Des O'Connor Tonight

Des O'Connor Tonight
Presented by	Des O'Connor
Country of origin	United Kingdom
No. of series	7 (BBC Two) 17 (ITV)
No. of episodes	44 (BBC Two) 182 (ITV)
Production
Running time	30-60 minutes
Production companies	Thames Television (1983-1999, 2001-2002) Central Television (1993-1998)
Original release
Network	BBC Two (1977-1982) ITV (1983-1999, 2001-2002)
Release	17 January 1977 (1977-01-17) – 24 December 2002 (2002-12-24)
Related
The Des O'Connor Show

Des O'Connor Tonight is a British variety chat show hosted by comedian and singer Des O'Connor. It was originally broadcast on the BBC from 1977 until 1982, where it then moved to ITV in 1983 starting on 1 November and ran until 24 December 2002 after it was axed by ITV after nearly 26 years on air.

Des O'Connor Now!

In 1984, O'Connor did a series of chat shows live from the Royalty Theatre London, which contain 9 episodes.

Famous incidents

Fokker joke

Stan Boardman talked about Focke-Wulf but made it sound like he was using the swear word: it resulted in the end of live broadcasts of the show, until the 1990s.

Transmission guide

• BBC Two
• Series 1: 6 editions from 17 October 1977 - 21 November 1977
• Series 2: 8 editions from 18 September 1978 – 6 November 1978
• Series 3: 6 editions from 14 January 1980 – 18 February 1980
• Series 4: 8 editions from 27 October 1980 – 15 December 1980
• Series 5: 8 editions from 29 September 1981 – 16 November 1981
• Series 6: 8 editions from 1 November 1982 – 20 December 1982

• ITV
• Series 7: 10 editions from 1 November 1983 – 3 January 1984
• Series 8: 15 editions from 11 September 1984 – 25 December 1984
• Series 9: 12 editions from 8 October 1985 – 31 December 1985
• Series 10: 12 editions from 14 October 1986 – 30 December 1986
• Series 11: 9 editions from 21 October 1987 – 16 December 1987
• Series 12: 10 editions from 26 October 1988 – 28 December 1988
• Series 13: 10 editions from 25 October 1989 – 27 December 1989
• Series 14: 9 editions from 31 October 1990 – 9 January 1991
• Series 15: 11 editions from 16 October 1991 – 15 January 1992
• Series 16: 10 editions from 7 October 1992 – 30 December 1992
• Series 17: 12 editions from 17 November 1993 – 9 February 1994
• Series 18: 10 editions from 30 November 1994 – 8 February 1995
• Series 19: 8 editions from 13 December 1995 – 7 February 1996
• Series 20: 9 editions from 11 December 1996 – 12 February 1997
• Series 21: 10 editions from 3 December 1997 – 8 April 1998
• Special: 5 August 1998
• Series 22: 10 editions from 11 September 1998 – 23 December 1998
• Series 23: 10 editions from 2 July 1999 – 3 September 1999
• Christmas Special: 27 December 1999
• Christmas Special: 24 December 2001
• New Year Special: 31 December 2001
• Christmas Special: 24 December 2002

External links

• Des O'Connor Tonight at IMDb.
• http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/series/29749: BBC TWO, 1977 - 1982
• http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/series/6870: ITV, 1983 - 1999, 2001 - 2002