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An evening of comic monologues and songs with an all-star cast, including Dame Maureen Lipman, Dame Julie Walters, Leonard Rossiter, and Arthur Askey in his very last professional appearance. Recorded on location, in the dining room of an 18th Century London townhouse.

Julia Migenes-Johnson, Ben Luxon, Peter Morrison and a host of other acclaimed artists perform the operetta, songs from the shows and other parlor favorites.

Comedy series, featuring 'Station S', pirate TV that keeps interfering with Channel 4's transmissions. It featured comedians such as Jim Barclay and Arnold Brown who were regulars at The Comedy Store.

Top C's and Tiaras featured operetta sung by an ensemble of renowned stars such Marilyn Hill Smith and Peter Morrison, also featuring celebrities including Benjamin Luxon, and starring Julia Migenes. Recorded on location at Wrotham Park it was a popular success, and was one of the first occasions classical music had occupied a prime time slot on British television.

Derek Newark plays the legendary W.C. Fields, who returns to the site of his early triumph at the Chiswick Empire, only to discover that it is now a supermarket. A comedy drama that revisits the life and times of a great Hollywood comedian

Whilst waiting for an audition and to catch the eye of a passing executive at BTC Television, some of the cream of early British alternative comedians decide to rehearse and entertain each other in the foyer. Includes appearances by Jim Barclay, The Oblivion Boys (Mark Arden and Stephen Frost), and Arnold Brown.

Ron Moody stars in a television special, celebrating some of London's great characters, including a recreation of his legendary performance as Fagin. Two women from the East End have a shopping outing to the West End - they are persuaded to join a vintage bus tour with Ron Moody as their guide and have the journey of a lifetime.

A TV adaptation of the stage play Macready. - a celebration of the great Victorian actor William Charles Macready 1793-1873, based on his actual diaries. Written by and starring Frank Barrie. Recorded at the Fortune Theatre, London in December 1981.

Six musicians, mostly with roots in jazz, carry almost to the limit the work begun by Les Paul. This television special records what happens when an inventive mind and an inquisitive artistic spirit meet over what was one just a box and some tuned wires. Introduced by Peter Clayton and featuring Ron Geesin, Keith Rowe, Fred Frith, Hans Reichel, John Russell, and Brian Godding.

A biographical tribute to the life and style of Groucho Marx

Tribute to the comedian, Max Miller. Miller's story is told as a part of his act, weaving biographical details amongst the gags and songs.

Stephen Oliver was set to become one of the leading composers of his generation, and died far too young. "The Least of My Troubles" is both a memoir and celebration by those who knew him best.

A special, recorded in the studio and on location in Chicago, bv one of the most unusual all-black jazz groups in the States. Funky Aeco, Pan Burundi, Kyp Cards and Non Cognitive Aspects of the City -- these are titles of unusual and theatrical numbers in this program of color, strange visions and, above all, good music.

Based on Libby Morris' theatre and cabaret show, this one-woman television special was recorded at the Shaw Theatre, London and on location in Shakespeare's Bankside and Southwark. The Canadian comedienne entertains a live audience in her inimitable style.

Sganarelle is the central character in four farces that were adapted for an evening's entertainment. In The Flying Doctor, Sganarelle tries to outwit a man who is forcing his daughter to marry someone she does not love. In The Forced Marriage, an older Sganarelle has fallen in love with a young woman who is interested only in his money. In Sganarelle, the only play of the four written in verse, the title character becomes convinced that his spouse is cheating on him. In A Dumb Show, a wife forces her woodcutter husband to cure a young woman who cannot speak. The American Repertory Theatre's production of Moliere's play, recorded at the Duke of York's Theatre, London.