1969

S4.E1 ∙ Show 14

Tue, Oct 24, 1972

Musical numbers from Benny include "The Dustbins of Your Mind" and "Fad-Eyed Fal", then he plays an Army colonel, a housewife and a movie cowboy in "Meeting People with Hugh Paddick"; a look at the "Woodstick" music festival for senior citizens; examples of what could go wrong at fashion parades and TV advertisements; and for the close, Hill leads a German "youth" choir.

7.1 /10

S4.E2 ∙ Show 15

Tue, Dec 26, 1972

Highlights of this edition include: more examples of things that go wrong, both on television and in advertising; Fred Scuttle opens the 'Fun Boy Club'; an office worker recalls the annual Christmas festivities; a German version of "Jackanory" with a retelling of the story of "Goldilocks and the Three Bears"; Benny bemoans his girl's obsession with a "Portable TV Set," with snippets of different TV parodies; and for the close, he leads the cast to the tune of "The Common Market Square Dance."

6.6 /10

S4.E3 ∙ Show 16

Wed, Feb 21, 1973

Highlights of this show include: Fred Scuttle as a security guard; a programme planner on the phone with a certain William Shakespeare; another series of bloopers including Benny impersonating singer Billy Eckstine and critic Clive James; Henry McGee interviewing Minister Chu En-Gumm (Bob Todd) and his interpretor Chow Mein at home; and Jackie Wright on a "budget" holiday trip that turns into a nightmare. Also: The Orange Blossom Sound perform "What Am I Doin' Hangin' 'Round?", and for the finale Benny and Pat Ashton perform "Lover, Come Back to Me."

7 /10

S4.E4 ∙ Show 17

Wed, Mar 28, 1973

Highlights include: Benny accompanying Lee Gibson on a sultry rendition of "Mad About You"; investigative reporter Mervyn Cruddy is grilled in "Confrontation"; a recurring series of poetry readings; Lee Gibson and Jon Jon Keefe perform "Happy Together"; Benny as "The Deputy" in the pursuit of three dangerous outlaws in the Old West; another series of bloopers, including Fairly Liquid; Benny as a blue-collar American lamenting about the generation gap; and for the close, Benny leads the cast as the station master and director of the "Dalton Abbott Railway Porter Choir".

7.2 /10