Seaside Special
| Seaside Special | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Family |
| Presented by | Various |
| Theme music composer | Mike Batt |
| Opening theme | Summertime City |
| Ending theme | Summertime City |
| Composer(s) | Mike Batt |
| Country of origin | UK |
| Original language(s) | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Michael Hurll |
| Producer(s) | Michael Hurll |
| Release | |
| Original network | BBC1 |
| Original release | 5 July 1975 – 8 September 1979 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Show Of The Week: The Young Generation Big Top (BBC2) |
Seaside Special was a BBC light entertainment show broadcast from 1975. It was an outside broadcast filmed at a big top in a British seaside resort. Originally the big top belonged to various circuses (mainly Gerry Cottle's Circus), but in later seasons, the BBC bought its own to be the venue. The programme was developed by producer Michael Hurll. The series was developed after a short-lived, 6 part 'trial' aired on BBC2 in 1973, under the title Show Of The Week: The Young Generation Big Top, starring the dance troupe The Young Generation and hosted by various personalities. The series was broadcast from various Pontin's Holiday Camps around the UK under the Gerry Cottle Big Top. The first show, airing on 6 August 1973, was hosted by Clodagh Rodgers.
It was essentially a variety show, hosted by Radio 1 and Radio 2 DJs, consisting of a music act, a comedy act, and dancers New Edition. The 1977 series featured a beauty competition.
Typical acts were Little and Large, Keith Harris and Orville, Lena Zavaroni, The Jimmy Brown Dancers, Bernie Clifton, Showaddywaddy, The Wurzels, Sacha Distel, Peters and Lee, Val Doonican, Ronnie Corbett, The Goodies and Nana Mouskouri. Some segments of the show were shot outside the big top, including one occasion when the Brotherhood of Man sang "My Sweet Rosalie" sitting in a particularly unstable looking lifeboat.
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