{"id":1581,"date":"2008-11-19T21:56:42","date_gmt":"2008-11-19T21:56:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/comedykings.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php\/cannon-and-balls-playhouse\/"},"modified":"2008-11-19T21:56:42","modified_gmt":"2008-11-19T21:56:42","slug":"cannon-and-balls-playhouse","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/comedykings.co.uk\/index.php\/cannon-and-balls-playhouse\/","title":{"rendered":"Cannon and Balls Playhouse"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Two shows, originally intended as pilot programmes for a sitcom starring Cannon and Ball. It was intended to record six shows, but ITV decided to make a series of Plaza Patrol<\/a> (the pilot show for Plaza Patrol became the second in the series). The other three shows were never made. <\/p>\n

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Free Every Friday<\/h2>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Aired 10th September 1991
Bobby played Norman Tubby, the reporter for the ‘Althorp Claxton and Advertiser’, a local free paper. Tommy was Ken Osborne, the manager, who had been bought the newspaper by his rich wife Annette. Annette is not impressed by how well the paper is doing and wants Norman (who was hired by Ken because they knew each other at school) sacked. The ‘Claxton’ also has a bigger, better, rival, the ‘Post’. <\/p>\n

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The main storyline for the episode is the fact that none of the local restaurants advertise in the Claxton. They decide to run an advertising feature, so Norman goes to visit each restaurant to sample their wares. The food is generally terrible, but the paper cannot give them a bad write up as they need the advertising. The day the issue is printed they are admiring the double page spread when Annette comes in brandishing a copy of the ‘Post’. It carried the news that two local restaurants (both of which got a 5* rating in the Claxton) had been closed in a late night swoop over hygiene standards. <\/p>\n

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Writers<\/h3>\n

Richard Lewis and Louis Robinson <\/p>\n

Cast<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Tommy Cannon<\/td>\nKen Osbourne<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bobby Ball<\/td>\nNorman Tubbs<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Emma Davies<\/td>\nJulia Parker-Smith<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kim Hartman<\/td>\nAnnete Osbourne<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ellis Jones<\/td>\nFrancoise<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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Growing Concern<\/h2>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Aired 27th August 1991
Bobby is Barnes, a slighty incapable maintenance man with a catchphrase of “I ‘ave’nt got the right tools with me”. Tommy plays Tommy Davenport, the personnel manager. At the start of the show Barnes is sacked by Davenport, who is later sacked himself. Times are hard, and Barnes is forced to go knocking on doors to ask if people have jobs they need doing. Davenport initially doesn’t tell his wife he’s lost his job, then says he resigned. He takes a job in Jimmys Burger Bar. Eventually they meet when Barnes knocks on Davenports door. Over a cup of tea Tommys wife suggests that between them they have the management and practical skills to set up in business together. They do this, and win a contract from the council. <\/p>\n

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Writers<\/h3>\n

Paul Minett and Brian Leveson <\/p>\n

Cast<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Tommy Cannon<\/td>\nTommy Davenport<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\nBobby Ball<\/td>\nBobby Barnes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sherrie Hewson<\/td>\nBeryl Davenport<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\nKeith Marsh<\/td>\nAlf<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Janet Rawson<\/td>\nJulia<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\nPaula-Ann Bland<\/td>\nHeather<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Siobhan Finneran<\/td>\nCarol<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Series Credits<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Music<\/td>\nAlan Hawkshaw<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\nCasting Director<\/td>\nAngela Caird<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Production Assistant<\/td>\nLesley Kirk<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\nFloor Manager<\/td>\nDavid Nightingale<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Stage Manager<\/td>\nTerry Knowles<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\nProduction Buyer<\/td>\nBob Bayne<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Graphics<\/td>\nKaren Webber<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\nStudio Supervisor<\/td>\nGraham Baines<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Vision Mixer<\/td>\nKaren Hall Carter<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\nVision Control<\/td>\nBrian Abrams<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Video Tape Editor<\/td>\nJohn Allen<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\nMake-Up<\/td>\nPam Raysen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Costume<\/td>\nBrian Castle<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\nSenior Cameraman (Free Every Friday)<\/td>\nNorman Chadderton<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Senior Cameraman (Growing Concern)<\/td>\nColin Philpott<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\nSound<\/td>\nKeith Hargreaves<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lighting<\/td>\nPeter Hardman<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\nDesigner (Free Every Friday)<\/td>\nRobert Scott<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Designer (Growing Concern)<\/td>\nTony Jones<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\nExecutive Producer (Free Every Friday only)<\/td>\nBaz Taylor<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Producer and Director<\/td>\nGraham Wetherell<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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