Jim'll Fix It
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Jim'll Fix It was a long-running British television show, broadcast by the BBC
between 1975 and 1994. It was presented by Jimmy Savile
. It was produced by Roger Ordish, who also worked on other BBC shows, including A Bit of Fry & Laurie. When Savile was knighted, the accompanying book for the 1991 series of the comedy sketch show carried a statement that in future Jim'll Fix It would be known as: Sir James will bring his influence to bear in arranging matters to your satisfaction
. It was devised and hosted by the late Jimmy Savile
, who would "fix it" for the wishes of several viewers (usually children) to come true each week. The producer throughout the show's run was Roger Ordish, always referred to by Savile as 'Doctor Magic'. The standard format was that the viewer's letter, which described their wish, would be shown on the screen and read out aloud by the letter's writer, although initially Savile himself read the letters. This would be followed with a quick chat between Jimmy and the letter writer, where they would discuss the wish. The wish would then be enacted (either live in the studio or shown in a pre-recorded format, which usually consisted of a segment recorded on film), and finally the viewer would be presented with a medal which had the words "Jim fixed it for me" engraved on it. Occasionally, other people featured in the 'Fix It' (actors from well known series, for example), might also give the viewer an extra gift somehow relating to the Fix. Savile himself played no part in the filming or recording of the 'fix-its', unless specifically requested as part of the letter writer's wish. Some children apparently thought that Jim's first name was "Jim'll", so some letters shown on the programme started "Dear Jim'll".
Early series saw Jim distributing medals from a "magic chair" which concealed the medals in a variety of compartments. The "magic chair" was invented by Tony Novissimo and was built for the BBC by him at his workshops in Shepherds Bush . The chair had first appeared on Savile's earlier Saturday night TV series, "Clunk, Click". The chair was later replaced by a new computer controlled robotic "magic chair", the brainchild of Kevin Warwick
, built for the BBC by his team at the University of Reading
.
Internally, the BBC were concerned that the show was providing excessive product placement for corporations. Producer Roger Ordish admitted in a televised interview in 2000 that the 'fix-its' generally started with an offer from a company or organization to provide the 'wish' and then the production team would look for a letter from a viewer to match. He cited examples being offers from singers & groups looking to showcase a new single or airlines such as British Airways
providing aircraft and tickets for viewers wishing to visit places. The BBC also used the show to promote other BBC productions.
The theme tune song was sung by voice-over artist Lynda Hayes.. The closing theme was sung by the group Good Looks (featuring Lavinia & Lewis Rodgers, siblings of Clodagh Rodgers
) who competed in the 1982 A Song for Europe competition. Jim 'fixed it' for a young viewer to perform the song with the group on an edition of the show.
s from the 2nd Sutton St Mary’s troop, who wrote to the programme asking to have a meal in an unusual place. The show opted to send them, complete with packed lunch
, to ride the Revolution
rollercoaster at Pleasure Beach Blackpool
— the result, thanks to the force of gravity and momentum
, being lots of little faces full of food and drink. This was repeated with the same former Cubs in 2007 for Jim'll Fix It Strikes Again, with similar results.
A young Doctor Who
fan, Gareth Jenkins, was able to take part in a short adventure titled A Fix with Sontarans
with Colin Baker
. The fourth Doctor, Tom Baker
, also appeared in one episode, where he tore off and handed away the frayed ends of his scarf to girls visiting the studio.
Adam and the Ants
allowed one young viewer to become their third drummer for an in studio performance of Kings Of The Wild Frontier.
A young girl drove a London Bus on the Chiswick
Skid-Pan.
A boy travelled from his home to Paris
with his family to paint a piece of the Eiffel Tower
, trying to prove his teachers wrong.
Ian Harold Brown from Southampton wrote to the show asking to visit the factory where Borg-Warner torque converters were made. Jim fixed it for him and allowed him to appear onstage with The Piltdown Men
where they performed "Piltdown Rides Again" as Ian disassembled the torque converter using a Dremel hand tool.
Veteran movie actor Peter Cushing
wrote to the show in 1986 to ask if a variety of rose could be named after his late wife.
In the 1980s a young girl wrote to ask if she could "accidentally" drop and smash a seemingly-valuable vase on an edition of Antiques Roadshow
. This was broadcast as part of a regular edition of Antiques Roadshow (as well as in the Jim'll Fix It episode), with many of the crowd at the Roadshow looking on, horrified, until the antiques expert explained the ruse.
