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Val Parnell
Val Parnell

Val Parnell

  • Executive producer

Val Parnell features

Val Parnell Features

Comedy Chronicles: The Duce of Entertainment - Comedy, commercial TV and Val Parnell

Sunday 24th March 2024

Val Parnell was one of Britain's most significant and influential impresarios of the twentieth century. A major manager of the live variety circuit, a powerful promoter of talent and one of the pioneers of commercial television, he helped shape, maintain and move on what passed as popular entertainment in this country for the best part of fifty years.

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Comedy Chronicles: The ITV Job - The day when the BBC almost lost British comedy

Sunday 26th June 2022

Graham McCann's column charts a fascinating 'what if' moment in British television comedy history: a fork in the road that had consequences of epic proportions in either direction.

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