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All Star Comedy Carnival

All Star Comedy Carnival

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.

Created By
StatusEnded
Original NameAll Star Comedy Carnival
First Air DateDecember 25, 1969
Last Air DateDecember 25, 1973
Seasons1
Episodes5
Episode Runtime1h 30min
LanguageEnglish
Original LanguageEnglish
Production CountriesUnited Kingdom
Production Companies
NetworksITV1
S01E05

1973

Presented by Jimmy Tarbuck. With sketches from Man About The House, Billy Liar, My Good Woman, Spring and Autumn and Doctor in Charge.

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