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	==VHS and DVD releases==		==VHS and DVD releases==
	During the 1980s, several VHS, Betamax and Laserdisc compilations of the series were released by Thames Video. A six-DVD set containing four series - plus the three New Year specials - was released in November 2018. These are edited down, however, due to licensing issues restricting the use of certain musical acts in some episodes.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2018/10/24/41527/the_kenny_everett_video_show..._now_on_dvd\|title=The Kenny Everett Video Show... now on DVD : News 2018 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide\|first=Powder Blue Internet Business\|last=Solutions\|website=www.chortle.co.uk}}</ref>		During the 1980s, several VHS, Betamax and Laserdisc compilations of the series were released by Thames Video. A six-DVD set containing four series - plus the three New Year specials - was released in November 2018. These are edited down, however, due to licensing issues restricting the use of certain musical acts in some episodes.
	*''The Best of the Kenny Everett Video Show'' (Vol. 1) (Thames Video - 1981)		*''The Best of the Kenny Everett Video Show'' (Vol. 1) (Thames Video - 1981)
	*''The Best of the Kenny Everett Video Show'' (Vol. 2) (Thames Video - 1982)		*''The Best of the Kenny Everett Video Show'' (Vol. 2) (Thames Video - 1982)

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{{Short description|Thames TV comedy and music show 1978–1981}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2016}}
{{More citations needed|date=January 2017}}
{{Infobox television
| alt_name = The Kenny Everett<br />Video Cassette (series 4)
| image =
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| runtime = {{plainlist|
* 38 minutes (series 1)
* 24 minutes (series 2–4)
* 50 minutes (special)
}}
| creator = [[David Mallet (director)|David Mallet]]
| starring = {{plainlist|
* [[Kenny Everett]]
* [[Hot Gossip]]
}}
| writer = {{plainlist|
* Ray Cameron
* [[Barry Cryer]]
* [[Kenny Everett]]
* [[Dick Vosburgh]] (series 1)
}}
| director = {{plainlist|
* David Mallet (series 1–3)
* Royston Mayoh (series 4)
}}
| location = {{plainlist|
* Thames Television House, Euston Road, London
* [[Teddington Studios]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tvstudiohistory.co.uk/itv-studios-in-london/teddington-early-film-days/ |title=Teddington (early film days, ABC, Thames) |publisher=TV Studio History |accessdate=20 January 2024}}</ref>
}}
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| network = [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]]
| company = [[Thames Television]]
| num_series = 4
| num_episodes = 35 (including 3 specials)
| list_episodes = List of The Kenny Everett Video Show episodes
| first_aired = {{start date|1978|7|3|df=yes}}
| last_aired = {{end date|1981|5|21|df=yes}}
| related = ''[[The Kenny Everett Television Show]]''
}}

'''''The Kenny Everett Video Show''''' (later renamed '''''The Kenny Everett Video Cassette''''') is a British [[television comedy]] and music [[Television program|programme]] that was made by [[Thames Television]] for [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] from 3 July 1978 to 21 May 1981.

==Overview==
Philip Jones, [[Thames Television]]'s head of light entertainment, asked his son who he would like to see on television - he replied [[Kenny Everett]]. The show's format was conceived over lunch and a walk between producer [[David Mallet (director)|David Mallet]] and Everett himself, having decided that they could not watch on television what they wanted to watch.

Originally, the ''Video Show'' consisted of Everett in the role of a visual DJ linking studio performances from bands, singers, and the show's resident dance troupe [[Hot Gossip]], along with occasional sketches and [[Captain Kremmen]] cartoons. As the series developed, the linking material became longer and more varied - to such an extent that the final series, renamed ''The Kenny Everett Video Cassette'', focused far more heavily on the comedy with just one musical guest per week.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/tv/id/803447/index.html|title=BFI Screenonline: The Kenny Everett Video Show/Cassette (1978-1981)|website=www.screenonline.org.uk}}</ref>

The ''Video Show'' was performed to the studio crew with their laughter heard on the finished programme, unlike Everett's later BBC series, ''[[The Kenny Everett Television Show]]'', which had a conventional live studio audience. [[Blooper]]s were often not edited out of sketches. Two pilot episodes were made, which no longer exist.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tvbrain.info/tv-archive?showname=The+Kenny+Everett+Video+Show&type=lostshow|title=The Kenny Everett Video Show|work=TV Brain|access-date=8 August 2021}}</ref> Initially, the series was produced at Thames' [[Euston Road]] headquarters in central London and recorded in small studios normally used for news and current affairs programmes. Production later transferred to Thames' [[Teddington Studios|main studios in Teddington]].

