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''It'll be Alright on the Night'' is a British television bloopers programme screened on
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and produced by
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. It was one of the first series created with the specific purpose of showing behind the scenes bloopers from film and TV. The programme was originally presented by
Denis Norden Denis Mostyn Norden (6 February 1922 – 19 September 2018) was an English comedy writer and television presenter. After an early career working in cinemas, he began scriptwriting during the Second World War. From 1948 to 1959, he co-wrote the ...
from 1977 until 2006.
Griff Rhys Jones Griffith Rhys Jones (born 16 November 1953) is a Welsh comedian, writer, actor, and television presenter. He starred in a number of television series with his comedy partner, Mel Smith. Rhys Jones came to national attention in the 1980s for h ...
took over as presenter from 2008 until 2016. Since 2018, the series has been narrated by
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. Norden died on 19 September 2018, aged 96.


Format

The programme is usually one hour in length and aired in ITV's Saturday evening entertainment slot. However, some of the first few episodes up to and including ''It'll be Alright on the Night 6'' which aired in 1990, originally went out on a Sunday evening. Two episodes also debuted on a Friday: ''It'll be Alright on the Night 3'' and ''It'll be Alright on Christmas Night'' on Christmas Day 1981 and 1987 respectively. The programme's success led to the competing
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series ''
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'' presented by
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, which focused on bloopers from some of the
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archives. The programme followed a simple format. Norden, traditionally holding his trademark
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in his hand, appeared on an otherwise empty stage and delivered a humorous piece to camera, followed by a selection of outtakes taken from various sources. Popular sources for clips include numerous British and
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s, news reports and foreign broadcasts which may or may not include explanatory subtitles. The programme returned in September 2008 with
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who presented 11 episodes of ''It'll be Alright on the Night''. The last episode featuring Rhys Jones was broadcast on 4 June 2016. After a two-year break, the programme returned in summer 2018 with brand new episodes featuring
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as narrator, which is opposed to a presenter in the studio, which meant that for the first time since the programme began, studio presentation was no longer included. New editions of the programme, narrated again by Walliams, began airing from September 2020. These editions introduced a new feature entitled the 'Big Cock-Up Question' where before each advert break, a small portion of a clip would be played before it stops and Walliams asks viewers to guess what happens next; the answer being revealed following the break.


Episodes

The audience figures (where given) are those for the initial transmission of an episode. It was not unheard of, especially in the early years of the series, for episodes to achieve higher ratings on repeat showings. For instance, ''It'll be Alright on the Night 2'' (first shown on 28 October 1979) was watched by 16 million viewers for a repeat showing in February 1983, while ''It'll be Alright on the Night 4'' (first shown on 11 March 1984) was watched by 18.5 million viewers on its initial repeat in January 1985. A further repeat of ''The Second Worst of Alright on the Night'' (first shown on 24 November 1985) achieved the programme's highest ratings of 19.92 million in February 1992.


Broadcasting

Although a staple of ITV's light entertainment programming for over 40 years, few editions of ''It'll be Alright on the Night'' have been produced, with rarely more than one new episode a year being screened. Episodes presented by Denis Norden have normally included a number in their title screens to aid identification with the audience, while from 2008 to 2016, episodes presented by
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and from 2018 onwards, episodes narrated by David Walliams no longer did so. Towards the end of the Denis Norden era, episodes up to and including'' It'll be Alright on the Night 20'' were prefixed with "All New" to avoid viewer confusion with repeat screenings of earlier episodes. During its run, several special episodes were also made, including
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specials, a late night edition for
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with more mature adult content and a one-off political special to mark the 2001 general election. The majority of the episodes were filmed at
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, but in the programme's later years, the
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studios in
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were also used, as well as the now-closed (and demolished)
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studios at
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. A few editions were also filmed on-location; these included ''Alright on the Night's Cockup Trip'' which was presented from the
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fell in the
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, ''21 Years of Alright on the Night'' was presented on a
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supposedly in the middle of the
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(which, in reality, was in the south of
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) and ''It'll be Alright on the Night 11'', which was presented from an empty
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. During its run, the series has had three main producers: Paul Smith (1977–1984), Paul Lewis (1984–2002) and Simon Withington (2003–2006). Sean Miller, James Sunderland and Stephanie Dennis also produced some episodes. Grant Philpott was the series producer (2011, 2012 and 2018) and Simon Withington, who previously served as a producer from 2003 to 2006 has been the executive producer from 2014 to 2016. In 2020, Chris Thornton became the series producer.


''Denis Norden's Laughter File''

The series also inspired the spin-off programme ''Denis Norden's Laughter File'', which began airing on 22 September 1991 and ran until 13 May 2006. Although it largely followed the same format as its sister programme, while ''It'll be Alright on the Night'' focused solely on bloopers/outtakes, ''Laughter File'' also screened clips that included
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and
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. As with ''It'll be Alright on the Night'', later episodes included the words "All New" in their titles to avoid viewer confusion with repeat screenings of earlier episodes. The theme music used for ''Denis Norden's Laughter File ''throughout the whole of its run was a library piece, called "Dress to Kill" by Errol Reid. The programme's producers were Paul Lewis (1991–2002) and Simon Withington (2002–2006).


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