This special didn't make the UK Top 20, a competitive time where even the twentieth-ranked programme (a BBC screening of Support Your Local Sheriff! (1969) ) had 13.6 million viewers. Topping the chart that week was Bob Paisley (1977), which was watched by 17.25 million.
Smokie's track "Living Next Door To Alice" reached No.5 in the UK Charts, and stayed in the chart for 11 weeks.
It was an even bigger hit in May 1995 when they rerecorded it with Roy "Chubby" Brown, reaching No.3, with a 27 week run in the charts.
It was an even bigger hit in May 1995 when they rerecorded it with Roy "Chubby" Brown, reaching No.3, with a 27 week run in the charts.
The first song that Leo Sayer sings, "Everything I've Got", failed to make the UK charts. However, the LP from which it came, "Thunder In My Heart", reached No.8 in the UK album charts.
The second song, "The Show Must Go On", was Leo Sayer's second single, and first hit, reaching No.2 in the UK charts.
The second song, "The Show Must Go On", was Leo Sayer's second single, and first hit, reaching No.2 in the UK charts.
In the 2019 Slapstick Festival, Syd and Eddie revealed that the special was nearly pulled from production. What Eddie described as "torrential rain" fell during the November shoot, and trenches had to be dug around the circus tent to contain all the water.