ABBA
appeared on a pre-recorded segment for the show in 1979, when Claire Lindeman and Clare Doggett got to sing "Thank You For The Music" with them in a London recording studio. The girls later complained that while they had sung live, ABBA had not sung at all, but mimed to the track, and they were disappointed to be given copies of the 1976 Greatest Hits album, which was almost three years old at the time the show was recorded.
On the same programme, Savile himself (unusually) took part in a Christmas 'fix-it' when he took a young boy to the Holy Land and Jerusalem to visit some of the places made famous by the biblical Christmas story. The boy explained later on the 2000 TV show I Love the '70s
that he had never written to the show; but was selected from amongst the boys at his orphanage when the BBC requested a volunteer to accompany Savile on the trip.
In the 1980s a young boy called Dom Lawson, who now works for Kerrang and Metal Hammer
magazine, got his wish to be Iron Maiden
's tech for the day. This came true and he also met the band. This was found out in Iron Maiden's A Matter of Life and Death tour book, where Dom Lawson speaks about Iron Maiden and his history on the band.
In Spring 1976 Muhammed Ali was on a whirlwind World tour to promote his book, "The Greatest". Landing in London, catching the BBC by surprise, and with no time to bring the thousands of hopeful letter writers to a meeting with the legend, the TV company nipped next door "borrowing" three schoolboy boxers from the school (Christopher Wren). Vince, Andly and Nigel were whisked off to meet the great Ali.
A young schoolboy asked Jim if he could dance with male semi-naked troupe The Chippendales. The wish was granted, with the young boy 'stripping' to his bare chest with the dancers, leading to a very high number of complaints from viewers. Savile personally responded to the criticism in BBC's The Radio Times Magazine, pointing out to the complainants that there was nothing untoward about the performance or in the intention of the child taking part and that anything construed inappropriate was in the minds of the adults watching.
announced that they were to revive Jim'll Fix It with a new series provisionally called Jim'll Fix It: Now and Then.
This new series saw the return of Sir Jim (complete with customary jewellery, garish tracksuits and big red chair), and began on 5 April 2007 on UKTV Gold
and was actually titled Jim'll Fix It Strikes Again. The series set out to show classic moments from the original shows, 're-fix' it for some of the original participants, and make dreams come true for a number of new people.
In the first episode, which was co-presented by Mel Giedroyc
, the infamous 'fix-it' was recreated whereby a group of Cub Scouts attempted to consume food and drink whilst travelling on a roller coaster. The show went back to Pleasure Beach Blackpool
and once again rode the Irn Bru Revolution
. It featured a number of the original lads — now grown men some 26 years older — who donned woggle
s and caps and made more of a mess than in the 1980s. Towards the end, Go West
performed their top five hit We Close Our Eyes
.
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
between 1975 and 1994. It was presented by Jimmy Savile
Jimmy Savile
Sir James Wilson Vincent Savile, OBE, KCSG was an English disc jockey, television presenter and media personality, best known for his BBC television show Jim'll Fix It, and for being the first and last presenter of the long-running BBC music chart show Top of the Pops...
. It was produced by Roger Ordish, who also worked on other BBC shows, including A Bit of Fry & Laurie. When Savile was knighted, the accompanying book for the 1991 series of the comedy sketch show carried a statement that in future Jim'll Fix It would be known as: Sir James will bring his influence to bear in arranging matters to your satisfaction
Conception
The show debuted on 31 May 1975, and ran until July 1994, in the Saturday teatime slotTeatime slot
In British television the phrase "teatime slot" refers to 5pm - 7pm. Television at that time, particularly at weekends, tends to focus on family entertainment. This was particularly true in the 1970s - 1990s. The phrase is a reference to tea as the main evening meal....
. It was devised and hosted by the late Jimmy Savile
Jimmy Savile
Sir James Wilson Vincent Savile, OBE, KCSG was an English disc jockey, television presenter and media personality, best known for his BBC television show Jim'll Fix It, and for being the first and last presenter of the long-running BBC music chart show Top of the Pops...
