Sykes and a Big, Big Show

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Sykes and a Big, Big Show
Genre Sitcom/Sketch show
Starring Eric Sykes
Hattie Jacques
Ian Wallace
Country of origin Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom
No. of episodes 6
Production
Running time 30 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel BBC1
Original run 26 February – 2 April 1971
External links
IMDb profile

Sykes and a Big, Big Show was a British sitcom-sketch show starring Eric Sykes and Hattie Jacques that aired on BBC1 in 1971.[1] It was written by Eric Sykes and directed by Harold Snoad and Douglas Argent.[1] Sykes and Jacques had previously starred together in Sykes and A... and from 1972 to 1979 starred in Sykes.

Contents

[edit] Cast

[edit] Plot

Sykes and a Big, Big Show features situation sketches and musical numbers, performed by the singer Ian Wallace.[1]

[edit] Episodes

  1. Episode One (26 February 1971)
  2. "Concorde" (5 March 1971)
  3. Episode Three (12 March 1971)
  4. "Submarine" (19 March 1971)
  5. "Western" (26 March 1971)
  6. "Britain's First Moon Shot" (2 April 1971)

[edit] Missing episodes

Out of the six episodes, only the first and third are thought to have survived with the others thought to have been wiped.[2] A studio recording tape of "Concorde" survives.[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c Lewisohn, Mark. "Radio Times Guide to TV Comedy", BBC, 2003. 
  2. ^ a b "Sykes and a Big Show BBC, 1971", The British TV Missing Episodes Index.