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The Good Old Days

Specials 1959 - 1983

  • BBC
  • 45m
  • 11h 15m (15 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • English
  • Comedy
From the Leeds City Varieties, your Chairman, Mr Leonard Sachs, presents a veritable cornucopia of exotic entertainments for your delectation and delight. Classic variety performances recreated by contemporary (and in some cases, surviving original) artists of the stage and screen. Complete with a live audience in turn-of-the-century period costume, encouraged to sing along. At one time this was the longest running series in the world (from 1953 to 1983). Each episode ends with a rousing and raucous rendition of that classic Cockney singalong "Down at the Old Bull and Bush"...

27 episodes

Special 4 Christmas Special 1959

  • 1959-12-26T00:00:00Z45m

A Christmas Edition of Old-Time Music-Hall Presenting Morecambe and Wise, Betty Jumel, Cardew Robinson, Noberti, Smoothey and Layton, The Manton Brothers, Patricia Bredin.

Special 14 Christmas Special 1972

  • 1972-12-25T00:00:00Z45m

A special Christmas edition which also marks the 150th programme of Old-Time Music-Hall from the stage of the Famous City Varieties Theatre, Leeds. (By arrangement with Stanley and Michael Joseph)

For your delectation and delight the dashingly debonair Leonard Sachs introduces Ken Dodd the knut from Knotty Ash Neville King ventriloquially speaking Lyn Kennington vivaciously vocal Alfredo buffoonery and bedlam Louisa Jane White shamelessly saucy The Trio Hoganas swinging and spinning in curvacious contortions Trevor Little balloonerama.

Special 15 Christmas Special 1973

  • 1973-12-26T00:00:00Z45m

A Christmas edition of Old-Time Music-Hall from the stage of the Famous City Varieties Theatre, Leeds (By arrangement with Stanley and Michael Joseph )

Your Chairman, Leonard Sachs introduces Frankie Vaughan, Elaine Delmar, Syd Little and Eddie Large, The James Boys and The Villams.

Special 16 Christmas Special 1974

  • 1974-12-26T00:00:00Z45m

A Christmas edition of Old-Time Music-Hall from the stage of the Famous City Varieties Theatre, Leeds (by arrangement with Stanley and Michael Joseph)

For your delectation and delight, your Chairman Leonard Sachs Introduces Edward Woodward, The King's Singers, Sheila Bernette, Wilma Reading, Ted Durante and Hilda, Brahma and The Orlandos.

Special 17 Christmas Special 1975

  • 1975-12-25T00:00:00Z45m

A Christmas edition of Old-Time Music-Hall from the stage of the Famous City Varieties Theatre, Leeds (by arrangement with Stanley and Michael Joseph)

For your delectation and delight, your Chairman, Leonard Sachs, introduces Vera Lynn, Sheila Steafel, Windsor Davies and Don Estelle, Lyn Kennington, Davy Kaye, Ray C. Davis.

Special 18 Christmas Special 1976

  • 1976-12-28T00:00:00Z45m

Leonard Sachs presents an edition of the old time music hall programme, first broadcast on 28 December 1976. With Danny La Rue, Duggie Brown, Lyn Kennington, David Ellen and members of the Players' Theatre, London.

Special 19 New Year Special 1977

  • 1977-12-31T00:00:00Z45m

Leonard Sachs presents the old-time music hall programme, first broadcast on 31 December 1977. With Larry Grayson, Vince Hill, Billy Dainty and members of the Players' Theatre, London.

Special 20 New Year Special 1978

  • 1978-12-31T00:00:00Z45m

Leonard Sachs chairs the old-time music hall programme, originally broadcast 31 December 1978. Guests include Roy Castle, Dolores Gray, Robert White, Eira Heath, Russ Stevens, Parkano and Christina, Michel Arene and Four Lido Can Can Dancers.

Special 21 New Year Special 1979

  • 1980-01-02T00:00:00Z45m

A New Year celebration from the famous City Varieties Theatre, Leeds (by arrangement with Stanley and Michael Joseph)

For your delectation and delight your chairman Leonard Sachs introduces John Inman, Gemma Craven, David Kernan, Bernard Spear, Gino Donati, Michel Arene and The Lido Can-Can Girls. Members of the Players' Theatre, London: Jenny Till, Penny Rigden, Pauline Antony, Nicola K. Diber, Carol Busby, Emma Bryant, Nola Haynes, Julie Hervieu, Norman Warwick, Deryk Parkin, Peter Sutherland, Christopher Molloy

Special 22 New Year Special 1980

  • 1980-12-31T00:00:00Z45m

A New Year celebration from the famous City Varieties Theatre, Leeds (by arrangement with Stanley and Michael Joseph).

For your delectation and delight your chairman Leonard Sachs introduces Danny La Rue, Duggie Brown, Robert White Keith Harris, Teresa Cahill, Bablu Mallick, Deryk Parkin. Members of the Players' Theatre, London.

Special 23 Christmas Special 1981

  • 1981-12-24T00:00:00Z45m

A Christmas celebration from the famous City Varieties Theatre, Leeds (by arrangement with Stanley and Michael Joseph.)

For your delectation and delight, your chairman Leonard Sachs introduces John Inman, Barry Howard, Eira Heath, Jimmy Cricket, Ricardo Arancibia, Cosmotheka, Guest artist Roy Castle, Members of the Players' Theatre, London.

Special 24 New Year Special 1982

  • 1982-12-31T00:00:00Z45m

A New Year celebration from the famous City Varieties Theatre, Leeds (by arrangement with Stanley and Michael Joseph.)

For your delectation and delight, chairman Leonard Sachs introduces Ken Dodd, Anita Harris The Simmons Brothers, Frank Patterson, Elly O'Grady, Pearl Fawcett, The Tornados, The Goodsons.

Special 25 Christmas Special 1983

  • 1983-12-24T00:00:00Z45m

A special hour-long Christmas celebration from the famous City Varieties Theatre, Leeds.

For your yuletide delectation and delight your Chairman Leonard Sachs introduces; Danny La Rue, Bernard Cribbins, Valerie Masterson, Robert White, Barry Cryer, The Clerk Brothers, Gaetan Bloom, Doreen Hermitage and Deryk Parkin. With members of the Players' Theatre, London

Special 26 Goodbye to The Good Old Days

  • 1983-12-30T00:00:00Z45m

Written and narrated by Barry Cryer with Roy Hudd, Frankie Vaughan Les Dawson , and Larry Grayson.

After 30 years of rollickingly rumbustious revelling risibility the renowned The Good Old Days roars to the end of its final run. To mark the occasion, we visit the Leeds City Varieties for a look behind the scenes at the world's longest running television variety show.

From the Famous City Varieties Theatre, Leeds.

For your delectation and delight your chairman
Leonard Sachs introduces Stars of the Music-Hall with Eira Heath, The Simmons Brothers, Richard Ross and guest artist Frankie Vaughan.

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