All Star Comedy Carnival
All Star Comedy Carnival was an annual Christmas-special, containing new mini-episodes of popular British sitcoms. It was broadcast annually on the 25th of December on ITV, from 1969 to 1973. It was hosted by Jimmy Tarbuck and was a direct competitor to the BBC's Christmas Night with the Stars.[1] All had short five-minute sketches devised and produced for transmission within the festive period, written by the original writers of each comedy series.
Sitcoms featured
1969: Presented by Des O'Connor
- Doctor in the House
- Mr Digby Darling
- Cribbins
- Please Sir!
- Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width
- Jokers Wild
- On the Buses
- Father Dear Father
- Two in Clover
- The Dustbinmen'
- Coronation Street
- Dear Mother...Love Albert
- Mike Yarwood
1970: Presented by Max Bygraves, This edition was recorded and transmitted in black-and-white due to the ITV Colour Strike
- Girls About Town
- The Worker
- The Des O'Connor Show
- Coronation Street
- The Lovers
- Hark at Barker
- Doctor in the House
- Jokers Wild
- Dear Mother...Love Albert
- Albert and Victoria
- For the Love of Ada
- Cribbins
- Father Dear Father
1971: Presented by Mike and Bernie Winters
- Doctor at Large
- The Lovers
- And Mother Makes Three
- His and Hers
- Please Sir!
- The Fenn Street Gang
- Girls About Town
- Dear Mother...Love Albert
- Sez Les
- Lollipop Loves Mr. Mole
- Father Dear Father
1972: Presented by Jimmy Tarbuck
- Love Thy Neighbour
- On The Buses
- Christmas With Wogan
- Nearest and Dearest
- Thirty Minutes Worth
- Sez Les
- The Fenn Street Gang
- Father Dear Father
1973: Presented by Jimmy Tarbuck
- Man About The House
- Billy Liar
- My Good Woman
- Spring and Autumn
- Doctor in Charge
References
- "All Star Comedy Carnival, 1969 - British Classic Comedy". britishclassiccomedy.co.uk. 14 December 2014. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
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