1969

S1.E1 ∙ The European Song Contest

Tue, Nov 18, 1969

From TV goofs to a European Song Contest, passing through interviews about commercial television.

7.5 /10

S1.E2 ∙ Show 2

Wed, Dec 24, 1969

Highlights of this edition include: "Holiday Sport Spectacular"; "The Short Happy Life of Maurice Dribble"; a series of bloopers including a parody of "The Golden Shot"; musical numbers from The Ladybirds ("Can't Take My Eyes Off of You") and Eira Heath ("Wedding Cake"); and a takeoff of "This Is Your Life" with Benny playing all the people reminiscing about the subject's (Robertson Hare) life and times.

7.3 /10

S1.E3 ∙ Show 3

Tue, Feb 03, 1970

Benny opens with "Colleen", then plays an aspiring actor auditioning for a role in a movie; Jackie Wright and his wife register at the Hotel Sordide and are subjected to various indignities; Benny tells a story about the making of a TV commercial; musical numbers from Luis Alberto del Parana and Los Paraguayos ("Colorado"), Eira Heath ("Carnival (Manha de Carnival)") and Benny ("The Old Fiddler"); another set of bloopers; a look at the first night of Tommy Tupper's talk show; and Benny finishes with "The Girls of the Sousa Bar".

7.5 /10

S1.E4 ∙ Show 4

Tue, Mar 10, 1970

Benny starts off this edition with "My Garden of Love", then leads into a sketch about a hitch-hiker being taken in by a married older woman; Fred Scuttle describes upcoming new offerings from Thames, including a "racy" new program called "Rogue Nudist"; The Ladybirds perform "This Girl's in Love with You"; Benny as country singer "Dickie Dido" duets with Eira Heath on "Golden Days"; Hill winds up on the short end of the stick at a cotillion dance; and for the finale, a mini-musical, "The Sound of Frankenstein".

7.4 /10