Sunday Night At The Palladium Volume 1 DVD
Val Parnell's
Sunday Night At The London Palladium (E)
Set for UK DVD Release
Network DVD is delighted to announce the release of ITV’s landmark variety show. Making its debut on ITV's opening weekend in 1955, Sunday Night at the London Palladium swiftly established itself as one of the weekly TV highlights for British TV viewers. This 3-disc set features Beryl Reid, Adam Faith playing with the John Barry Seven, Bobby Darin, Cleo Laine, Pink & Perky, Sarah Vaughan, Freddie and the Dreamers, Mario Lanza, Larry Grayson, Jim Dale, Paul Anka, Rod Hull and Emu, Ted Rogers, Sacha Distel, Cliff Richard, Bob Monkhouse, Clodagh Rodgers and many more guests. SUNDAY NIGHT AT THE LONDON PALLADIUM is available to own on 8thNovember 2010 RRP £24.99 and coincides with the centenary of the legendary venue.
Gaining average viewing figures of 14 million viewers and Top Ten viewing figures almost every week, it is undoubtedly the show that helped establish commercial television in the UK. Lasting fourteen years until 1969 – and with a revival series in the mid ‘70s – the show was hosted by a number of performers, including Tommy Trinder, Bruce Forsyth and Jimmy Tarbuck. A weekly television event that transcended all classes, denominations and age groups – SUNDAY NIGHT AT THE LONDON PALLADIUM was an unquestionable success – which still provides a high benchmark that today's variety shows can only aspire to. This set contains some of the best of what little remains in the archives for the original run from the 1950s and '60s. It also includes the special two-hander show from February 1961 that featured only Norman Wisdom and Bruce Forsyth, alongside some of the remaining shows from the 1970s revival.
Special Features in this set are:
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Special strike edition from 03rdFebruary 1961 featuring Norman Wisdom and Bruce Forsyth
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Extensive image galleries featuring pictures of performers from shows that no longer exist – these include Pete and Dud, The Beatles, Judy Garland (including her final performance in 1969), Frankie Howerd,
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Morecambe and Wise, Sammy Davis Jr., The Supremes and many behind-the-scenes images, including the series’ opening night.
Val Parnell’s Sunday Night at the London Palladium is available from Network DVD
Release Date: 8th November 2010
RRP: £24.99
Total Running Time: 490 minutes
Discs: 3
Screen Ratio: 1.33:1
Catalogue Numbers: 7952806
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