Des O'Connor Tonight

*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 (ITV)
Running time	30–60 minutes
Production companies	BBC (1977–1982); Thames Television (1983–1992); Talkback (1983–2002); Central (1993–1998);
Original release
Network	BBC2
Release	17 October 1977 –; 20 December 1982
Network	ITV
Release	1 November 1983 –; 24 December 2002
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.

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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

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

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