Des O'Connor Tonight

Des O'Connor Tonight
Presented by Des O'Connor
Country of origin United Kingdom
No. of series 7 (BBC Two)
17 (ITV)
No. of episodes 44 (BBC Two)
182 (ITV)
Production
Running time 30-60 minutes
Production company(s) Thames Television
(1983-1999, 2001-2002)
Central Television
(1993-1998)
Distributor Fremantle Media
Broadcast
Original channel BBC Two (1977-1982)
ITV
(1983-1999, 2001-2002)
Picture format 4:3 (1977-1998)
16:9 (1999, 2001-2002)
Original run 17 January 1977 – 24 December 2002
Chronology
Related shows The Des O'Connor Show

Des O'Connor Tonight is a British variety chat show hosted by comedian and singer Des O'Connor. It was originally broadcast on the BBC from 1977 until 1982, where it then moved to ITV in 1983 starting on 1 November and ran until 24 December 2002 after it was axed by ITV after nearly 26 years on air.

Des O'Conner Now!

In 1984, Des did a series of chat shows live from the Royalty Theatre London, which contain 9 episodes.

Famous incidents

Fokker joke

Stan Boardman talked about Focke-Wulf but made it sound like he was using the swear word: it resulted in the end of live broadcasts of the show, until the 1990s.[1]

Transmission guide

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