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 | | Effectively a parody of the variety shows which dominated the early years of television, when the legacy of music hall and theatre was strong, and which the majority of its target audience probably wouldn't even remember, The Big Night initially came across as a shambolic, under-rehearsed, bewildering piece of half-baked programming. |
 | | It wasn't genuinely groundbreaking, Monty Python and Spike Milligan had worked in similar areas, but Big Night Out was unique, and memorable, for its daring, uncompromising attitude and refusal to give viewers any kind of clue as to where it was coming from. |
 | | As well as the two broadcast series of Big Night Out there was a New Year's Eve special in 1990/91. |
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