, who would "fix it" for the wishes of several viewers (usually children) to come true each week. The producer throughout the show's run was Roger Ordish, always referred to by Savile as 'Doctor Magic'. The standard format was that the viewer's letter, which described their wish, would be shown on the screen and read out aloud by the letter's writer, although initially Savile himself read the letters. This would be followed with a quick chat between Jimmy and the letter writer, where they would discuss the wish. The wish would then be enacted (either live in the studio or shown in a pre-recorded format, which usually consisted of a segment recorded on film), and finally the viewer would be presented with a medal which had the words "Jim fixed it for me" engraved on it. Occasionally, other people featured in the 'Fix It' (actors from well known series, for example), might also give the viewer an extra gift somehow relating to the Fix. Savile himself played no part in the filming or recording of the 'fix-its', unless specifically requested as part of the letter writer's wish. Some children apparently thought that Jim's first name was "Jim'll", so some letters shown on the programme started "Dear Jim'll".
Early series saw Jim distributing medals from a "magic chair" which concealed the medals in a variety of compartments. The "magic chair" was invented by Tony Novissimo and was built for the BBC by him at his workshops in Shepherds Bush . The chair had first appeared on Savile's earlier Saturday night TV series, "Clunk, Click". The chair was later replaced by a new computer controlled robotic "magic chair", the brainchild of Kevin Warwick
Kevin Warwick
Kevin Warwick is a British scientist and professor of cybernetics at the University of Reading, Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom...
, built for the BBC by his team at the University of Reading
University of Reading
The University of Reading is a university in the English town of Reading, Berkshire. The University was established in 1892 as University College, Reading and received its Royal Charter in 1926. It is based on several campuses in, and around, the town of Reading.The University has a long tradition...
.
Internally, the BBC were concerned that the show was providing excessive product placement for corporations. Producer Roger Ordish admitted in a televised interview in 2000 that the 'fix-its' generally started with an offer from a company or organization to provide the 'wish' and then the production team would look for a letter from a viewer to match. He cited examples being offers from singers & groups looking to showcase a new single or airlines such as British Airways
British Airways
British Airways is the flag carrier airline of the United Kingdom, based in Waterside, near its main hub at London Heathrow Airport. British Airways is the largest airline in the UK based on fleet size, international flights and international destinations...
providing aircraft and tickets for viewers wishing to visit places. The BBC also used the show to promote other BBC productions.
The theme tune song was sung by voice-over artist Lynda Hayes.. The closing theme was sung by the group Good Looks (featuring Lavinia & Lewis Rodgers, siblings of Clodagh Rodgers
Clodagh Rodgers
Clodagh Rodgers is a singer and actress from Northern Ireland, best known for her hit single, "Jack in the Box".-Career:...
) who competed in the 1982 A Song for Europe competition. Jim 'fixed it' for a young viewer to perform the song with the group on an edition of the show.
Well known "Fix-its"
A group of Cub ScoutCub Scout
A Cub Scout is a member of the section of the worldwide Scouting movement for young persons, mainly boys normally aged about 7 to 11. In some countries they are known by their original name of Wolf Cubs and are often referred to simply as Cubs. The movement is often referred to simply as Cubbing...
s from the 2nd Sutton St Mary’s troop, who wrote to the programme asking to have a meal in an unusual place. The show opted to send them, complete with packed lunch
Packed lunch
thumb|A typical American bagged lunchthumb|[[Bento]] packed lunchA packed lunch is a lunch prepared at home and carried to be eaten somewhere else, such as school, a workplace, or at an outing...
, to ride the Revolution
Irn Bru Revolution
Revolution is an Arrow Dynamics shuttle roller coaster at Pleasure Beach, Blackpool. It was Europe's first fully looping roller coaster. The ride consists of two raised sections of track with a vertical loop in the centre. The train is launched off the first raised platform, into the loop, and up...
rollercoaster at Pleasure Beach Blackpool
Pleasure Beach Blackpool
Pleasure Beach Blackpool is a family owned amusement park and resort situated along the Fylde coast in Blackpool, England. It is the most visited amusement park in the United Kingdom, and one of the top twenty most-visited amusement parks in the world with an estimate of 5.5 million visitors in...
— the result, thanks to the force of gravity and momentum
Momentum
In classical mechanics, linear momentum or translational momentum is the product of the mass and velocity of an object...
, being lots of little faces full of food and drink. This was repeated with the same former Cubs in 2007 for Jim'll Fix It Strikes Again, with similar results.
