Hootenanny (1993)

Original title

Jools' Annual Hootenanny

Country

United Kingdom

Length

1 season, 33 episodes

Rating

8.5 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A British New Year's Eve music show hosted by Jools Holland. It features performances from his big band and guest artists in a party atmosphere. The show includes a countdown to midnight and lasts about two hours.

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What happens

Jools' Annual Hootenanny is a British music television New Year's Eve show broadcast by BBC Two in the United Kingdom since 1994. Its presenter is Jools Holland, and his 19 piece big band, Jools Holland's Rhythm and Blues Orchestra, both performs and accompanies many of the guest stars. His show Later... with Jools Holland, which began two years earlier, is similar in format but nowadays rarely include his big band. From the show's inception until 1996/97, it began at midnight, preceded by a BBC Two alarm clock ident, and going straight into Auld Lang Syne played by the Pipes and Drums of the Scots Guards. Since 1997/98, the show has begun before midnight, nowadays around 11:30 p.m., with Holland himself inviting the audience and viewers to join in a countdown. It usually lasts around 2 hours, ending at approximately 1:30 a.m. "Hootenanny" is a term of Appalachian origin referring to a rowdy musical party. The advance-recorded show features a Hogmanay party atmosphere with all the guests (drawn from across the world of showbusiness) and other guest audience members present, and the artists themselves getting involved alongside a variety of musical acts by the artists from various genres who perform both before and after midnight. There is a countdown to the midnight start of the New Year, followed by a traditional rendition of "Auld Lang Syne", normally with the Pipes and Drums of the Scots Guards. Among the regular events of the evening is the spot where Holland asks actors and comedians Rowland Rivron and Vic Reeves their predictions for the year ahead/their New Year's resolutions. Editions also feature a white-suited man with a clock for a face named Father Time or Clockman. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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