Cannon and Ball

Cast & Crew

Cast & Crew

Series Directed by

David Crossman
(19 episodes, 1979-1981)
Alasdair Macmillan
(8 episodes, 1982-1983)
Marcus Plantin
(8 episodes, 1985-1986)
Terry Kinane
(6 episodes, 1984)
Paul Jackson
(5 episodes, 1983-1984)
David Bell
(2 episodes, 1980-1984)
Ian Hamilton
(1 episode, 1988)
Michael Hurll
(unknown episodes)
Geoffrey Sax
(unknown episodes)
Baz Taylor
(unknown episodes)
Graham Wetherell
(unknown episodes)

Series Writing Credits

Sidney Green
(written by) (35 episodes, 1980-1985)
Geoff Atkinson
(with) (10 episodes, 1983-1984)
Geoff Atkinson
(written by) (2 episodes, 1986)
Bryan Blackburn
(written by) (6 episodes, 1986)
Bryan Blackburn
(writer) (unknown episodes)
Rob Grant
(7 episodes, 1983-1984)
Doug Naylor
(7 episodes, 1983-1984)
Dennis Berson
(written by) (6 episodes, 1979)
Garry Chambers
(written by) (6 episodes, 1979)
Andrew Marshall
(written by) (6 episodes, 1979)
Bobby Ball
(5 episodes, 1983-1984)
Bobby Ball
(with) (1 episode, 1984)
Tommy Cannon
(5 episodes, 1983-1984)
David McKellar
(4 episodes, 1979-1986)
David McKellar
(written by) (2 episodes, 1979-1986)
Geoff Lister
(3 episodes, 1983-1986)
Geoff Lister
(written by) (1 episode, 1986)
Geoff Leack
(written by) (1 episode, 1979)
Don Austin
(with) (1 episode, 1984)
James Hendrie
(with) (1 episode, 1984)
Peter Howitt
(with) (1 episode, 1984)
Larry Parker
(with) (1 episode, 1984)
Colin Bostock-Smith
(written by) (1 episode, 1986)
Ann Rushton
(written by) (1 episode, 1986)

