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Sez Les was a British comedy sketch show that starred Les Dawson, produced by Yorkshire Television, airing on ITV from 1969 to 1976. Roy Barraclough also joined from series four and would go on to become Dawson's most recognisable sidekick. The two most notably appeared together in drag as characters Cissie and Ada. John Cleese, who had quit the Monty Python team's television series, was also present from 1974 in two complete seasons. Other cast members included Norman Chappell, Brian Glover, Brian Murphy and Kathy Staff. Music was provided by Syd Lawrence and his orchestra.
Cast
Episodes by season
Season01
- S01E01Episode 1April 30, 1969—
- S01E02Episode 2May 14, 1969—
- S01E03Episode 3May 28, 1969—
- S01E04Episode 4June 4, 1969—
- S01E05Episode 5June 11, 1969—
- S01E06Episode 6June 18, 1969—
- S01E07Episode 7—
- S01E08Episode 8—
- S01E09Episode 9—
- S01E10Episode 10—
- S01E11Episode 11—
- S01E12Episode 12—
Season02
Season03
- S03E01Episode 1August 16, 1971—With Manitas de Plata and Brian Glover.
- S03E02Episode 2August 23, 1971—Special guest star Dana.
- S03E03Episode 3August 30, 1971—With Frank Ifield and Anita O'Day.
- S03E04Episode 4September 6, 1971—Special guest star Kathy Kirby and featuring John Cleese, Georgie Fame and Alan Price.
- S03E05Episode 5—
- S03E06Episode 6—
- S03E07Episode 7—
- S03E08Episode 8—
- S03E09Episode 9—
- S03E10Episode 10—
- S03E11Episode 11—
- S03E12Episode 12—
- S03E13Episode 13—
- S03E14Episode 14—
- S03E15Episode 15—
- S03E16Episode 16—
- S03E17Episode 17—
- S03E18Episode 18—
- S03E19Episode 19—
Season04
- S04E01Episode 1January 13, 1972—With special guest star Gilbert O'Sullivan.
- S04E02Episode 2January 20, 1972—The Bachelors and Kenneth Connor are the special guest stars.
- S04E03Episode 3January 27, 1972—Tonight's special guest star, Shirley Bassey.
- S04E04Episode 4February 3, 1972—The Peddlers and Aimi MacDonald are the special guests.
- S04E05Episode 5February 10, 1972—New World are Les Dawson's guest star act for this show.
- S04E06Episode 6February 17, 1972—With special guest star Peter Noone.
- S04E07Episode 7—
- S04E08Episode 8—
Season05
- S05E01Episode 1July 29, 1972—Special guest Labi Siffre, with Aimi MacDonald and Roy Barraclough.
- S05E02Episode 2August 5, 1972—Johnny Nash is tonight's special guest star.
- S05E03Episode 3August 12, 1972—With special guest star Sandie Shaw.
- S05E04Episode 4August 19, 1972—Topping the bill tonight is guest star Roy Orbison.
- S05E05Episode 5August 26, 1972—Dana and Sandie Shaw make welcome return appearances in this show.
- S05E06Episode 6September 2, 1972—Blue Mink, Arthur English and Vicky Leandros are the guest stars.
- S05E07Episode 7September 9, 1972—This show's special guest star is Gene Pitney.
- S05E08Episode 8—
- S05E09Episode 9—
- S05E10Episode 10—
- S05E11Episode 11—
- S05E12Episode 12—
- S05E13Episode 13—
- S05E14Episode 14—
Season06
- S06E01Episode 1October 30, 1972—With special guest star Stephen Lewis, and featuring Brian Glover and Rod Hull.
- S06E02Episode 2November 6, 1972—Special guest star Dawn Addams.
- S06E03Episode 3November 13, 1972—
- S06E04Episode 4November 20, 1972—
- S06E05Episode 5November 27, 1972—
- S06E06Episode 6December 4, 1972—
- S06E07Episode 7—
- S06E08Episode 8—
- S06E09Episode 9—
- S06E10Episode 10—
Season07
- S07E01Episode 1July 28, 1973—With special guest star Olivia Newton-John.
- S07E02Episode 2August 4, 1973—Special guest stars Graham Hill and Linda Lewis.
- S07E03Episode 3August 11, 1973—Blue Mink and The Clark Brothers are Dawson's special guests for this show.
- S07E04Episode 4August 18, 1973—Tonight's special guest stars are The Flirtations.
- S07E05Episode 5August 25, 1973—Labi Siffre makes a welcome return appearance as tonight's special guest.
- S07E06Episode 6September 1, 1973—Dana returns once again as the show's special guest.
- S07E07Episode 7September 8, 1973—Olivia Newton-John is once again the very welcome special guest star.
Season08
- S08E01Episode 1January 25, 1974—Special guest star for this show, Lulu.
- S08E02Episode 2February 1, 1974—With special guest star Marian Montgomery.
- S08E03Episode 3February 8, 1974—With special guest star Francis Van Dyke.
- S08E04Episode 4February 15, 1974—Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen join Les tonight as the special guests.
- S08E05Episode 5February 22, 1974—With special guest Lynsey De Paul.
- S08E06Episode 6March 1, 1974—Special guest star Salena Jones.
- S08E07Episode 7March 8, 1974—Neil Sedaka is the special guest for tonight's show.
Season09
Season10
- S10E01Sez Les SpecialJanuary 2, 1976—
- S10E02Episode 2February 25, 1976—
- S10E03Episode 3March 3, 1976—
- S10E04Episode 4March 10, 1976—
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