Des O'Connor Tonight

Des O'Connor Tonight
Genre	Comedy, talk show
Presented by	Des O'Connor
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	6 (BBC2) 17 (ITV)
No. of episodes	44 (BBC2) 182 (ITV)
Production
Production location	Teddington Studios
Running time	30–60 minutes
Production companies	BBC (1977–1982) Thames Television (1983–1992) Talkback (1983–2002) Central (1993–1998)
Original release
Network	BBC2 (1977–1982) ITV (1983–2002)
Release	17 October 1977 (1977-10-17) – 24 December 2002 (2002-12-24)
Related
The Des O'Connor Show

Des O'Connor Tonight is a British light entertainment variety show hosted by Des O'Connor. It was originally broadcast on BBC2 from 1977 until 1982, when it moved to ITV from 1 November 1983 until 3 September 1999. Six further specials were broadcast until 24 December 2002 when it was axed after nearly 26 years.

Transmissions

Series

Series	Start date	End date	Episodes
BBC2
1	17 October 1977	21 November 1977	6
2	18 September 1978	6 November 1978	8
3	14 January 1980	18 February 1980	6
4	27 October 1980	15 December 1980	8
5	29 September 1981	16 November 1981	8
6	1 November 1982	20 December 1982	8
ITV
7	1 November 1983	3 January 1984	9
8	11 September 1984	25 December 1984	12
9	8 October 1985	31 December 1985	13
10	14 October 1986	30 December 1986	12
11	21 October 1987	6 January 1988	12
12	26 October 1988	28 December 1988	10
13	25 October 1989	27 December 1989	10
14	31 October 1990	9 January 1991	10
15	16 October 1991	15 January 1992	11
16	7 October 1992	30 December 1992	10
17	17 November 1993	9 February 1994	12
18	30 November 1994	8 February 1995	10
19	13 December 1995	7 February 1996	8
20	11 December 1996	12 February 1997	10
21	3 December 1997	8 April 1998	10
22	11 September 1998	23 December 1998	10
23	2 July 1999	3 September 1999	10

Specials

Date	Entitle
13 March 1996	Special
5 August 1998	Special
27 December 1999	Christmas Special
28 December 2000	Christmas Special
24 December 2001	Christmas Special
31 December 2001	New Year Special
6 April 2002	Cliff Richard Special
24 December 2002	Christmas Special

External links

• Des O'Connor Tonight at IMDb