Series Cast

Tommy Cannon
 Self / ... 63 episodes, 1979-1988
Bobby Ball
 Self / ... 63 episodes, 1979-1988
Ritz
 Themselves - Musical Guests 8 episodes, 1980-1981
Alyn Ainsworth
 Self 7 episodes, 1980-1982
Stutz Bear Cats
 Themselves - Musical Guests 6 episodes, 1982
Alec Bregonzi
 Barman / ... 6 episodes, 1984
Chris Hennen
 Self - Stutz Bear Cats 6 episodes, 1982
Brian Rogers Dancers
 Themselves 5 episodes, 1980-1988
Maggie Henderson
 Lucinda / ... 5 episodes, 1979-1983
Luan Peters
 Fiona / ... 5 episodes, 1979-1980
Bernard Padden
 Dresser / ... 3 episodes, 1981-1984
John Dixon
 Card Player / ... 3 episodes, 1980-1983
Ernest Clark
 Self / ... 2 episodes, 1979-1980
Diana Dors
 Miss Scarlett / ... 2 episodes, 1980-1984
David Essex
 Self - Musical Guest 2 episodes, 1982-1988
Keith Hazemore
 Card Player / ... 2 episodes, 1980
Michele Thorne
 Daphne / ... 2 episodes, 1981
David Rowlands
 Vicar / ... 2 episodes, 1980
Vicki Michelle
 Girl in Saloon Bar / ... 2 episodes, 1981-1984
Michael Sheard
 House Owner / ... 2 episodes, 1981-1984
Chris Greener
 Chris the Tall Man / ... 2 episodes, 1983-1984
Michael Redfern
 James the Caddy / ... 2 episodes, 1984
Lulu
 Self - Musical Guest 2 episodes, 1981-1988
Kate O'Mara
 Psychiatrist / ... 2 episodes, 1986-1988
Kim Wilde
 Self 2 episodes, 1986-1988
June Whitfield
 The Manageress 1 episode, 1979
Maureen Lipman
 Mrs. Paige 1 episode, 1979
Liza Goddard
 Miss Daphne Ffolkes 1 episode, 1979
Irene Handl
 Irene 1 episode, 1979
Hugh Paddick
 Sid Bolton 1 episode, 1979
Peggy Mount
 Mrs Jackson / ... 1 episode, 1980
Elizabeth Estensen
 Diedrie Sludge / ... 1 episode, 1980
Faith Brown
 Self - Musical Guest 1 episode, 1980
Anne Murray
 Self - Musical Guest 1 episode, 1981
Alan Price
 Self - Musical Guest 1 episode, 1981
Jeep
 Themselves - Musical Guests 1 episode, 1981
Adam Ant
 Self - Musical Guest 1 episode, 1982
Jack Jones
 Self - Musical Guest 1 episode, 1982
Bruce Forsyth
 Self 1 episode, 1982
Frankie Laine
 Self - Musical Guest 1 episode, 1982
Leo Sayer
 Self - Musical Guest 1 episode, 1982
Iris Williams
 Self - Musical Guest 1 episode, 1982
Eric Sykes
 Poirot / ... 1 episode, 1983
Windsor Davies
 Mad Gold Trapper 1 episode, 1983
Shakin' Stevens
 Self - Musical Guest 1 episode, 1983
Status Quo
 Themselves - Musical Guests 1 episode, 1983
Rik Mayall
 Tourist Information Clerk 1 episode, 1984
Engelbert Humperdinck
 Self - Musical Guest 1 episode, 1984
Richard Clayderman
 Self - Musical Guest 1 episode, 1984
Jimmy Tarbuck
 Self 1 episode, 1984
The Four Tops
 Themselves - Musical Guests 1 episode, 1984
Brook Benton
 Self - Musical Guest 1 episode, 1984
Big Country
 Themselves - Musical Guests 1 episode, 1984
The Three Degrees
 Themselves - Musical Guests 1 episode, 1984
Ruth Madoc
 Self 1 episode, 1985
Little Richard
 Self 1 episode, 1986
Brian Hall
 Ricky Cox 1 episode, 1986
Michael Aspel
 Awards Host 1 episode, 1986
Priscilla Morgan
 Mrs. Rose Pinnock 1 episode, 1986
Michael Nightingale
 Doctor Decker 1 episode, 1986
Gordon Burns
 TV Quiz Master 1 episode, 1986
Ian Gray
 Hall Porter 1 episode, 1986
Michael Robbins
 Sergeant 1 episode, 1979
Bernard Kay
 The Estate Agent 1 episode, 1979
Sydney Tafler
 The Agent 1 episode, 1979
Linda Cunningham
 Gloria 1 episode, 1979
The Char-Lettes
 Themselves - Musical Guests 1 episode, 1980
David Auker
 Man in Pub 1 1 episode, 1981
James Coyle
 Black Jake 1 episode, 1981
Dai Francis
 Self 1 episode, 1981
Cornsilk
 Themselves 1 episode, 1981
Suzanne Danielle
 She Who Runs Like the Deer and Bounds up the Mountains 1 episode, 1982
Steve Davis
 Self - Guest 1 episode, 1982
Ben Warriss
 Spy 1 episode, 1982
Sarah Brightman
 Self - Musical Guest 1 episode, 1983
Jill Gascoine
 Ilsa 1 episode, 1983
Cliff Richard
 Self - Musical Guest 1 episode, 1983
Frank Bruno
 Self 1 episode, 1983
Una Stubbs
 Rose - African Queen Sketch 1 episode, 1984
Guy Mitchell
 Self - Musical Guest 1 episode, 1984
Robin Gibb
 Self - Musical Guest 1 episode, 1984
