Rent Sunday Night at the London Palladium: Vol.1 (1960)
3.5 of 5 from 2 ratings
8h 10min
- General info
- Available formats
- All series
- Synopsis:
Making its debut on ITV's opening weekend in 1955, 'Sunday Night at the London Palladium' swiftly established itself as one of the weekly televisual highlights for the British viewing public. Gaining average viewing figures of 14 million and Top Ten placings almost every week, it is undoubtedly one of the main shows that helped establish commercial television in the UK. This was a weekly television event that appealed to all classes, denominations and age groups - an unquestionable success which still provides a high benchmark that today's variety shows can only aspire to. This set - released to celebrate the London Palladium's centenary - contains some of the best of what remains in the archives for the original run from the 1950's and '60's, with hosts including Tommy Trinder, Bruce Forsyth and Hughie Green. It also includes the special two-hander show from December 1961 that featured only Norman Wisdom and Bruce Forsyth, alongside some of the remaining shows from the 1970's revival. These editions include Beryl Reid, Adam Faith playing with the John Barry Seven, Bobby Darin, 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, Cliff Richard, Bob Monkhouse, Clodagh Rodgers and many more. - Actors:
- Bruce Forsyth, Beryl Reid, Bobby Darin, Adam Faith, Cleo Laine, Sarah Vaughan, Mario Lanza, Larry Grayson, Jim Dale, Paul Anka, Rod Hull, Ted Rogers, Sacha Distel, Cliff Richard, Bob Monkhouse, Clodagh Rodgers, John Barry Seven, Pinky and Perky, Freddie And The Dreamers, Emu
- Directors:
- Bill Lyon-Shaw, Albert Locke, Brian Tesler, Francis Essex, Jon Scoffield
- Producers:
- Val Parnell, Bill Ward, Albert Locke, Colin Clews, Brian Tesler
- Narrated By:
- Bruce Forsyth
- Studio:
- Network
- Genres:
- British TV, TV Classics, TV Comedies, TV Documentaries, TV Reality Programming
