For One Night Only
After the creative success of “Saturday Live Again”, broadcast in December 2007, ITV decided to commit to more comedy and music on ITV1 for 2008.
To that end, we teamed up with the creative forces behind the Royal Variety show at ITV Productions to co-produce “For One Night Only”, a huge-scale variety music and comedy spectacular. Each week the show had a different pair of co-hosts - Vernon Kay and Joan Rivers anyone? - and just to make things more exciting, the series went out live (although the third one had a scheduling tussle with X Factor and had to transmit a little later).
The show itself was an absolute hoot to make, with huge mainstream pop stars - Pink, Rihanna, Will Young, Pussycat Dolls - all bumping shoulders in the narrow corridors at Fountain Studios with stand-ups like Milton Jones and Mark Watson and a bunch of Chinese acrobats or a German wheel dancer or whichever crazy variety act had been booked that week.
The best fun was the Christmas special, hosted by Myleene Klass and, yep, Sir Tom Jones. TOM JONES! Even sidling into the studio to hear the man soundcheck was a stunner.
For One Night Only
Show 1
First Tx 14/9/08 ITV 19.00-20.00
Hosted by | Joan Rivers |
and | Vernon Kay |
and starring | Milton Jones |
Pussycat Dolls | |
Boyzone | |
Lazaro the Snake Man | |
and the cast of The Jersey Boys | |
Written by | Nick Doody |
Mark Evans | |
Dan Gaster | |
Matt Kirshen | |
Ged Parsons | |
Show 2
First Tx 21/9/08 ITV 19.00-20.00
Hosted by | Michael Bublé |
and | Denise Van Outen |
and starring | Stephen K Amos |
Mark Watson | |
Pete Firman | |
Rihanna | |
David Garrett | |
Balazs Foldvary | |
and the cast of West Side Story | |
Written by | Nick Doody |
Mark Evans | |
Dan Gaster | |
Matt Kirshen | |
Ged Parsons | |
Show 3
First Tx 11/9/08 ITV 19.00-20.00
Hosted by | Jimmy Tarbuck |
and | Emma Bunton |
and starring | Stewart Francis |
John Bishop | |
Will Young | |
Pink | |
Idina Menzel | |
Meaghan Wegg | |
The English Gents | |
Written by | Nick Doody |
Colin Edwards | |
Matt Kirshen | |
Ged Parsons | |
Xmas Special
Hosted by | Sir Tom Jones |
and | Myleene Klass |
and starring | Milton Jones |
Will Smith | |
Jimeoin | |
Escala | |
Il Divo | |
David O’Mer | |
Cerys Matthews | |
and the Zhejiang Acrobatics Troupe | |
Written by | Richard Easter |
Musical Director Mike Dixon
Choreographer Brian Rogers
Special Effects Andy McVean
Runner Warren Townsend
Production Secretary Graham Claxton
Researchers Mark Challender Liz Hughes
Production Coordinator Bethan Richards
Junior Production Manager Phil Elwell
Production Manager Polly Coupland
Associate Producers Gemma Nightingale Ed Arriens
Stage Manager Dan Shipton
Script Supervisor Julia Hancock
Timings PA Sally Darling
Vision Mixer Naomi Neufeld (1-3) Simon Sanders (4)
Art Director Kirsty Durman
Costume Designer Marcia Stanton (wk 1) Jackie Levy
Make-Up Claudine Taylor
Editor Mykola Pawluk
Floor Manager Michael Mathieson
Camera Supervisor Mike Dugdale
Sound Supervisor Kevin Duff
Lighting Designer Al Gurdon
Designer Peter Bingemann
Talent Executive Mark Wagman
Executive Producer for Pozzitive David Tyler Jed Leventhall
Executive Producer for ITVp Sue Andrew
Series Producer Glen Middleham
Executive Producer Geoff Posner | |
Directed by | Geoff Posner |
For One Night Only
Have a look at the photo gallery. Lots more pictures of The Pussycat Dolls and, yes, some other stuff too.
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