As of October 2021, the series was being repeated on nostalgia-themed [[List of DTT channels in the United Kingdom|Freeview]] station [[That's TV|That's TV Gold]] alongside another Thames TV comedy show licensed from [[Fremantle (company)|Fremantle]], ''[[Tommy Cooper|The Best of Tommy Cooper]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thats.tv/thats-tv-gold/|title = That's TV Gold – That's TV}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thats.tv/ |title=Home |website=thats.tv}}</ref> That's TV have kept Everett's 'naughty bits' intact with a warning added at the beginning of the programme and after the advert break, due to the prospect of the content causing offence to modern viewers.

==Series guide==
{{Main|List of The Kenny Everett Video Show episodes}}

===Series 1===
The first episode of the ''Video Show'' aired at 6:45{{nbsp}}pm on Monday, 3 July 1978. The eight-part series (45 minutes per episode) continued until 21 August 1978 and consisted mostly of musical performances, alongside [[Hot Gossip]] routines, [[Captain Kremmen]] cartoons and occasional OB segments.

The ''Video Vault'' clips segment included a ''Rock of Ages'' section, which predominantly featured clips from the [[ABC Weekend TV|ABC Television]] music series, ''[[Oh Boy! (TV series)|Oh Boy!]]''. Regular comic characters included 'Sid Snot', 'Angry of Mayfair' and Everett dressed in a chicken outfit. A ''Best of...'' compilation aired in some regions after the end of the series.

The following year, series one won the [[BAFTA]] television award for Best Light Entertainment Programme.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/1979/television/light-entertainment-programme|title=1979 Television Light Entertainment Programme - BAFTA Awards|website=awards.bafta.org}}</ref>

===Series 2===
Prior to the second series, the programme returned on New Year's Day 1979 in most ITV regions (except [[Scottish Television]], which aired the special on 7 January 1979) with the ''Didn't Quite Make it in Time for Christmas Video Show'', which also aired in a shortened version on 18 April 1979 - as ITV's entry for the [[Golden Rose of Montreux]].

Series Two began at 7:00{{nbsp}}pm on Monday 19 February 1979 with an extended ten-episode run (30 minutes per episode) and a greater reliance on comedy material.

===Series 3===
The ''Video Show'' returned at 11:00{{nbsp}}pm on New Year's Eve 1979 with an hour-long special, ''Will Kenny Everett Make it to 1980?'' on most of the ITV network. [[Scottish Television]] aired it the following afternoon while [[Grampian Television]] opted out of the final part on its original transmission.

Series 3 ran for eight episodes, starting at 7:00{{nbsp}}pm on Monday 18 February 1980.

===Series 4: ''Video Cassette''===
Everett's last New Year's special, ''The Kenny Everett New Year's Daze Show'' aired at 11:50{{nbsp}}pm on New Year's Eve 1980 over most of the ITV network. [[UTV (TV channel)|Ulster Television]] never aired this special, while Grampian and Scottish broadcast it two days later.

The final series, renamed ''The Kenny Everett Video Cassette'', saw the show moved to Thursday evenings at 7:30 in a bid to compete with BBC1's ''[[Top of the Pops]]''. There was an even greater reliance on comedy with only one musical guest per episode. The Captain Kremmen cartoons were replaced by shorter live-action studio sketches featuring [[Anna Dawson]] as Kremmen's assistant Carla.

Unhappy with the scheduling of the series, among other concerns, Everett left Thames and moved to BBC Television.

==VHS and DVD releases==
During the 1980s, several VHS, Betamax and Laserdisc compilations of the series were released by Thames Video. A six-DVD set containing four series - plus the three New Year specials - was released in November 2018. These are edited down, however, due to licensing issues restricting the use of certain musical acts in some episodes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2018/10/24/41527/the_kenny_everett_video_show..._now_on_dvd|title=The Kenny Everett Video Show... now on DVD : News 2018 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide|first=Powder Blue Internet Business|last=Solutions|website=www.chortle.co.uk}}</ref>
*''The Best of the Kenny Everett Video Show'' (Vol. 1) (Thames Video - 1981)
*''The Best of the Kenny Everett Video Show'' (Vol. 2) (Thames Video - 1982)
*''The Best of the Kenny Everett Video Show'' (Vol. 3) (Thames Video - 1982)
*''Kenny Everett's Naughty Bits'' (Thames Video - 1989)
*''More of Kenny Everett's Naughty Bits'' (Thames Video - 1989)
*''The Kenny Everett Video Show'' (short term storage - 2018)

Both Naughty Bits compilations from 1989 were chosen for release on the 2004 DVD, ''The Complete Naughty Bits''.

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0077036}}
* {{Screenonline TV title|803447|The Kenny Everett Video Show}}
* [http://muuta.net/KennyEverett/Thames.html The Ultimate Kenny Everett Sketch Site, Thames Episodes]

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