All Star Comedy Carnival

tv show

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5 total episodes

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1 seasons

First Aired December 25, 1969

Overview

An 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.

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1970

Season 1 - Episode 2 - 2h 30m

Air Date

December 25, 1970

Overview

Presented by Max Bygraves. With sketches from 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 and Father Dear Father.