The Cannon and Ball Show | |
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Genre | Sketch comedy |
Starring | |
Voices of | Robin Houston |
Theme music composer | Nigel Hess |
Opening theme | "Together We'll Be OK" |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 9 |
No. of episodes | 64 (inc. 9 specials) |
Production | |
Running time | 30–60 minutes (inc. adverts) |
Production companies | LWT (1979-88) Yorkshire Television (1988 Christmas Special) |
Original release | |
Network | ITV |
Release | 28 July 1979 – 24 December 1988 |
The Cannon and Ball Show was a successful comedy variety show on ITV featuring the double act comprising Tommy Cannon and Bobby Ball. [1]
The pair were booked to perform on seven episodes of Bruce Forsyth's Big Night , but not all of their segments were screened, as producers were trying to shore up ratings and decided to give Forsyth more air time instead. [2] During this time, LWT's then director of programmes Michael Grade watched the dropped clips and decided to give the pair their own television series. [3]
Cannon & Ball's first regular television series was filmed by LWT and lasted nine years, until December 1988. [4]
After the series ended, the pair went on to Cannon and Ball's Casino , a Saturday-night game show for Yorkshire Television in 1990, and Plaza Patrol , also for Yorkshire Television.
Series | Start date | End date | Episodes |
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1 | 28 July 1979 | 16 November 1979 | 6 |
2 | 11 April 1980 | 23 May 1980 | 7 |
3 | 25 April 1981 | 30 May 1981 | 6 |
4 | 8 May 1982 | 12 June 1982 | 6 |
5 | 3 December 1983 | 21 January 1984 | 6 |
6 | 13 October 1984 | 17 November 1984 | 6 |
7 | 26 April 1986 | 31 May 1986 | 6 |
8 | 10 January 1987 | 14 February 1987 | 6 |
9 | 28 May 1988 | 2 July 1988 | 6 |
Date | Entitle |
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20 December 1980 | Christmas Special |
2 January 1982 | Cannon & Ball at Drury Lane |
11 December 1982 | The Best of Cannon & Ball |
2 April 1983 | Easter Special |
7 April 1985 | The Best of Cannon & Ball |
21 December 1985 | Christmas Special |
27 December 1986 | Christmas Special |
2 January 1988 | The Cannon & Ball Special |
24 December 1988 | Christmas Special |