Debuting on ITV's opening weekend in 1955, Sunday Night at the London Palladium swiftly established itself as one of the weekly televisual highlights and was one of the core shows that helped establish commercial television in the UK, transcending class, denomination and age group - an unquestionable success which still provides a high benchmark that today's variety shows can only aspire to.Hosted mainly by Bruce Forsyth and Jimmy Tarbuck, this set contains what little remains in the archives for the series, and guests featured include Beryl Reid, Adam Faith (with... the John Barry Seven), Bobby Darin, Cleo Laine and the Johnny Dankworth Seven, Pinky and Perky, Sarah Vaughan, Freddie and the Dreamers, Mario Lanza, Larry Grayson, Jim Dale, Paul Anka, Rod Hull and Emu, Ted Rogers, Sacha Distel, Bob Monkhouse, Clodagh Rodgers, Cliff Richard and the Shadows, The Searchers, The Hollies, Arthur Haynes, Des O'Connor - and many more. [show more]
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Collection of shows from the initial 1950s and 1960s run of the popular entertainment show 'Sunday Night at the London Palladium'. One of the first shows to establish TV as a popular medium, the programme enjoyed peak viewing figures of 14 million and was one of the most talked about TV shows of its day. Among the hosts of the show were Tommy Trinder, Bruce Forsyth and Jimmy Tarbuck, who would each week introduce a number of the top celebrities, musicians and comedians of their time to the crowd. The performers include Cliff Richard, Bob Monkhouse and Rod Hull.
Making its debut on ITV's opening weekend in 1955, Sunday Night at the London Palladium established itself as a weekly highlights for the British viewing public. Gaining average viewing figures of 14 million viewers it is undoubtedly one of the main shows that helped establish commercial television in the UK. Lasting fourteen years until 1969 and with a revival series in the mid 70s the show was hosted by a number of performers, including Tommy Trinder, Bruce Forsyth and Jimmy Tarbuck. This DVD set includes volume one and volume two, released to celebrate the London Palladium's centenary contains some of the best of what little remains in the archives for the original run from the 1950s and '60s. It also includes the special two-hander show from February 1961 that featured only Norman Wisdom and Bruce Forsyth, alongside some of the remaining shows from the 1970s revival.
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