THE king of the clanger, he was loved by generations for his perfect comic timing and strong sense of the ridiculous as the long-time host of
It'll Be Alright on the Night.
Norden, who died yesterday aged 96, fronted the television show
It'll Be Alright On The Night for 29 years until he retired in 2006, pulling in nearly 18 million viewers at its peak.
DENIS Norden was best known as the host of long-running out-takes show
It'll Be Alright On The Night but had previously come to prominence as a successful scriptwriter.
ALL NEW
IT'LL BE ALRIGHT ON THE NIGHT ITV, 9pm Griff Rhys Jones returns with another selection of outtakes rescued from the cutting-room.
Features special guests, including contributions by comedian Doug Stanhope and Philomena Cunk ALL NEW
IT'LL BE ALRIGHT ON THE NIGHT ITV, 9pm Griff Rhys Jones (pictured) presents a compilation of neverseen-before out-takes from the world of film and TV.
IT'LL BE ALRIGHT ON THE NIGHT (ITV1 9pm) GIGGLING corpses, animals munching sound booms, actors walking into wobbly sets it's the return of the show that brings us all the silly capers that occur when TV shows go slightly awry.
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IT'LL BE ALRIGHT ON THE NIGHT (ITV, Monday, 9pm) GRIFF Rhys Jones, right, presents a brand new offering of never-seen-before out-takes salvaged from edit suites all over the world.
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IT'LL BE ALRIGHT ON THE NIGHT ITV1, 9pm Sometimes the simplest ideas turn out to be the best.
Arguments, tantrums and jealousy threaten rehearsals, but as the old showbiz saying goes,
it'll be alright on the night. With an audience on-line and at the penguin pool, the zoo becomes a popular place again.
Brand New
It'll Be Alright on the Night (ITV1 Wales, December 28, 9pm) [bar] The well-loved out-takes show returns to ITV this Christmas after a three-year gap.
It'll Be Alright On The Night 19 (Hogmanay, ITV, 8pm) Not everybody's getting hammered on Hogmanay - but watching repeats of repeats like this will drive anybody to drink
But general manager Paddy Ryan stuck defiantly to the "
it'll be alright on the night" tack and by yesterday evening he could relax-slightly.
His treatment at the hands of 40-stone wrestler Giant Haystacks 20 years ago is still featured on
It'll Be Alright on the Night.
The
It'll Be Alright On The Night host died yesterday morning after spending "many weeks" at the Royal Free Hospital in north London, a statement from his children, Nick and Maggie Norden, issued to the Press Association said.
I've lost count of the number of times the football has forced ITV to pull its
It'll Be Alright On The Night reboot with David Walliams.