[4][5] Alan Melville was the guiding light behind this series which attempted to showcase on television some of the best aspects of pre-Before the Fringe revue.
[3] Before the 1960s Cambridge Footlights graduates took it by storm, the medium had been a much more gentler, broader affair.
These two series of sketches were made up by performers who had been veterans of such shows.
They included: Various guest stars were featured, including Robert Dorning, Stanley Holloway, Thora Hird, Brenda Bruce, Wilfrid Brambell, Dame Edith Evans, Bud Flanagan, Peter Jones, Patrick Cargill and Barbara Windsor.
Mark Lewisohn, Radio Times Guide To TV Comedy, 2005 (ISBN 0563487550)