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Country of origin
  
United Kingdom

No. of series
  
7

First episode date
  
16 January 1983

Presented by
  
Jimmy Tarbuck

Genre
  
Entertainment

Original language(s)
  
English

No. of episodes
  
43

Final episode date
  
27 November 1988

Number of episodes
  
43

Language
  
English

Also known as
  
'Live from Her Majesty's (1983–5)Live from the Piccadilly (1986)Live from the Palladium (1987–8)

Directed by
  
Alasdair Macmillan, Ian Hamilton

Similar
  
Winner Takes All, Sunday Night at the London P, Full Swing, Tarby's Frame Game, The Wheeltappers and Shun

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Live from... was a Sunday night live entertainment variety television show that aired on ITV from 16 January 1983 to 27 November 1988 and was hosted by Jimmy Tarbuck. It was broadcast live from a theatre in London (depending on which series) and was very much in the tradition of earlier variety spectacles such as Sunday Night at the Palladium.

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Tommy Cooper's death

During the show's run on 15 April 1984, comedian Tommy Cooper collapsed and died after suffering a massive heart attack. Cooper collapsed against the curtain, and most members of the audience were laughing, assuming that it was a joke Cooper was playing. It was not until compere Jimmy Tarbuck realized that the drop was not part of Cooper's plot, that everyone suddenly realised what had occurred. The show continued after an unplanned commercial break and after Tarbuck was reportedly informed Cooper was recovering. Backstage, while the show continued, paramedics frantically attempted to revive Cooper, but he was pronounced dead on arrival at Westminster Hospital. Cooper's death was announced internationally on the BBC News later that evening.

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