After nearly sixty years even an E.J.Fancey quickie like this made on half a shoestring acquires considerable archival fascination as host Eamonn Andrews himself observes "a souvenir of those six months" in those far off days in the summer of 1951 when Britain was preparing for the Festival of Britain and there were four Goons. (We are also treated to a rare glimpse of Jimmy Grafton and Dennis Main Wilson, whose names we often heard on the show but never saw.)
Possibly the last surviving cast member is a fresh-faced young Vincent Ball, now 97 years old. Joe Baker looks older here as 'Hiram' than he did on TV a quarter of a century later. And despite the annoying Hammond organ score, even a humble programme filler like this was in those days quite slickly put together with the aid of some snazzy optical whipes.
Possibly the last surviving cast member is a fresh-faced young Vincent Ball, now 97 years old. Joe Baker looks older here as 'Hiram' than he did on TV a quarter of a century later. And despite the annoying Hammond organ score, even a humble programme filler like this was in those days quite slickly put together with the aid of some snazzy optical whipes.