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Starring Cannon and Ball No. of episodes 75 Final episode date 24 December 1988 Number of episodes 75 | 6/10 IMDb Country of origin United Kingdom Running time 30 minutes First episode date 28 July 1979 Network ITV Genre Comedy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Production company(s) London Weekend Television Similar Plaza Patrol, The Wheeltappers and Shun, Bruce Forsyth's Big Night, The Fattest Man in Britain, Mount Pleasant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Cannon and Ball Show was a successful comedy variety show on ITV featuring the double act (and duo) of Bobby Ball and Tommy Cannon.
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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. 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.
The series was Cannon & Ball's first regular television series, filmed by LWT and lasted nine years until December 1988.
After the series ended, the pair went on to Cannon and Ball's Casino, a Saturday night game show for Yorkshire Television in the early 1990's and Plaza Patrol, (also for Yorkshire Television).
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The first seven series of the C&B show have been released on DVD