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Jimmy Tarbuck

'''Jimmy Tarbuck''' OBE (born 6 February 1940, Liverpool, England) is a gap-toothed English comedian, emcee and compere in demand from the 1960s. The father of actress and television presenter Liza Tarbuck, he attended the same school as Beatle John Lennon and newscaster Peter Sissons.

His first television show was It's Tarbuck! on ITV in 1964. He has also hosted numerous quiz shows including Winner Takes All, and was the last original host of Sunday Night at the London Palladium from 1965; in the 1980s, he hosted similar Sunday night variety shows, ''Live from Her Majesty's'', ''Live from the Piccadilly'' and finally ''Live from the Palladium'', which were produced by London Weekend Television for ITV. Nicknamed Tarby, at the height of his celebrity he was a prominent supporter of Margaret Thatcher and her policies.

Catchphrases - "Is that the one"

External links

*List of television shows
*Biography (by his agent)


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