Junior Showtime

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Junior Showtime was a British variety show for children made by Yorkshire Television and shown on ITV between 1969 and 1974.

Presented by Bobby Bennett from the Leeds City Varieties theatre, the show consisted of song and dance routines and was produced by Jess Yates. The show featured a number of performers who would go on to stardom in Britain including Pauline Quirke, Kathryn Apanowicz, Bonnie Langford, Mark Curry and Malandra Burrows, later of Emmerdale. The master tapes of the shows are no longer of broadcast quality due to various accidents and poor storage.

In a 2001 poll by Channel 4 to find the 100 Greatest Kids' TV shows Junior Showtime was at number 100.

[edit] External links

• Junior Showtime at the Internet Movie Database