The Cannon and Ball Show

The Cannon and Ball Show
Starring Cannon and Ball
Country of origin United Kingdom
No. of episodes 75
Production
Running time 30 minutes
Production company(s) London Weekend Television
Release
Original network ITV
Original release 28 July 1979 (1979-07-28) – 27 October 1988 (1988-10-27)

The Cannon and Ball Show was a successful comedy varitey show on ITV featuring the double act (and duo) of Bobby Ball and Tommy Cannon.[1]

The pair were booked to perform on seven episodes of Bruce Forsyth's Big Night, but on none of their segments were ever screened, as the producers were trying to shore up the rating and deceived to give Forsyth more air time instead.[2] During this time the then LWT's director of programmes Michael Grade, watched the dropped clips and decide to give the pair their our own television series.[3]

The series was Cannon & Ball's first regular television series, filmed by LWT and lasted nine years until October 1988.[4]

Ater the series ended, the pair went on to Cannon and Ball's Casino, a Saturday night game show for Yorkshire Television in 1990 and Plaza Patrol, also for Yorkshire Television.

Transmission details

Specials

DVD release(s)

The first seven series of the C&B show have been released on DVD

DVD Year(s) Release date
The Complete Series 1 1979 22 August 2010
The Complete Series 2 1980 13 June 2011
The Complete Series 3 1981 3 October 2011
The Complete Series 4 1982 12 March 2012
The Complete Series 5 1983 -
1984
23 July 2012
The Complete Series 6 1984 18 February 2013
The Complete Series 7 1985 -
1986
20 May 2013
The Complete Series 8 1987 TBA
The Complete Series 9 1988 TBA
The Complete Series 1 to 9 Box Set 1979 -
1988
TBA

References

  1. "Cannon And Ball Shoot Towards A Bullet Success .". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2013-01-05.
  2. "Cannon and Ball - TV Appearances - Bruce Forsyths Big Night". Comedykings.co.uk. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
  3. Tony Padman. "Whatever happend [sic] to Cannon and Ball?". Express.co.uk. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
  4. "BBC - Comedy Guide - Cannon And Ball". Web.archive.org. Retrieved 2013-09-04.

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