Junior Showtime was a British

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 variety show

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 for children made by Yorkshire Television

Yorkshire Television

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 and shown on ITV

ITV

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 between 1969 and 1974.

Presented by Bobby Bennett from the Leeds City Varieties

Leeds City Varieties

The Leeds City Varieties is a Grade II* listed music hall in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.It was built in 1865 as an adjunct to the White Swan Inn in Swan Street and the original interior is largely unaltered. Along with Hoxton Hall and Wilton's Music Hall , it is a rare surviving example of the...

 theatre, the show consisted of song and dance routines and was produced by Jess Yates

Jess Yates

Jess Yates was a British television presenter and producer...

. The show featured a number of performers who would go on to stardom in Britain including Joe Longthorne

Joe Longthorne

Joe Longthorne is an English singer of Romani ethnicity, who has performed in several Royal Variety Performances.-Biography:...

, Pauline Quirke

Pauline Quirke

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, Kathryn Apanowicz

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, Bonnie Langford

Bonnie Langford

Bonita Melody Lysette "Bonnie" Langford is an English actress, dancer and entertainer. She came to prominence as a child star in the early 1970s then she subsequently became a companion of Colin Baker and Sylvester McCoy's Doctor Who and has appeared on stage in various musicals such as Peter Pan:...

, Mark Curry

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Mark Curry is an English television presenter most often in children's programmes.- Early career :He started his television career aged seven appearing on ITV's Junior Showtime and played the producer in the film Bugsy Malone .In 1981, Curry co-hosted the series Get Set For Summer on BBC1 with...

 and Malandra Burrows

Malandra Burrows

Malandra Elizabeth Burrows is an English actress and singer.-Early life:Burrows' first name, Malandra, is a portmanteau of her parents' names, Malcolm and Sandra. Her mother encouraged her at an early age to begin dancing; she initially trained under Billy Pearce's mother Jean...

, later of Emmerdale

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. One of the regulars was Glynn Poole of the Poole Family - Opportunity Knocks winners.