Crackerjack!

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15th SEPTEMBER 2018, ST. MICHAEL'S CENTRE, CHISWICK

OFFICIAL BOOK LAUNCH with guests Don Maclean, Jan Hunt, Jillian Comber, Rod McLennan, Downtime Julie Brown, Valerie Walsh, writer Tony Hare, director Alan J W Bell, Christine Ozanne, Sara Hollamby, Kate O'Sullivan and Leigh Miles.

Crackerjack (the TV show with the built-in echo) gave us two enduring icons of Children’s Television … one long and thin, one round and plump.  No, not Leslie Crowther and Peter Glaze!  The Crackerjack pencil and the Double or Drop cabbage.

This launch brings together faces of Crackerjack's past reunited for one unique event.

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Don Maclean
Comedian 1973-76

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Jan Hunt
Singer & Comedian 1974-79

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Jillian Comber
Hostess 1960-70

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Downtown Julie Brown
Co-host 1982-83

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Sara Hollamby
Co-host 1983-84

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Leigh Miles
Co-host 1981-82

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Rod McLennan
Comedian 1968-70

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Valerie Walsh
Singer 1965-66

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Christine Ozanne
Comedian - Crackerjack LP 1974

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Alan J Bell
Director 1974-78

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Tony Hare
Scriptwriter 1969 - 74

guest-KateOSullivan

Kate O'Sullivan
Impressionist and Young Entertainers winner 1978

 

If you were a child in the late ‘50s, the ‘60s, the ‘70s or early ‘80s you’ll have your own memory of TV’s longest-running teatime variety show.  Eamonn Andrews piling prizes on the clever-clogs and cloth cabbages on the chumps … the pompous and perpetually heckled Glaze Lectures … those slapstick silent movies … historical finales with anachronistic pop songs … or Stu Francis splattered with garish gunge.

Alan Stafford has traced the 29-year history of Crackerjack from the very first cabbage to the last crushed grape, recalling the best of the onscreen fun while revealing loads of backstage secrets.  All the triumphs and tiffs, the perils and pranks.

Tickets to this event cost only £25, and includes a copy of the book and an opportunity to receive your copy signed by the author and our celebrity guests (subject to commitments).

It wasn’t always on Fridays, it wasn’t always at five to five, but it was – and ever will be – Crackerjack.  CRACKERJACK!!!

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Terms & Conditions Apply. This launch is an unofficial event and is not supported or endorsed by the copyright holders.