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Thomas Derbyshire and Robert Harper, Oldham welders turned Clubland superstars, were given their major TV break as Cannon and Ball on Bruce Forsyth's Big Night in 1978, and rapidly went from strength to strength; this ratings-winning LWT series, launched the following year, consolidated their success and made them household names. Showcasing their trademark stand-up routines - honed to perfection by eighteen years' experience in the pubs and clubs of northern England - along with sketches, spectacular variety entertainment and a wealth of guest stars, the series ran for many hugely successful years. Enjoy more good-natured comedy capers with the dynamic double act and their guests - including Diana Dors, Liver Bird Elizabeth Estensen, Peggy Mount and Faith Brown - with this DVD comprising the complete second series from 1980, along with that year's Christmas Special.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
I found this DVD excellent quality technically - despite the ancient format it was mastered on, something called 2-inch quadraplex videotape. TV was all 4:3 in aspect ratio at the time of production and audio was non-Dolby since the linear speed of the tape was regarded fast enough to not need "noise" - hiss - reduction.
I think viewers seeing some star names of the period having fun with the boys - like the legendary Diana Dors - will find this series excellent fun. Other reviewers say how much better Tommy Cannon and Bobby Ball are in these shows and the "boys" are certainly more relaxed with the stress of staying in a boring London hotel and not playing to a a 'live' audience every night of the week which they were used to doing at the time.
We didn't rehearse much in our rehearsal room at Waterloo station - only enough for me to script my camera shots - because comedy needs to not be over-rehearsed and become too familiar and unfunny. We saved the best laughs for our studio recordings - Studio 1 at The London Studios which seats 500 audience. No need to dub these laughs!
I think I could have done better with a few more close-ups of Bobby's face. Ah well.
I think viewers seeing some star names of the period having fun with the boys - like the legendary Diana Dors - will find this series excellent fun. Other reviewers say how much better Tommy Cannon and Bobby Ball are in these shows and the "boys" are certainly more relaxed with the stress of staying in a boring London hotel and not playing to a a 'live' audience every night of the week which they were used to doing at the time.
We didn't rehearse much in our rehearsal room at Waterloo station - only enough for me to script my camera shots - because comedy needs to not be over-rehearsed and become too familiar and unfunny. We saved the best laughs for our studio recordings - Studio 1 at The London Studios which seats 500 audience. No need to dub these laughs!
I think I could have done better with a few more close-ups of Bobby's face. Ah well.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By morg74
absolutley brilliant and gets better and better .. this is the series that they start to find out how to work together and im so looking forward to series 3 as is my dad and my brother..
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
This series was Cannon and Ball at their best, I'm now looking forword to the third series which is soon to be released.
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