A young Doctor Who
Doctor Who
Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a time-travelling humanoid alien known as the Doctor who explores the universe in a sentient time machine called the TARDIS that flies through time and space, whose exterior...
fan, Gareth Jenkins, was able to take part in a short adventure titled A Fix with Sontarans
A Fix with Sontarans
"A Fix with Sontarans" is the name of a specially written segment produced for the BBC children's programme Jim'll Fix It featuring Colin Baker in character as the Sixth Doctor. It was broadcast on 23 February 1985...
with Colin Baker
Colin Baker
Colin Baker is a British actor who is known for playing Paul Merroney in The Brothers from 1974 to 1976 and as the sixth incarnation of the Doctor in the long-running science fiction television series Doctor Who, from 1984 to 1986.- Background:Colin Baker was born in London, but moved north to...
. The fourth Doctor, Tom Baker
Tom Baker
Thomas Stewart "Tom" Baker is a British actor. He is best known for playing the fourth incarnation of the Doctor in the science fiction television series Doctor Who, a role he played from 1974 to 1981.-Early life:...
, also appeared in one episode, where he tore off and handed away the frayed ends of his scarf to girls visiting the studio.
Adam and the Ants
Adam and the Ants
Adam and the Ants were a British rock band active during the late 1970s and early 1980s. The original group, which existed from 1977 to 1980, became notable as a cult band marking the transition from the late-1970s punk rock era to the post-punk and New Wave era...
allowed one young viewer to become their third drummer for an in studio performance of Kings Of The Wild Frontier.
A young girl drove a London Bus on the Chiswick
Chiswick
Chiswick is a large suburb of west London, England and part of the London Borough of Hounslow. It is located on a meander of the River Thames, west of Charing Cross and is one of 35 major centres identified in the London Plan. It was historically an ancient parish in the county of Middlesex, with...
Skid-Pan.
A boy travelled from his home to Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
with his family to paint a piece of the Eiffel Tower
Eiffel Tower
The Eiffel Tower is a puddle iron lattice tower located on the Champ de Mars in Paris. Built in 1889, it has become both a global icon of France and one of the most recognizable structures in the world...
, trying to prove his teachers wrong.
Ian Harold Brown from Southampton wrote to the show asking to visit the factory where Borg-Warner torque converters were made. Jim fixed it for him and allowed him to appear onstage with The Piltdown Men
The Piltdown Men
The Piltdown Men were a rock and roll instrumental studio group from Hollywood, California, featuring two lead saxophones.They were the brainchild of Ed Cobb and pianist Lincoln Mayorga of the Four Preps, and their records were issued on the Capitol label. Their name was inspired by the Piltdown...
where they performed "Piltdown Rides Again" as Ian disassembled the torque converter using a Dremel hand tool.
Veteran movie actor Peter Cushing
Peter Cushing
Peter Wilton Cushing, OBE was an English actor, known for his many appearances in Hammer Films, in which he played the handsome but sinister scientist Baron Frankenstein and the vampire hunter Dr. Van Helsing, amongst many other roles, often appearing opposite Christopher Lee, and occasionally...
wrote to the show in 1986 to ask if a variety of rose could be named after his late wife.
In the 1980s a young girl wrote to ask if she could "accidentally" drop and smash a seemingly-valuable vase on an edition of Antiques Roadshow
Antiques Roadshow
Antiques Roadshow is a British television show in which antiques appraisers travel to various regions of the United Kingdom to appraise antiques brought in by local people. It has been running since 1979...
. This was broadcast as part of a regular edition of Antiques Roadshow (as well as in the Jim'll Fix It episode), with many of the crowd at the Roadshow looking on, horrified, until the antiques expert explained the ruse.
ABBA
ABBA
ABBA was a Swedish pop group formed in Stockholm in 1970 which consisted of Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson and Agnetha Fältskog...
appeared on a pre-recorded segment for the show in 1979, when Claire Lindeman and Clare Doggett got to sing "Thank You For The Music" with them in a London recording studio. The girls later complained that while they had sung live, ABBA had not sung at all, but mimed to the track, and they were disappointed to be given copies of the 1976 Greatest Hits album, which was almost three years old at the time the show was recorded.
On the same programme, Savile himself (unusually) took part in a Christmas 'fix-it' when he took a young boy to the Holy Land and Jerusalem to visit some of the places made famous by the biblical Christmas story. The boy explained later on the 2000 TV show I Love the '70s
I Love the '70s (UK TV series)
I Love the '70s is a television mini-series produced by the BBC that examines the pop culture of the 1970s. It was broadcast in ten hour-long episodes, one dedicated to each year, with the first episode, I Love 1970, premiering on BBC Two on 22 July 2000, and the last, I Love 1979, premiering on 23...
that he had never written to the show; but was selected from amongst the boys at his orphanage when the BBC requested a volunteer to accompany Savile on the trip.
