| THECOMICSTRIPPRESENTS | Five Go Mad in Dorset, aired on Channel 4’s opening night, was the first show in this series |
| GOMAD | Five ____ in Dorset was the Comic Strip parody of Enid Blyton shown on Channel 4’s first night in 1982 |
| DEFLEPPARD | 0n Through The Night was the 1980 debut album of which heavy metal band formed in Sheffield, England? (3,7) |
| BIG | _ Brother, long-running reality show that first aired on Channel 4 (3) |
| MICHAELBUERK | Host of BBC Radio 4’s The Moral Maze |
| JIMCARREY | The Truman Show in this 2019 biopic (9) |
| SCAN | Son may show in this? (4) |
| DAYTIMEEMMYS | NAME OF AWARDS SHOW IN THIS PUZZLE (two words) |
| SILENTNIGHT | Piece of music in the style of 4’33” that follows vespers |
| FRENCH | Comedy partner of Jennifer Saunders who played Geraldine Granger in The Vicar of Dibley and George in Five Go Mad in Dorset (6) |
| DAWNFRENCH | In 1982, Five Go Mad in Dorset launched this comedian's TV career |
| LONDON | Location of the first concert of Madonna's Celebration Tour on Oct. 14th, as announced last week; Vancouver was originally scheduled as the first show, but the singer was sidelined with a bacterial in |
| EXCHANGING | "Strangers in the night ... glances; Wond'ring in the night what were the chances; We'd be sharing love before the night was through," sang Frank Sinatra |
| ELECTRA | Figure in Greek tragedy who says "I ask this one thing: Let me go mad in my own way" |
| THESPHERE | Las Vegas venue whose grand opening on Friday night was celebrated with a U2 concert |
| TABARET | The first show is starting late to display a fabric (7) |
| OPENS | Does the first show |
| VOODOOISM | This will raise the spirits provided five go around and around party circle with belief (9) |
| FLOODLIT | So illuminated at night was Noah's ark, by the power of God? (8) |
| WHIGFIELD | Euro dance act whose song Saturday Night was a UK No. 1 hit in 1994 (9) |
