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
A television show broadcast each Christmas night by the BBC from 1958 to 1972 (with the exception of 1961, 1965 and 1966), and returning in 1994 and 2003. The show was hosted each year by a leading star of BBC TV and featured specially made short seasonal editions (typically about 10 minutes long) of the previous year's most successful BBC sitcoms and light entertainment programs.
A television show broadcast each Christmas night by the BBC from 1958 to 1972 (with the exception of 1961, 1965 and 1966), and returning in 1994 and 2003. The show was hosted each year by a leading star of BBC TV and featured specially made short seasonal editions (typically about 10 minutes long) of the previous year's most successful BBC sitcoms and light entertainment programs.
Arnold Ridley
/ Private Godfrey - Dad's Army segment Ian Lavender
/ Private Pike - Dad's Army segment Bill Pertwee
/ Chief Warden Hodges - Dad's Army segment Peter Greene
/ Radio Engineer - Dad's Army segment Michael Knowles
/ Radio Producer - Dad's Army segment (voice) Mike Yarwood
/ Various - Look, Mike Yarwood! segment Adrienne Posta
/ Actress - Look, Mike Yarwood! segment Polly James
/ Beryl Hennessy - The Liver Birds segment Nerys Hughes
/ Sandra Hutchinson - The Liver Birds segment Mollie Sugden
/ Mrs. Hutchinson - The Liver Birds segment Sheila Fay
/ Mrs. Hennessy - The Liver Birds segment Nosher Powell
/ Milkman - The Liver Birds segment Sally James
/ Shop Assistant - The Liver Birds segment Tim Brooke-Taylor
/ Tim Brooke-Taylor - The Goodies segment Graeme Garden
/ Graeme Garden - The Goodies segment Bill Oddie
/ Bill Oddie - The Goodies segment Denise Distel
/ Fairy - The Goodies segment Paul Ellison
/ Urchin - The Goodies segment Alyn Ainsworth
/ Self - and his Orchestra The Breakaways
/ Themselves - Vocal Backing
Another helping of seasonal nostalgia (following I Love a 70's Christmas) linked by Brian Blessed as Father Christmas. Included are 'The Railway Children', 'Some Mothers Do Ave Em', pantomimes and 'Thunderbirds'.
A look at the history of traditional TV comedy on the Christmas schedules. Nostalgia binge celebrating the Christmas special: as much a part of Christmas day as turkey and crackers. Revisits classic moments, such as Tim and Dawn's kiss in The Office.
