Sykes and a Big, Big Show

infobox television
show_name = Sykes and a Big, Big Show


caption =
genre = Sitcom/Sketch show
runtime = 30 minutes
creator =
starring = Eric Sykes
Hattie Jacques
Ian Wallace
country = United Kingdom
network = BBC1
producer =
first_aired = 26 February
last_aired = 2 April 1971
num_episodes = 6
list_episodes =
imdb_id = 0296433

"Sykes and a Big, Big Show" is a British sitcom-sketch show that aired on BBC1 in 1971. Starring Eric Sykes and Hattie Jacques, it was written by Eric Sykes and directed by Harold Snoad and Douglas Argent.cite news|url=|title=Radio Times Guide to TV Comedy|first=Mark|last=Lewisohn|publisher=BBC|date=2003] Sykes and Jacques had previously starred together in "Sykes and A..." and from 1972 to 1979 starred in "Sykes".

Cast

*Eric Sykes
*Hattie Jacques
*Ian Wallace

Plot

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

Episodes

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

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.cite news|url=http://www.btinternet.com/~m.brown1/sykes2.htm|title=Sykes and a Big Show BBC, 1971|first=|last=|publisher=The British TV Missing Episodes Index|date=] A studio recording tape of "Concorde" survives.

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