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*The Cannon and Ball Show*
The Cannon and Ball Show
Genre	Sketch comedy
Starring	Tommy Cannon; Bobby Ball;
Voices of	Robin Houston
Theme music composer	Nigel Hess
Opening theme	"Together We'll Be OK"
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	9
No. of episodes	64 (inc. 9 specials)
Production
Running time	30–60 minutes (inc. adverts)
Production companies	LWT (1979-88); Yorkshire Television (1988 Christmas Special)
Original release
Network	ITV
Release	28 July 1979 –; 24 December 1988

The Cannon and Ball Show was a successful comedy variety show on ITV featuring the double act comprising Tommy Cannon and Bobby Ball.^[1]

The pair were booked to perform on seven episodes of Bruce Forsyth's Big Night, but not all of their segments were screened, as producers were trying to shore up ratings and decided to give Forsyth more air time instead.^[2] During this time, LWT's then director of programmes Michael Grade watched the dropped clips and decided to give the pair their own television series.^[3]

Cannon & Ball's first regular television series was filmed by LWT and lasted nine years, until December 1988.^[4]

After the series ended, the pair went on to Cannon and Ball's Casino, a Saturday-night game show for Yorkshire Television in 1990, and Plaza Patrol, also for Yorkshire Television.

Transmissions

Series	Start date	End date	Episodes
1	28 July 1979	16 November 1979	6
2	11 April 1980	23 May 1980	7
3	25 April 1981	30 May 1981	6
4	8 May 1982	12 June 1982	6
5	3 December 1983	21 January 1984	6
6	13 October 1984	17 November 1984	6
7	26 April 1986	31 May 1986	6
8	10 January 1987	14 February 1987	6
9	28 May 1988	2 July 1988	6

Specials

Date	Entitle
20 December 1980	Christmas Special
2 January 1982	Cannon & Ball at Drury Lane
11 December 1982	The Best of Cannon & Ball
2 April 1983	Easter Special
7 April 1985	The Best of Cannon & Ball
21 December 1985	Christmas Special
27 December 1986	Christmas Special
2 January 1988	The Cannon & Ball Special
24 December 1988	Christmas Special

References

^ "Cannon And Ball Shoot Towards A Bullet Success ". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
^ "Cannon and Ball - TV Appearances - Bruce Forsyths Big Night". Comedykings.co.uk. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
^ Tony Padman (17 August 2013). "Whatever happend [sic] to Cannon and Ball?". Express.co.uk. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
^ "BBC - Comedy Guide - Cannon And Ball". Archived from the original on 9 December 2004. Retrieved 4 September 2013.

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[1] "Cannon And Ball Shoot Towards A Bullet Success ". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 5 January 2013.

[2] "Cannon and Ball - TV Appearances - Bruce Forsyths Big Night". Comedykings.co.uk. Retrieved 20 September 2014.

[3] Tony Padman (17 August 2013). "Whatever happend [sic] to Cannon and Ball?". Express.co.uk. Retrieved 20 September 2014.

[4] "BBC - Comedy Guide - Cannon And Ball". Archived from the original on 9 December 2004. Retrieved 4 September 2013.

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