Sunday Night at the London Palladium
| Tonight at the London Palladium | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | Sunday Night at the London Palladium The London Palladium Show Sunday Night at the Palladium |
| Genre | Variety show |
| Created by | Val Parnell |
| Presented by |
Original series: Tommy Trinder (1955–58) Bruce Forsyth (1958–60, 1961–64) Don Arrol (1960–61) Norman Vaughan (1962–65, 1974) Jimmy Tarbuck (1965–67) Jim Dale (1973–74) Ted Rogers (1974) Revived series: Bradley Walsh (2014–) Stephen Mulhern (2014) Jason Manford (2014–15) Jack Whitehall (2014–15) Rob Brydon (2014) Alexander Armstrong (2014–15) Jimmy Carr (2014–15) |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of episodes | 411 (1955–74) 19 (2014—) |
| Production | |
| Location(s) | London Palladium |
| Running time | 55–60 minutes (inc. adverts) |
| Production company(s) |
ATV (1955–74) LWT (2000) ITV Studios (2014—) |
| Distributor | ITV Studios |
| Release | |
| Original network | ITV |
| Picture format | 4:3, 16:9 |
| Original release |
Original series: 25 September 1955 – 28 October 1974 Revival series: 14 September 2014 – present |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | Live from... |
Tonight at the London Palladium is a British television variety show that is hosted from the London Palladium theatre in London's West End. Originally produced by ATV for the ITV network from 1955 to 1969, it went by its original name Sunday Night at the London Palladium from 25 September 1955 to 1965 until the name was changed to The London Palladium Show from 1966 to 2 February 1969.
It underwent three revivals, first from 28 October 1973 to 28 October 1974 where it retained its Sunday Night at the London Palladium title, second in 2000 under the title Tonight at the London Palladium, and third from 2014 until 2015 under the title Sunday Night at the Palladium, dropping London.
From 2016, the show is called Tonight at the London Palladium and is presented by Bradley Walsh.
The regular hosts of the show were Tommy Trinder (1955–58), Bruce Forsyth (1958–60 and 1961–64), Don Arrol (1960–61), Norman Vaughan (1962–65, 1974), Jimmy Tarbuck (1965–67), Jim Dale (1973–74) and Ted Rogers (1974). Other guest comperes were: Hughie Green, Alfred Marks, Robert Morley, Arthur Haynes, Dickie Henderson, Dave Allen, Des O'Connor, Bob Monkhouse and Roger Moore.
The first ever show was compered by Tommy Trinder with Gracie Fields and Guy Mitchell being the night's big guests. The programme was one of ITV's most watched, reaching its biggest audience in January 1960 while Bruce Forsyth was the host, in an edition featuring Cliff Richard and the Shadows, watched by more than 20 million people.
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