The Beatles performed a pantomime in 1963

Oh, no it isn't! Oh, sure it's! Even the most important showbusiness stars haven't been ready to withstand the lure of pantomime over time — and that features The Beatles on the top of their fame in 1963. From Ant and Dec to Sir Elton John, from Frank Bruno to Sir Cliff Richard, everybody loves dressing up in vibrant daft costumes and telling corny jokes at Christmas . . . 

A tough day's night time: The Beatles in 1963 — Ringo as a bear, Paul as a cat, John as Ali Baba and George as Robin Hood

There's nothing like a dame: This costume for Mom Goose in 1984 is slightly restrained for Elton (left). Flying tonight: How did Toyah Willcox (proper) find yourself as Peter Pan in 1993? It's a thriller

When Cliff was A Lad In panto: A youthful wanting bachelor boy with Vanessa Howard in 1968

You shall go to the ball, Ms Ball! It's Zoe as Cinderella, in fact, in 1995 (left). Jack behaving badly: Cheeky Neil Morrissey tells Denise Van Outen about his Beanstalk woes in 1998 (proper)

We're celebrities . . . get us out of right here! Ant and Dec in Snow White again in 1998 — and, no, they didn't play the dwarfs

Mamma Mia: Julie Walters casts a spell as a spectacular Fairy Godmother in 1998 (left). They're laughing at me, Harry: Heavyweight boxer Frank Bruno is a knockout in Aladdin in 1989 (proper)

Keep on horsing about: Babs Windsor as a depraved step-sister in 1971 — lengthy earlier than she was queen of the Queen Vic

He's behind you: Newlyweds Amanda Holden and Les Dennis in Aladdin in 1996 — years earlier than their acrimonious divorce

What an Ab Fab beard: Sure, that actually is Joanna Lumley taking part in Prince Charming to Lynsey de Paul's Cinders in 1982

Midsomer Homicide? No, it's John Nettles (Chief Insp Barnaby) as a pirate in Robinson Crusoe with Hello-de-Hello's Ruth Madoc in 1988

 

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