Paul Young
 Self - Musical Guest 1 episode, 1984
Henry Cooper
 Self 1 episode, 1984
Musical Youth
 Themselves - Musical Guests 1 episode, 1984
Chas & Dave
 Themselves - Pub Band 1 episode, 1984
The Beverley Sisters
 Themselves - Musical Guests 1 episode, 1984
The Edwin Hawkins Singers
 Themselves - Musical Guests 1 episode, 1984
Paul Nicholas
 Self - Musical Guest 1 episode, 1985
Togo Igawa
 Japanese Waiter 1 episode, 1986
Hugh Walters
 Mr. Gavin Pinnock 1 episode, 1986
Paula Tinker
 Production Office Girl 1 episode, 1986
Sarah Wynton
 Lesley the Backing Singer 1 episode, 1986
Jenny Galloway
 Dierdrie 1 episode, 1979
Zulema Dene
 Matron 1 episode, 1979
Julia Bond
 Irene's Niece 1 episode, 1979
Carolyne Argyle
 Jocasta 1 episode, 1979
Bertice Reading
 Self - The Char-Lettes 1 episode, 1980
Penny Smith
 Lady in Waiting 1 episode, 1980
Nigel Humphreys
 The Pecos Kid 1 episode, 1981
John Boulter
 Self 1 episode, 1981
Stacy Dorning
 Juliet 1 episode, 1983
Mari Wilson
 Self - Musical Guest 1 episode, 1983
Jocky Wilson
 Self 1 episode, 1983
Terry Griffiths
 Self 1 episode, 1983
Grace Kennedy
 Self - Musical Guest 1 episode, 1984
Roger Whittaker
 Self - Musical Guest 1 episode, 1984
Sister Sledge
 Themselves - Musical Guests 1 episode, 1984
The Flying Pickets
 Themselves - Musical Guest 1 episode, 1984
Shakatak
 Themselves - Musical Guests 1 episode, 1984
Helen Atkinson Wood
 Fiona Finch 1 episode, 1986
Rie Yanagisawa
 Japanese Waitress 1 episode, 1986
Denis Quilley
 Charley Chumley 1 episode, 1988
Diana Weston
 Mrs. Paige's Secretary 1 episode, 1979
Chris Gannon
 Barman 1 episode, 1979
Denise Brownlow
 Irene's Niece 1 episode, 1979
Christopher Cregan
 Police Officer 1 episode, 1979
Micquel Brown
 Self - The Char-Lettes 1 episode, 1980
Fiona Craig
 Sexy Woman in Pub 1 episode, 1981
Rocky Sharpe & The Replays
 Themselves - Musical Guests 1 episode, 1983
Herb Reed
 Self 1 episode, 1983
Renee & Renato
 Themselves - Musical Guests 1 episode, 1983
Steve Coppell
 Self 1 episode, 1983
Melvyn Hayes
 Self 1 episode, 1984
Nick Faldo
 Self 1 episode, 1984
Big Daddy
 Self 1 episode, 1984
The Foxes
 Themselves - Musical Guests 1 episode, 1984
Alison King
 Doris Thripplewaite 1 episode, 1979
Ena Cabayo
 Self - The Char-Lettes 1 episode, 1980
Chrissy Wickham
 Girl in Disco 1 episode, 1980
Suzanne Dando
 Self 1 episode, 1983
Nick Brimble
 Cowboy Jake 1 episode, 1984
Stuart McGugan
 Self 1 episode, 1984
Paul Henry
 Self 1 episode, 1984
Ray Monk
 Self 1 episode, 1986
Geoffrey Leesley
 Police Officer 1 episode, 1979
David Moran
 Medical Student 1 episode, 1979
Jumoke Debayo
 Self - The Char-Lettes 1 episode, 1980
Candy Davis
 Sexy Blonde 1 episode, 1984
Jeffrey Holland
 Jess the Maitre'd 1 episode, 1984
Mick McManus
 Self 1 episode, 1984
Peggy Phango
 Self - The Char-Lettes 1 episode, 1980
Michael Knowles
 Ship Captain 1 episode, 1983
Ian Lavender
 Self 1 episode, 1984
Gary Olsen
 Sheriff 1 episode, 1984
Sonia Smyles
 Bedelia The Maid 1 episode, 1984
Kenneth MacDonald
 Ship Crew Member 1 episode, 1983
Francis Matthews
 Self 1 episode, 1984
Peter Saint
 Self - Musical Guest 1 episode, 1984
Carmen Du Sautoy
 Mr. Cannon's Date 1 episode, 1984
Alan Wells
 Self 1 episode, 1984
Francis Rossi
 Self - Status Quo 1 episode, 1983
Hilary Lester
 Self - Renee & Renato 1 episode, 1983
Rick Parfitt
 Self - Status Quo 1 episode, 1983
Renato Pagliari
 Self - Renee & Renato 1 episode, 1983
Stuart Adamson
 Self - Big Country 1 episode, 1984
Sheila Ferguson
 Self - The Three Degrees 1 episode, 1984
Valerie Holiday
 Self - The Three Degrees 1 episode, 1984
Dave Peacock
 Self - Chas & Dave 1 episode, 1984
Chas Hodges
 Self - Chas & Dave 1 episode, 1984
Helen Scott
 Self - The Three Degrees 1 episode, 1984
Dennis Waterman
 Self 1 episode, 1988
Linda Lusardi
 Self 1 episode, 1988
Chris De Burgh
 Self 1 episode, 1988
Brother Beyond
 Themselves 1 episode, 1988
Pat Gorman
 Plane Passenger (uncredited) 1 episode, 1984

