The BBC's warmest hug in television form—hymns, heart, and Harry.
Season 10 • Episode 13
LatestHighway is a British television series, broadcast from 1983 until 1993. Presented by Sir Harry Secombe, the show was a mixture of hymns and chat from various locations across Britain, produced by their respective regional ITV franchise holders. The programme was administered by Tyne Tees Television in Newcastle upon Tyne, who had a track-record for organising cross-franchise series for the ITV network. Guests sang religious songs, gave readings or talked about their lifestyles and spiritual feelings. The series was broadcast on Sunday evenings. The final series was moved to Sunday afternoons. Highway was replaced by Sunday Morning with Secombe in which he would broadcast from the venue of the following Morning Worship service.
Production
Regional ITV collaboration—rare pre-consolidation networking.
Acting
Secombe's genuine warmth; no presenter has ever seemed happier.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Highway captured a vanishing Britain: pre-internet Sundays where 12 million people watched the same gentle thing simultaneously.
Harry Secombe was already famous from The Goon Show and Scrooge (1970), making his earnest hymn-hosting persona a deliberate pivot from anarchic comedy.
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