All Star Comedy Carnival

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All Star Comedy Carnival was an annual Christmas-special produced by ITV, containing new mini-episodes of popular British sitcoms and light entertainment programmes with some musical interludes. [1] This was broadcast annually on 25 December on ITV, from 1969 to 1973. 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, All Star Comedy Carnival was a direct competitor to the BBC's Christmas Night with the Stars . [2] All had short five-minute sketches devised and produced for transmission within the festive period, written by the original writers of each comedy series. [3]

Contents

1969: Presented by Des O'Connor

1970: Presented by Max Bygraves. This edition was recorded and transmitted in black-and-white due to the ITV Colour Strike.

1971: Presented by Mike and Bernie Winters

1972: Presented by Jimmy Tarbuck

1973: Presented by Jimmy Tarbuck

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References

  1. ↑ "Mike and Bernie Winters' all-star Christmas Comedy Carnival (1971)". BFI. Archived from the original on 3 June 2021.
  2. ↑ "All Star Comedy Carnival, 1969 - British Classic Comedy". britishclassiccomedy.co.uk. 14 December 2014. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  3. ↑ "All Star Comedy Carnival (1972)". BFI. Archived from the original on 6 February 2020.
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