Sykes and a Big, Big Show

Sykes and a Big, Big Show
Genre	Sitcom/Sketch show
Starring	Eric Sykes Hattie Jacques Ian Wallace
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language(s)	English
No. of episodes	6
Production
Running time	30 minutes
Release
Original network	BBC 1
Original release	26 February – 2 April 1971

Sykes and a Big, Big Show is a British sitcom-sketch show first aired on BBC 1 in 1971. Starring Eric Sykes and Hattie Jacques, it was written by Sykes and directed by Harold Snoad and Douglas Argent. Sykes and Jacques had previously starred together in Sykes and A... (1960–65) and from 1972 to 1979 starred in Sykes.

Sykes and a Big, Big Show features situation sketches and musical numbers, performed by the singer Ian Wallace.

Out of the six episodes, 3 episodes have been lost, the first 'Shipwreck' still exists as a b/w telerecording. The second 'Concorde' exists as a VHS copy held by the BFI (the BBC also hold a digital copy) and the third episode 'Guest' still exists on original 625 line PAL colour videotape.

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