The first series of Saturday Night Out averaged 8.72 million viewers and 23rd place in the charts.
This opening episode charted the highest, reaching 11th spot with 9.7 million viewers.
This opening episode charted the highest, reaching 11th spot with 9.7 million viewers.
Save for Frank Olivier, all six headline acts had appeared as panellists on Blankety Blank (1978), including Michael Barrymore himself.
A clever editing trick around the 17'30m mark has Michael Barrymore dancing off stage left in a costume, before immediately walking back on stage right in a suit.