e/The Saturday Show (ITV TV series)

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has gloss	eng: The Saturday Show was Birmingham-based Central Televisions flagship Saturday morning kids TV show which replaced their previous success Tiswas. It ran on ITV for two series between 1982 and 1984. It was originally planned that popular wrestler Big Daddy would star and that it would be called "Big Daddys Saturday Show". A pilot show was recorded with Big Daddy presenting, assisted by Isla St Clair and short films were shot with Big Daddy to insert in the upcoming series; a trailer for "Big Daddy's Saturday Show", complete with logo was shown on ITV the Saturday morning before the show was due to air. It was then announced during the week that Big Daddy was dropping out and that Isla St Clair would now take the lead, with ex-Magpie host Tommy Boyd assisting and with Jeremy Beadle being used as an occasional "stand in" host. The late actor David Rappaport was also a fixture playing the character "Shades", as was soccer legend, Jimmy Greaves.
lexicalization	eng: The Saturday Show
instance of	c/1982 television series debuts