BFBS Live Events routinely sends tours of entertainment to Afghanistan, Cyprus, Oman, the Falkland Islands and to Royal Navy ships deployed worldwide.
Artists who began their careers in the Central Pool of Artists, and later the CSE, included Benny Hill,[3] Kenneth Williams, Spike Milligan, Stanley Baxter, Edmund Purdom, Ken Platt and Peter Nichols.
Nichols later adapted his experiences into a 1977 stage play (and later film) called Privates on Parade.
In later years, James Fox undertook many CSE tours to entertain British troops on active service in Afghanistan, Bosnia, The Falkland Islands and Iraq.
In recognition of this, he was twice invited to perform at the Royal Albert Hall before the Queen as part of the Festival of Remembrance.