Tom is aided and abetted by regular guests Derek Griffiths and Andrew Sachs , and, to add to the hilarity, contributions from the public at large. Appearing in this week's show are Sandra Dickinson and vocal group Cover Girls
Special guests Wall Street Crash
This week's special guest is Australian songstress Jackie Love
This week's special guest is singer Katie Budd
Cinema is the central theme for this week's show as cameras and sound roll on Tom's close-up observations and anecdotes. Cherry Gillespie, Derek Griffiths and Mike Berry are waiting in the wings for their cue, and musical director Graham Preskett tries to upstage Tom in a comedy song about foreign films. Comedian Gary Wilmot visits Tom in his backstage dressing-room, while the roving camera captures jokes from the ever-willing public.
This week Tom takes a sideways glance at progress and technology. 'How is it man can walk on the moon, but he can't design a milk carton that he can open without soaking himself?' Aiding and abetting Tom are Cherry Gillespie , Derek Griffiths and Mike Berry , while Graham Preskett accompanies Tom in a song about the microchip. Tom's dressing-room is visited by comedian Jeff Stevenson , and the roving camera visits the public at large for then-own brand of humour.
This week the spotlight falls on shops and sales. Tom is joined by Cherry Gillespie Chris Emmett and Mike Berry in trying to prove whether or not 'the customer is always right'. Comedienne Faith Brown pays Tom a visit in his dressing-room, while Graham Preskett and Tom criticise musically the January Sales. Plus the roving camera's tour amid the folk of Britain.
Tom casts his eye over some of the funnier customs prevalent today. Cherry Gillespie, Chris Emmett and Mike Berry join him to have a laugh at some of the more peculiar aspects of culture. Roy Hudd drops into Tom's dressing room, and both Roy and members of the public on Britain's streets, entertain Tom with their witticisms. He is accompanied by Graham Preskett in a musical look at the way the common cold can immobilise the average man.
Tom steps indoors this week in a look at the comic events we've all witnessed in and around the home. At home with him are Cherry Gillespie Derek Griffiths and Mike Berry Jimmy Cricket meets Tom behind closed doors in the privacy of his dressing-room. Graham Preskett accompanies Tom in a musical exploration of the cash in your pocket, and your host hears some anecdotes from the folk of Britain.
In the final programme of this series, Tom explores the 'pzazz' within the world of variety and entertainment, aided by Cherry Gillespie , Chris Emmett and Mike Berry. Ventriloquist Neville King and his incredible menagerie call in to Tom's dressing-room, and members of the public tell their own entertaining tales. Musically, Graham Preskett and Tom share with you the enigmatic secrets of Tom's friend Mike.
As an ex-schoolteacher of 'sums and drums', headmaster O'Connor dons his tattered mortar-board and takes a backwards glance at learning. Aided by his erudite pupils, CHRIS EMMETT and CAROLINE GRUBER , as well as story-tellers JEFF STEVENSON and MICK WALKER (still in their short trousers), Tom tries to find the roots of Pythagoras' theorem of laughter. Guest, Paul Shane , appears from behind the bicycle sheds to visit, and the 'public at large' gives its version of the verb 'to learn'.
During the long march of progress (or was it June?) the invention of the wheel proved to be of great benefit to man and womankind. Just how far it's rolled since then can be seen in tonight's programme, which is devoted almost exclusively to transport. Tom and his regular team of CHRIS EMMETT. CAROLINE GRUBER. JEFF STEVENSON and MICK WALKER are joined by guest Adrian Walsh (if his bus arrives on time) in a lighthearted look at the merits of timetables and trains, boats and planes. Why is it that buses always arrive in threes? Why do train platform announcements sound like frying porters' hats? Why is an aircraft named after an elephant (if they can't fly)? Fancy calling your pet elephant Concorde!
This week the spotlight falls on shops and sales. Tom is joined by Cherry Gillespie Chris Emmett and Mike Berry in trying to prove whether or not 'the customer is always right'. Comedienne Faith Brown pays Tom a visit in his dressing-room, while Graham Preskett and Tom criticise musically the January Sales. Plus the roving camera's tour amid the folk of Britain.
Tom casts his eye over some of the funnier customs prevalent today. Cherry Gillespie, Chris Emmett and Mike Berry join him to have a laugh at some of the more peculiar aspects of culture. Roy Hudd drops into Tom's dressing room, and both Roy and members of the public on Britain's streets, entertain Tom with their witticisms. He is accompanied by Graham Preskett in a musical look at the way the common cold can immobilise the average man.
Tom steps indoors this week in a look at the comic events we've all witnessed in and around the home. At home with him are Cherry Gillespie Derek Griffiths and Mike Berry Jimmy Cricket meets Tom behind closed doors in the privacy of his dressing-room. Graham Preskett accompanies Tom in a musical exploration of the cash in your pocket, and your host hears some anecdotes from the folk of Britain.
In the final programme of this series, Tom explores the 'pzazz' within the world of variety and entertainment, aided by Cherry Gillespie , Chris Emmett and Mike Berry. Ventriloquist Neville King and his incredible menagerie call in to Tom's dressing-room, and members of the public tell their own entertaining tales. Musically, Graham Preskett and Tom share with you the enigmatic secrets of Tom's friend Mike.