About this season
Live from Her Majesty's was a Sunday night live variety show which was produced by London Weekend Television for the ITV network and ran from 1982 to 1988. It was broadcast live from Her Majesty's Theatre in London and was very much in the tradition of earlier variety spectacles such as Sunday Night at the London Palladium. The series was presented by Jimmy Tarbuck, produced by the then Head of Light Entertainment at LWT David Bell and directed by Alasdair Macmillan. In its day, the programme attracted a large audience and regularly featured in the TV top ten. A further series of six shows followed in 1986 from London's Piccadilly Theatre, airing simply as Live From the Piccadilly. 1987 witnessed yet another change of venue with a further three series airing as Live From the Palladium until the programme's eventual cancellation in 1988. During the 15 April 1984 show, comedian Tommy Cooper died after suffering a massive heart attack with the audience thinking that it was a joke.
Episodes (6)
1. Episode 1
Aired 9 October 1988 • 60 min
Dionne Warwick, Rick Astley
2. Episode 2
Aired 16 October 1988 • 60 min
Shirley Bassey, Kylie Minogue
3. Episode 3
Aired 23 October 1988 • 60 min
Tommy Jones, Eddie Grant, Sinitta
4. Episode 4
Aired 30 October 1988 • 60 min
George Benson and Les Dennis
5. Episode 5
Aired 6 November 1988 • 60 min
Freddie Star, Five Star, Jimmy Cricket
6. Episode 6
Aired 27 November 1988 • 60 min
Barry Manilow, Cliff Richard, Bros