It'll be alright... one more time.
Some months ago I wrote this piece taking a detailed look at the differences in the edit between It’ll Be Alright On The Night 5 , the original version screened in 1988, and a later repeat shown in 1991. (You might want to read that first if you haven't already.) At the time it was known that Alright 5 descended from ‘It’ll Be Alright On Christmas Night’, something which was apparently the same programme but “with some more Christmas stuff” shown the previous year, in 1987. But at the time, we only had about the first minute of the show to go on. Recently, a full copy of the Christmas Night version appeared on YouTube - huge thanks to Lee Wall who spotted it and let me know. So it seemed like a good time to revisit the show and fully compare each version to see if we can get any further insight into the differences between them all. The easiest way to demonstrate what’s going on is to play all three shows together, pausing each one at the right points so as to keep t