Sunday Night at the London Palladium Vol.1 and 2 DVD 5-Disc Set

Sunday Night at the London Palladium Vol.1 and 2 DVD 5-Disc Set

Making its debut on ITV’s opening weekend in 1955, Sunday Night at the London Palladium established itself as a weekly highlights for the British viewing public. Gaining average viewing figures of 14 million viewers it is undoubtedly one of the main shows 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. This DVD set includes volume one and volume two, released to celebrate the London Palladium’s centenary 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.