In the 1980s a young boy called Dom Lawson, who now works for Kerrang and Metal Hammer
Metal Hammer
Metal Hammer is a monthly heavy metal music magazine published in the United Kingdom by Future Publishing, and in several other countries by different publishers. Metal Hammer articles feature both mainstream bands and more unusual acts from the whole spectrum of heavy metal music...
magazine, got his wish to be Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden are an English heavy metal band from Leyton in east London, formed in 1975 by bassist and primary songwriter Steve Harris. Since their inception, the band's discography has grown to include a total of thirty-six albums: fifteen studio albums; eleven live albums; four EPs; and six...
's tech for the day. This came true and he also met the band. This was found out in Iron Maiden's A Matter of Life and Death tour book, where Dom Lawson speaks about Iron Maiden and his history on the band.
In Spring 1976 Muhammed Ali was on a whirlwind World tour to promote his book, "The Greatest". Landing in London, catching the BBC by surprise, and with no time to bring the thousands of hopeful letter writers to a meeting with the legend, the TV company nipped next door "borrowing" three schoolboy boxers from the school (Christopher Wren). Vince, Andly and Nigel were whisked off to meet the great Ali.
A young schoolboy asked Jim if he could dance with male semi-naked troupe The Chippendales. The wish was granted, with the young boy 'stripping' to his bare chest with the dancers, leading to a very high number of complaints from viewers. Savile personally responded to the criticism in BBC's The Radio Times Magazine, pointing out to the complainants that there was nothing untoward about the performance or in the intention of the child taking part and that anything construed inappropriate was in the minds of the adults watching.
2007 revival (Jim'll Fix It Strikes Again)
In October 2006 UKTVUKTV
UKTV is a digital cable and satellite television network, formed through a joint venture between BBC Worldwide, a commercial subsidiary of the British Broadcasting Corporation, and Scripps Networks Interactive, spun off from The E.W Scripps Company in 2008...
announced that they were to revive Jim'll Fix It with a new series provisionally called Jim'll Fix It: Now and Then.
This new series saw the return of Sir Jim (complete with customary jewellery, garish tracksuits and big red chair), and began on 5 April 2007 on UKTV Gold
UKTV Gold
GOLD is the original channel of the UKTV network, broadcasting to the United Kingdom and Ireland. It launched on 1 November 1992 as UK Gold, and is currently available on Sky, Virgin Media, TalkTalk TV and terrestrial subscription via Top Up TV. It shows repeats of classic programming from the BBC...
and was actually titled Jim'll Fix It Strikes Again. The series set out to show classic moments from the original shows, 're-fix' it for some of the original participants, and make dreams come true for a number of new people.
In the first episode, which was co-presented by Mel Giedroyc
Mel Giedroyc
Mel Giedroyc is an English television presenter, actress, and writer.-Mel and Sue:Giedroyc is best known for presenting comedy items alongside Sue Perkins. The two women met whilst students at Cambridge and both were members of the famous Footlights comedy club.As Mel and Sue, the duo were...
, the infamous 'fix-it' was recreated whereby a group of Cub Scouts attempted to consume food and drink whilst travelling on a roller coaster. The show went back to Pleasure Beach Blackpool
Pleasure Beach Blackpool
Pleasure Beach Blackpool is a family owned amusement park and resort situated along the Fylde coast in Blackpool, England. It is the most visited amusement park in the United Kingdom, and one of the top twenty most-visited amusement parks in the world with an estimate of 5.5 million visitors in...
and once again rode the Irn Bru Revolution
Irn Bru Revolution
Revolution is an Arrow Dynamics shuttle roller coaster at Pleasure Beach, Blackpool. It was Europe's first fully looping roller coaster. The ride consists of two raised sections of track with a vertical loop in the centre. The train is launched off the first raised platform, into the loop, and up...
. It featured a number of the original lads — now grown men some 26 years older — who donned woggle
Woggle
A woggle is a device to fasten the neckerchief, or scarf, worn as part of the Scout or Girl Guides uniform.-Origins of the woggle:Early Scouts tied a knot in their neckerchief to fasten it around the neck...
s and caps and made more of a mess than in the 1980s. Towards the end, Go West
Go West (band)
Go West is an English pop duo, formed in 1982 by lead vocalist and drummer Peter Cox ; and guitarist and vocalist Richard Drummie...
performed their top five hit We Close Our Eyes
We Close Our Eyes
"We Close Our Eyes" is a song by British pop band Go West, composed by both members Peter Cox and Richard Drummie. It was the first single from their debut album Go West...
