All Star Comedy Carnival was an annual Christmas-special produced by ITV, containing new mini-episodes of popular British sitcoms and light entertainment programmes with some musical interludes. This was broadcast annually on 25 December on ITV, from 1969 to 1973. All Star Comedy Carnvial was 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.
1969: Presented by Des O'Connor
Doctor in the House / Mr Digby Darling / Cribbins / Please Sir! / Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width / Jokers Wild / On the Buses / Father Dear Father / Two in Clover / The Dustbinmen / Coronation Street / Dear Mother...Love Albert / Mike Yarwood
Joy to the World: A Celebration of Christmas (1984)
This was a very short (just over six minute long) fully choreographed Christmas carol concert performed by a choir in Dickens era dress with various stars of "Coronation Street" and "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" having non-speaking cameos doing things like passing out refreshments and dancing with the children (with the exception of David Burke "Dr. Watson" also doing a short solo.)