Series Produced by

Sidney Green
producer / associate producer (23 episodes, 1980-1985)
David Bell
executive producer / producer (12 episodes, 1979-1982)
Paul Jackson
producer (12 episodes, 1983-1984)
Marcus Plantin
producer / executive producer (9 episodes, 1985-1988)
Bryan Blackburn
associate producer (8 episodes, 1986-1988)
Ian Hamilton
producer (1 episode, 1988)
Humphrey Barclay
producer (unknown episodes)
Michael Hurll
producer (unknown episodes)
Graham Wetherell
producer (unknown episodes)

Series Casting By

Nikki Finch
(14 episodes, 1983-1985)
Jane Davies
(6 episodes, 1986)

Series Production Design by

Bryce Walmsley
(12 episodes, 1979-1981)
James Dillon
(12 episodes, 1983-1984)
Bill McPherson
(8 episodes, 1980-1982)
Alison Humphries
(8 episodes, 1983-1986)
Richard Dunn
(7 episodes, 1980)
Mike Oxley
(1 episode, 1986)

Series Costume Design by

Frances Tempest
(13 episodes, 1983-1985)
Barbara Painter
(7 episodes, 1980)
Sue Thomson
(7 episodes, 1983-1986)
Cecelia Doidge
(6 episodes, 1982)
Brenda Fox
(5 episodes, 1979)
Clive Stuart
(1 episode, 1980)
Stephen Adnitt
(1 episode, 1984)

Series Makeup Department

Sabina Cowan
make up / make-up (18 episodes, 1979-1986)
Margaret Palphramand
make up (7 episodes, 1980-1982)
Sandy McFarlane
make up (7 episodes, 1982-1984)
Rosemary Field
make up (5 episodes, 1982-1984)
Marella Shearer
make up (4 episodes, 1980-1982)
Lynda Bayne
make up (2 episodes, 1980)
Wendy Brown
make up (2 episodes, 1984)
Pauline Boulton
make up (1 episode, 1983)

Series Production Management

Myra Hersh
production manager (19 episodes, 1979-1986)
Roger Allsopp
production manager (17 episodes, 1982-1984)
Mike Ayres
production manager (4 episodes, 1986)
Glen Jennings
production manager (3 episodes, 1980)
Mike Hack
production manager (1 episode, 1980)
Mike McLoughlin
production manager (1 episode, 1980)
Brian Penny
production manager (1 episode, 1982)
Alan Woolfson
location production manager (1 episode, 1982)

Series Art Department

Al Horton
graphic design / graphic designer (13 episodes, 1983-1985)
Peter Johnson
graphic design (12 episodes, 1981-1982)
Rosy Guest
graphic design (6 episodes, 1986)
Dick Whitbread
graphics (1 episode, 1982)
Chris Hart
graphic design (1 episode, 1983)

Series Sound Department

Graham Thor-Straten
sound (15 episodes, 1979-1986)
Graham Hix
sound (13 episodes, 1979-1984)
Mark McLoughlin
sound / sound supervisor (6 episodes, 1984-1986)
Vic Finch
sound (5 episodes, 1980-1982)
Roger Knight
sound (4 episodes, 1983-1984)
Jon Matthews
sound (3 episodes, 1980-1981)
Bob Hook
sound (1 episode, 1981)

Series Stunts

Stuart Fell
stunts (1 episode, 1984)
Elaine Ford
stunts (1 episode, 1984)
Billy Horrigan
stunts (1 episode, 1984)
Gareth Milne
fight arranger (1 episode, 1984)
Dinny Powell
stunts (1 episode, 1984)
Tip Tipping
stunts (1 episode, 1984)
Nick Wilkinson
stunts (1 episode, 1984)

