdair Macmillan. In its day, the programme attracted a large audience and regularly featured in the TV top ten. A further series of six shows followed in 1986 from London's Piccadilly Theatre, airing simply as Live From the Piccadilly. 1987 witnessed yet another change of venue with a further three series airing as Live From the Palladium until the programme's eventual cancellation in 1988.
During the 15 April 1984 show, comedian Tommy Cooper died after suffering a massive heart attack with the audience thinking that it was a joke.
Comedy
Cilla
Apr 17, 1976
The Cannon & Ball Show
May 31, 1986A comedy variety show featuring the double act of Tommy Cannon and Bobby Ball.
Comedy
An Audience with...
Jun 01, 2013An Audience with... is a British entertainment television show produced by London Weekend Television, in which a host, usually a singer or comedian, performs for an invited audience of celebrity guests, interspersed with questions from the audience, in a light hearted revue/tribute style.
Talk
Bradley Walsh: The Laugh's on Me
Dec 18, 2022The TV star gives a personal and honest account of his own life, joined by his nearest and dearest celebrity friends to tell the incredible story of his career.
Have I Got News for You
Dec 13, 2024Hilarious, totally-irreverent, near-slanderous political quiz show, based mainly on news stories from the last week or so, that leaves no party, personality or action unscathed in pursuit of laughs.
Comedy
All Star Comedy Carnival
Dec 25, 1973An annual Christmas special produced by ITV, containing new mini-episodes of popular British sitcoms and light entertainment programmes, with some musical interludes. It was hosted by Des O'Connor in 1969, Max Bygraves in 1970, Mike and Bernie Winters in 1971 and Jimmy Tarbuck in 1972 and 1973. Created as a direct competitor to the BBC's Christmas Night with the Stars, all had short five minute sketches devised and produced for transmission within the festive period, written by the original writers of each comedy series.
Comedy
Secrets of the Museum
Apr 27, 2022Unique arts series venturing behind the scenes at the world famous museum of art, design and performance, the V&A.
Documentary
Linda Green
Dec 17, 2002Linda's a Manchester girl, born and bred. She's in her early 30s and the friends she has now are the same friends she's had since primary school. By day she potters around in Craven Lane Motors selling cars and flirting with mechanics. But when night time comes around she can usually be found singing her heart out on stage at the Lee Lane Social Club. Her best friend Michelle may be settled and happy with her boyfriend and kids, but Linda's single and loving it. She may not have found Mr Right just yet, but she's having a whale of a time while she's looking.
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Legends
Jan 21, 2011The story of the big names that have shaped the musical genres, plus an occasional stopgap for the new rock 'n' roll - comedy.
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