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Cannon And Ball

Season 8 1987

  • 1987-01-10T00:00:00Z on ITV
  • 30m
  • 3h (6 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • English
  • Comedy
Cannon And Ball was a sketch / stand up comedy series which aired on ITV in the United Kingdom. Tommy Cannon and Bobby Ball had appeared on Bruce Forsyth's Big Night in 1978 and the success of their appearances led ITV to giving them their own series in 1979.

6 episodes

Season Premiere

1987-01-10T00:00:00Z

8x01 Prisoners in Park Lane

Season Premiere

8x01 Prisoners in Park Lane

  • 1987-01-10T00:00:00Z30m

Tommy and Bobby need to find a new flat. They are show round Paradise Mansions in Soho, then look round a flat in Park Lane. The Park Lane flat has a security lock on the door so you need the key to open it. The estate agent pops out, and the door locks behind him. Tommy and Bobby are trapped in the flat.
Eventually they escape and decide to buy the flat. While waiting for the guests at their housewarming party to arrive they realise they have lost the key again.

1987-01-17T00:00:00Z

8x02 Anything But The Truth

8x02 Anything But The Truth

  • 1987-01-17T00:00:00Z30m

Bobby is a a party and gets photographed with the winner of the Dolly Parton lookalike contest. Back in the flat the following morning they open their mail and Bobby has got another batch of mail from an obsessed fan.
Later in the day a journalist from the Sunday papers, who always wants to dish the dirt on the pair, is coming to interview them. However, the obsessed fan turns up and they let her in thinking she is the reporter. When the reporter comest they have to hide the obsessed fan somewhere, and she goes into Bobbys bedroom. Of cource, she bumps into the reporter later. The reporter also has a copy of the Dolly Parton photo.
At the end, Bobby has the Dolly Parton lookalike hidden in his wardrobe.

1987-01-24T00:00:00Z

8x03 Slightly Overweight

8x03 Slightly Overweight

  • 1987-01-24T00:00:00Z30m

Tommy and Bobby are guests on the Gloria Hunnyford show. Tommy keeps making jokes about Bobbys waistline. As a result Bobby decides to go on a diet, with Tommy enforcing it.
Bobby isnt too keen on eating less, and keeps hiding food around the house. Everything reminds him of food; they even have to rehearse ‘Food, Glorious Food’ for their TV show.
The following Sunday they are invited back onto the Gloria Hunnyford show. Bobby is introduced as the short fat one but comes on singing ‘I am what I am’, obviously proud of his weight.

1987-01-31T00:00:00Z

8x04 Straight Down The Middle

8x04 Straight Down The Middle

  • 1987-01-31T00:00:00Z30m

Bobby is becoming a TV addict and just sits around. Tommy tries to persuade him to take up a more active lifestyle. They go running, use a rowing machine, play golf (in which Bobby gets a hole in one and has to buy a round of drinks) and eventually settle for subbuteo.

1987-02-07T00:00:00Z

8x05 Aunty Lilly

8x05 Aunty Lilly

  • 1987-02-07T00:00:00Z30m

Bobbys Auntie Lily is coming to visit. She’s always a pain when she visits. She is a terrible cook and insists on making cottage pie for them. She also tucks Bobby into bed at night.
Tommy and Bobby aren’t very nice to her, and she eventually senses this and gets quite upset. They make it all up in the end.

Season Finale

1987-02-14T00:00:00Z

8x06 It's Only Money

Season Finale

8x06 It's Only Money

  • 1987-02-14T00:00:00Z30m

Bobby keeps spending money on gadgets and expensive toys. He has the piano converted so it plays itself, and buys scuba diving gear. He then buys a motorbike and all the gear.
Bobby is a terrible driver, and swerves through a motorcycle gang while out driving. They meet Bobby and Tommy later, and get talking. Eventually Bobby invites them back to his house and tells them they can spend the night. They steal all his gadgets overnight.

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