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
All Christmas preparations stop when the crew are called out to rescue Sarah and James who are trapped on ice. Fireman Cridlington is in the kitchen preparing the turkey for Christmas. Fireman Trevor Evans' bus gets stuck in the snow.
Year: Release Date: Rating: Video Type:
1988
12/22/1988
TV-Y
TV Series Episode Animated 20 minutes
B
