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Post by John Green on Sept 4, 2020 0:23:05 GMT
Mixing music, dancing and comedy in the time-honoured tradition, ABC's The Bruce Forsyth Show focussed on laughter, glamour and big name guests, including Frankie Howerd, Cilla Black, Dudley Moore (and his trio), Tommy Cooper, Douglas Fairbanks Jr, Diana Dors, Kathy Kirby, Julie Rogers, Harry Secombe and more! This release contains every show that remains from this classic light entertainment series alongside the 1965 Christmas special and the incomplete Frankie Howerd edition from 1966. • This is a PRE-ORDER for The Bruce Forsyth Show DVD and is only available while stocks last. • As this is a PRE-ORDER PAYMENT WILL BE TAKEN IMMEDIATELY but the item(s) will not be despatched until 19 October 2020. • The PRE-ORDER price for the set is £20.50 (including VAT). networkonair.com/coming-soon/3231-bruce-forsyth-show-the |
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Post by John Green on Sept 4, 2020 10:15:33 GMT
TVBrain has:
THE BRUCE FORSYTH SHOW
29.03.1959 "I'm in Charge" (missing)
THE BRUCE FORSYTH SHOW
28.04.1973 Episode No. 1 (missing)
THE BRUCE FORSYTH SHOW
24.12.1965 Episode No. 1 (missing)
THE BRUCE FORSYTH SHOW
11.06.1969 With Bruce Forsyth, The Bob Sharples Orchestra, Ronnie Corbett, Jack Douglas (missing)
18.06.1969 With Bruce Forsyth, The Bob Sharples Orchestra, Sid James (missing)
25.06.1969 With Bruce Forsyth, The Bob Sharples Orchestra, Sid James (missing)
02.07.1969 With Bruce Forsyth, The Bob Sharples Orchestra, Cilla Black (missing)
12.07.1969 With Bruce Forsyth, The Bob Sharples Orchestra, Edward Woodward (missing)
19.07.1969 With Bruce Forsyth, The Bob Sharples Orchestra, Kessler Sisters, Harry Secombe (missing)
THE BRUCE FORSYTH SHOW
Series 2
20.08.1967 With Tommy Cooper, Adele Leigh, Aleta Morrison, Christine Child, Sally Douglas (missing)
03.09.1967 With Jimmy Logan, The Kaye Sisters, Aleta Morrison, Lionel Blair, Clive Drummond (missing).
Some of those are a real pity, though we're lucky so many survive.
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Post by John Green on Sept 4, 2020 19:32:07 GMT
I note that both this and the Light Entertainment release are Exempt from classification. Keeps the costs down, compared to sit-coms!
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Post by Gary Wilson on Sept 6, 2020 7:56:45 GMT
And yet that tv brain listing seems wrong? The 1965 Christmas special (before the series proper), surely does exist as its on the DVD release!
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Post by John Green on Sept 6, 2020 8:07:03 GMT
Wish I'd spotted that-I was more focused on series 2 apparently preceeding series 1 ! Hopefully, the Christmas Special is a find. IMDB has it as the 'Pilot'. Rest of cast listed alphabetically: Cilla Black Josephine Blake Jack Douglas Ann Hamilton Morgan James Duo Miriam Karlin Jenny Lee Wright Francis Matthews Johnny Shack The photo for the regular series looks as though Bruch and Ronnie Corbett had a ventriloquist act: www.imdb.com/title/tt0297513/ |
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Post by stevej on Sept 6, 2020 15:19:24 GMT
This is great news- I wondered if Network had more or less given up on releasing archive tv on dvd, especially with the recent introduction of their pay-to-view on-line content. There are some very decent guests on the Forsyth series and I'll certainly be shelling out but you do wonder how big (or small) the market is for such dvds. Light entertainment doesn't attract the sort of cult following the drama does. Presumably the Palladium releases went sufficiently well...
Steve
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Post by John Green on Sept 8, 2020 16:54:10 GMT
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Post by John Green on Sept 17, 2020 21:47:54 GMT
Now £34.99...which is odd, because it's £20.50 at Network. |
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Post by Jeff Leach on Sept 24, 2020 22:57:12 GMT
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Post by John Green on Sept 24, 2020 22:58:56 GMT
Now pushed back to Nov.9th.
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Post by John Green on Oct 5, 2020 16:02:35 GMT
And yet that tv brain listing seems wrong? The 1965 Christmas special (before the series proper), surely does exist as its on the DVD release! Network's ABC streamer no.11 has, amomg other titles: The Bruce Forsyth Show: 25/12/1965: CHRISTMAS SPECIAL Undeniably the King of Light Entertainment, Bruce was never better than on the run of shows he did in the mid 1960s with Morecambe and Wise's scriptwriters Sid Green and Dick Hills. Mixing music, dancing and sketch comedy, The Bruce Forsyth Show focussed on laughter, glamour and big name guests, including Frankie Howerd, Cilla Black, Dudley Moore (and his trio), Tommy Cooper, Douglas Fairbanks Jr, Diana Dors, Kathy Kirby, Julie Rogers, Harry Secombe and more! Christmas Special Featuring Cilla Black, The Morgan James Duo, Miriam Karlin, Francis Matthews and Jack Douglas. Starring BRUCE FORSYTH Written by SID GREEN and DICK HILLS Music by BOB SHARPLES and PETER KNIGHT with THE ABC TELEVISION SHOWBAND Music Associates COLIN KEYES and SAM HARDING Staging by LIONEL BLAIR Produced by PHILIP JONES and KEITH BECKETT Original ITV Transmission 25 December 1965 Though the date's Christmas Day, not Christmas Eve! |
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Post by John Green on Nov 16, 2020 1:31:08 GMT
Bump 'cause it's released now.
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