Episodes
Les Dawson: on Christmas (BBC Four Wednesday 20 December 2023)
Les Dawson on Christmas will air on BBC Four on Wednesday 20 December 2023 at 8:35pm. Join Les Dawson in his topical comedy sketch programme.
Les Dawson’s 1980 holiday comedy sketch show
Les Dawson: on Christmas airs Wednesday 20 December 2023 on BBC Four at 8:35pm. This is the 1980 holiday season edition of The Dawson Watch, Les Dawson’s topical comedy sketch programme, in which he makes appearances both as himself and as other characters.
Dawson (who passed away in 1993) was a multi-talented artist who excelled in comedy, literature, and music. Started out playing jazz piano for the Cotton City Slickers, a band from Manchester. Prior to his breakthrough performance in Opportunity Knocks 1967, he performed solo stand-up comedy in nightclubs and pubs. He wasted no time launching his own YTV series, Sez Les, where he inhabited the roles of villains like Cosmo Smallpiece and nailed the scheming housewife duo of Cissie and Ada alongside Roy Barraclough. He succeeded Terry Wogan as host of Blankety Blank and kept the show’s ratings high while continuing his tenure at the BBC with The Les Dawson Show.
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