Series Camera and Electrical Department

Teddy Fader
lighting / lighting director (21 episodes, 1980-1986)
Dave Taylor
senior cameraman / cameras (15 episodes, 1979-1984)
John Adair
vision controller / vision control (11 episodes, 1979-1986)
Paul Stripp
vision controller / vision control (10 episodes, 1979-1984)
Terry Pyrke
vision controller / vision control (8 episodes, 1979-1983)
John Fyfe
lighting (8 episodes, 1979-1982)
Frank Parker
vision controller / vision control (7 episodes, 1980-1986)
Tony Maynard
cameras / senior cameraman (6 episodes, 1979-1984)
Martin Bond
cameras (6 episodes, 1979-1981)
Lisle Middleditch
senior cameraman / cameras (6 episodes, 1983-1986)
Brian Pearce
lighting / lighting director (6 episodes, 1983-1986)
Bryan Love
lighting (5 episodes, 1980-1981)
Trevor Salmon
cameras (4 episodes, 1979-1980)
Peter Stephenson
vision controller / vision control (3 episodes, 1979-1984)
Richard Cooper
vision controller / vision control (3 episodes, 1979-1982)
Trevor Saunders
lighting (3 episodes, 1979-1981)
Bob Batchelor
senior cameraman (3 episodes, 1982)
Mike Paterson
senior cameraman (3 episodes, 1985-1986)
Laurie Bild
lighting (3 episodes, 1986)
Bryan Lockey
vision controller (3 episodes, 1986)
Don Furness
vision controller (2 episodes, 1984)
Colin Price
senior cameraman (2 episodes, 1986)
Derek Doe
cameras (1 episode, 1979)
Michael Lingard
cameras (1 episode, 1980)
Johnny Halpin
lighting director (1 episode, 1985)

Series Animation Department

Ted Rockley
animation (6 episodes, 1979)

Series Casting Department

Nikki Finch
casting (26 episodes, 1979-1982)

Series Editorial Department

Graham Roberts
videotape editor / vtr editor (35 episodes, 1979-1986)
Terry Kinane
vision mixer (18 episodes, 1979-1984)
Barbara Hicks
vision mixer (14 episodes, 1979-1984)
Clayton Parker
videotape editor (9 episodes, 1982-1986)
Paul Wheeler
vision mixer (7 episodes, 1985-1986)
Kay Harrington
vision mixer (5 episodes, 1980-1981)
Graham Sisson
videotape editor (3 episodes, 1984-1985)
Sandra Vardy
vision mixer (2 episodes, 1982-1984)
Dave Simpson
videotape editor (1 episode, 1984)

Series Music Department

Nigel Hess
composer: title theme (20 episodes, 1979-1986)
Alyn Ainsworth
performers: music / musical director (32 episodes, 1980-1984)
The Alyn Ainsworth Orchestra
performers: music (10 episodes, 1983-1984)
Trevor Brown
music associate / musical associate / pianist (7 episodes, 1981-1984)
John Middleton
music associate / musical associate (3 episodes, 1983-1985)
Ray Monk
musical director (2 episodes, 1986-1988)
John Clark
pianist (1 episode, 1981)
Laurie Holloway
musical director (1 episode, 1985)

Series Additional Crew

Brian Rogers
choreographer / musical numbers staged by / musical numbers arranged by / special staging (27 episodes, 1980-1988)
Peter Tyrrell
stage manager (26 episodes, 1982-1986)
Kay Lucas
production assistant (19 episodes, 1979-1984)
Mike Mollan
floor manager (14 episodes, 1980-1986)
John West
floor manager (13 episodes, 1979-1985)
Jannette Sharp
production assistant (8 episodes, 1982-1983)
Trevor Hopkins
stage manager (7 episodes, 1980)
Sally Teare
production assistant (7 episodes, 1981-1985)
Simon Wallace
floor manager (7 episodes, 1982-1986)
Philippa Feller
production assistant (7 episodes, 1984-1986)
Lees Borland
stage manager (6 episodes, 1979)
Len Swainston
floor manager (6 episodes, 1981-1982)
Candida Julian-Jones
stage manager (6 episodes, 1981)
Julia Weedon
production assistant (5 episodes, 1984)
Simon Holder
floor manager (3 episodes, 1979)
David Brown
floor manager (2 episodes, 1982-1986)
Xenia Ager
production assistant (1 episode, 1980)
David Matthews
stage manager (1 episode, 1980)
David Bell
staged by (1 episode, 1982)
Roy Devlin
stage director (1 episode, 1982)
Nigel Payn
floor manager (1 episode, 1982)
Simon Row
stage manager (1 episode, 1983)
Edward Brett
floor manager (1 episode, 1984)
Wally King
floor manager (1 episode, 1984)
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