.
2011 revival
The BBC announced on November 14, 2011, that following Savile's recent death, the show would return for a one-off Christmas Special in December 2011, featuring Shane Ritchie as the programme's host. Only letters for 'fix-its' from children under 14 are eligible for the revived format.Transmission guide
- Series 1: 12 editions from 31 May 1975 - 16 August 1975
- Series 2: 7 editions from 21 February 1976 - 10 April 1976
- Series 3: 8 editions from 1 January 1977 - 19 February 1977
- Series 4: 11 editions from 7 January 1978 - 18 March 1978
- Series 5: 12 editions from 30 December 1978 - 17 March 1979
- Series 6: 12 editions from 29 December 1979 - 15 March 1980
- Series 7: 13 editions from 26 December 1980 - 28 March 1981
- Series 8: 13 editions from 2 January 1982 - 27 March 1982
- Series 9: 14 editions from 25 December 1982 - 26 March 1983
- Series 10: 14 editions from 25 December 1983 - 24 March 1984
- Series 11: 13 editions from 29 December 1984 - 23 March 1985
- Series 12: 13 editions from 11 January 1986 - 5 April 1986
- Series 13: 13 editions from 3 January 1987 - 28 March 1987
- Series 14: 13 editions from 2 January 1988 - 26 March 1988
- Series 15: 13 editions from 7 January 1989 - 1 April 1989
- Series 16: 13 editions from 6 January 1990 - 31 March 1990
- Series 17: 13 editions from 19 January 1991 - 13 April 1991
- Series 18: 13 editions from 4 April 1992 - 4 July 1992
- Series 19: 13 editions from 10 April 1993 - 17 July 1993
- Series 20: 13 editions from 2 April 1994 - 24 July 1994
- Jim'll Fix It Strikes Again : 6 editions from 5 April 2007 - 10 May 2007
Specials
- Christmas Special: 24 December 1975
- Bank Holiday Special: 22 May 1976
- Bank Holiday Special: 28 August 1976
- Christmas Special : 24 December 1976
- Bank Holiday Special: 4 June 1977
- Bank Holiday Special: 29 August 1977
- Christmas Special: 26 December 1977
- New Year Special: 31 December 1977
- Bank Holiday Special: 27 May 1978
- Bank Holiday Special: 28 August 1978
- Christmas Special: 26 December 1978
- Bank Holiday Special: 28 May 1979
- Bank Holiday Special: 27 August 1979
- Christmas Special: 26 December 1979
- Bank Holiday Special: 26 May 1980
- Bank Holiday Special: 25 August 1980
- Bank Holiday Special: 25 May 1981
- Bank Holiday Special: 31 August 1981
- Christmas Special: 25 December 1981
- Bank Holiday Special: 31 May 1982
- Bank Holiday Special: 30 August 1982
- Bank Holiday Special: 30 May 1983
- Bank Holiday Special: 29 August 1983
- Christmas Special: 24 December 1984
- 10th Birthday Special: 27 May 1985
- Bank Holiday Special: 26 August 1985
- Christmas Special: 24 December 1985
- Bank Holiday Special: 25 August 1986
- Christmas Special: 24 December 1986
- Bank Holiday Special: 25 May 1987
- Bank Holiday Special: 30 August 1987
- Christmas Special: 24 December 1987
- Bank Holiday Special: 28 May 1988
- Christmas Special: 26 December 1988
- Christmas Special: 26 December 1989
- Sir Jim'll Fix It Special: 8 July 1990
- Christmas Special: 26 December 1990
- Christmas Special: 28 December 1991
- Christmas Special: 28 December 1992
- Christmas Special: 27 December 1993
- 20 Years of Jim'll Fix It Special: 20 January 1995
Compilations
- Series 2 Compilation: 17 April 1976
- Series 3 Compilation: 26 February 1977
- Series 4 Compilation: 25 March 1978
- Series 5 Compilation: 24 March 1979
- Series 6 Compilation: 22 March 1980
- Children in Need Compilation: 23 November 1984
- Series 13 Compilation: 27 August 1988
- Series 14 Compilation: 28 August 1989
- Series 15 Compilation: 25 August 1990
- Series 16 Compilation: 24 August 1991
- Series 17 Compilation: 29 August 1992
- Series 18 Compilation: 5 September 1993