London Holiday Parade

The London Holiday Parade is an annual parade in,. The parade first took place in November 1995 and is the 's largest. The three-hour parade is currently held on a route going from to. It is operated by the, and the telecast is co-produced by.

The Parade has a charitable element, each year 20% of money generated from the event is donated to a different charity.

History
In 1995, Brad Lachman Productions and announced a deal with  to syndicate the  format to foreign markets, with it's launch market being the UK with the London Holiday Parade organized by  and.

Balloons by year of introduction

 * 1995:, , ,
 * 1996: Winnie the Pooh, Paddington Bear, Peter Rabbit

Broadcasting
The first edition of the London Holiday Parade was broadcast live on the network as a production of  and, the latter of which Guardian Media co-owned at the time. As the special was broadcast outside of GMTV's franchise hours, the broadcast time was paid for by Guardian Media. The next year it moved to, with Pearson and GMTV still producing the telecast. After Guardian sold their stake in GMTV, they took as co-producer of the Parade telecast. It moved to Channel 6 (now Six) in 2001, where it has remained since.