Bobby Ball as Self

Episodes 47

Show One

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July 28, 1979
1x1

With guest stars Liza Goddard and Michael Robbins.

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Show Two

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August 4, 1979
1x2

With guest stars Maureen Lipman and Sydney Tafler.

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Show Three

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October 26, 1979
1x3

With guest star Ernest Clark.

(This episode was shown nearly three months after the previous one due to a strike by ITV technicians.)

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Show Four

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November 2, 1979
1x4

With guest star June Whitfield.

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Show Five

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November 9, 1979
1x5

With guest star Hugh Paddick.

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Show Six

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Season Finale
November 16, 1979
1x6

With guest stars Bernard Kay and Irene Handl.

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Show One

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April 11, 1980
2x1

British film icon Diana Dors joins Tommy Cannon and Bobby Ball for another helping of tomfoolery in this show. Music is provided by resident band Ritz.

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Show Two

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April 18, 1980
2x2

Against his better judgement, Doctor at Large star Ernest Clark is roped into a slapstick mime performance set in a cafeteria.

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Show Three

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April 25, 1980
2x3

In another classic show, the dynamic duo are joined by special guest Peggy Mount, everyone's favourite TV battleaxe and unforgettable star of The Larkins and You're Only Young Twice.

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Show Four

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May 2, 1980
2x4

Elizabeth Estensen (The Liver Birds) and actress and singer Luan Peters (aka Carol Keyes) have a few surprises in store when they join Tommy and Bobby for another fun-packed show.

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Show Five

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May 9, 1980
2x5

More breezy broadsides are fired at various targets, while Ruby James of resident pop group Ritz sighs Anyone Who Had a Heart, and the Ritz boys join Tommy and Bobby for a rendition of Sweet Georgia Brown.

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Show Six

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May 16, 1980
2x6

Tommy calls Bobby's bluff and lets him announce the show - giving him a taste of his own medicine along the way!

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Show Seven

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May 23, 1980
2x7

Bobby gets into trouble with Tommy when he finds out that they've both been chatting up the same wardrobe girl.

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Special: Cannon and Ball For Christmas

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Season Finale
December 20, 1980
2x8

Cannon and Ball see the year out with a bang in the first of their many Christmas specials. Comedienne and impressionist Faith Brown shares in the madness and merriment, and music comes from The Char-lettes - singers with a difference, led by the multi-talented Bertice Reading. The show also features the Alyn Ainsworth Orchestra and the Brian Rogers Dancers.

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Show One

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April 25, 1981
3x1

With guests Jeep, Dai Francis and John Boulter.

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Show Two

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May 2, 1981
3x2

With guests Anne Murray and Ritz

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Show Three

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May 9, 1981
3x3

With guest Anne Murray.

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Show Four

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May 16, 1981
3x4

With guests Lulu and Cornsilk.

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Show Five

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May 23, 1981
3x5

With guest Alan Price.

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Show Six

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Season Finale
May 30, 1981
3x6

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Cannon and Ball at Drury Lane

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January 2, 1982
4x1

A comedy special from the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, featuring Cannon and Ball and their guests Jack Jones, international illusionist Zee and Co., the Brian Rogers Dancers, and Alyn Ainsworth and his Orchestra

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Show One

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May 8, 1982
4x2

Featuring global singing star Iris Williams, as well as snooker champion Steve Davis.

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Show Two

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May 15, 1982
4x3

Featuring the 1970s' Prince of Pop, David Essex.

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Show Three

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May 22, 1982
4x4

Featuring comedy legend and veteran entertainer Bruce Forsyth.

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Show Four

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May 29, 1982
4x5

A sharp-suited Adam Ant performs his Number One solo hit 'Goody Two Shoes'...and manages to humiliate Bobby and Tommy in the process.

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Show Five

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June 5, 1982
4x6

Featuring the multi-talented Frankie Laine, and Tommy and Bobby's lovely Boys in Blue co-star Suzanne Danielle.

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Show Six

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Season Finale
June 12, 1982
4x7

Featuring perennial pop favourite Leo Sayer.

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5x1

Tommy and Bobby's Easter guests include the great Eric Sykes, Neasden's Queen of Soul Mari Wilson, Jill Gascoine and singing duo Renee and Renato.

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Show One

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December 3, 1983
5x2

Tommy and Bobby are joined by the ageless pop legend Cliff Richard, and Windsor Davis - star of classic sitcom It Ain't Half Hot Mum.

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Show Two

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December 10, 1983
5x3

Tommy and Bobby, Herb Reed (The Platters) and Black Beauty star Stacy Dorning join Status Quo for a rendition of their hit Marguerita Time.

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Show Three

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December 17, 1983
5x4

Shakin' Stevens, Sarah Brightman and Jocky Wilson, Kirkaldy's champion of the oche, are the lads' guests for this fun-packed show.

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Show Four

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January 7, 1984
5x5

The boys are joined by The Three Degrees, Una Stubbs and Roger Whittaker - who performs I'm Back.

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Show Five

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January 14, 1984
5x6

Tommy and Bobby's star guests in this show are Diana Dors and Bee Gee Robin Gibb.

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Show Six

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Season Finale
January 21, 1984
5x7

Soul legends The Four Tops and reggae sensation Musical Youth provide the songs in this show, with comic actor Jeffrey Holland also participating in the chaos...

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Show One

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October 13, 1984
6x1

Tommy and Bobby's guests include singing stars Engelbert Humperdinck and The Beverley Sisters, and all-girl group The Little Foxes.

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Show Two

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October 20, 1984
6x2

The dynamic duo's guests for this show are actor and pop/country star Guy Mitchell, disco legends Sister Sledge, and Scotland's Big Country.

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Show Three

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October 27, 1984
6x3

Singer Paul Young and pianist Richard Clayderman are the boys' musical guests on this show.

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Show Four

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November 3, 1984
6x4

Guest star Rik Mayall gives Tommy and Bobby the runaround as an infuriatingly obstinate tourist information clerk...

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Show Five

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November 10, 1984
6x5

Singer-songwriter Brook Benton, Cockney duo Chas and Dave, Brit-funk band Shakatak, and Grange Hill star Michael Sheard join the boys for another fun-filled show.

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Show Six

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Season Finale
November 17, 1984
6x6

Tommy and Bobby's guests are Jimmy Tarbuck, Henry Cooper, and a cappella chart-toppers The Flying Pickets.

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Christmas Cannon and Ball

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December 21, 1985
7x1

Tommy Cannon and Bobby Ball host a Christmas Special, with guests including Hi de Hi star Ruth Madoc and actor/singer Paul Nicholas.

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Show One

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April 26, 1986
7x2

The lads recount their experiences while staying in a luxury London apartment during the making of their series; their special guest is Michael Aspel.

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Show Two

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May 3, 1986
7x3

A quiet Sunday's Scrabble match is interrupted by the arrival of Britain's happiest married couple.

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Show Three

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May 10, 1986
7x4

Tommy and Bobby discover what friendship is all about when a drunken Bobby wakes up with a severe hangover.

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Show Four

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May 17, 1986
7x5

Can Bobby keep his temper for a whole day? Tommy bets he can't. But so he can be sure of winning, Bobby plans a few surprises, including a visit to a Japanese restaurant.

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Show Five

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May 24, 1986
7x6

Bobby's untidiness becomes such an irritation for Tommy that the boys' friendship is put to the test.

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Show Six

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Season Finale
May 31, 1986
7x7

When Tommy catches a cold he thinks he has a deadly virus - and so does Bobby when he mishears the doctor's report on his pal. But is Bobby's concern quite as genuine as it seems?

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