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The 1970s
Viewers regularly tuned in to The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
to see what Cher would (or wouldn't) be wearing. Originally introduced
as a summer replacement variety show, the highly rated series gave the
duo's career a new lease of life. In Britain, the flagship on the
light entertainment front was undoubtedly Bruce Forsyth's
Generation Game, a very popular format which continued on
and off for many years (as did the chat show Parkinson
featuring Michael Parkinson, who only finally retired in 2008).
Other notable British light-entertainment shows of the decade
included the long running That's
Life, Jim'll
Fix It and Blankety
Blank. There were quiz shows
ranging from the long-running Mastermind (where contestants
simply compete for a title by answering complex general knowledge
questions and obscure questions about specialist areas of knowledge)
through Sale of the Century to the banal
Mr and Mrs
.
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