Dennis Main Wilson producer of the Goons, Hancock, Sykes and A...., The Rag Trade, Till Death Us Do Part, It's Marty, Citizen Smith, Footlights 74 with Griff, Clive, Jon Canter and Geoff McGivern and much much more.... born 100 years ago today 1 May 1924

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Flywheel, Shyster & Flywheel

The chaotic comedy genius of the Marx Brothers hit BBC Radio 4 in 1990 and its stars Michael Roberts (Waldorf T. Flywheel), Frank Lazarus (Emmanuel Ravelli) & director Dirk Maggs are reunited for this special episode!
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A fantastic show by Griff tonight at the Playhouse. Thanks so much to the lovely Liverpool audience for giving him such a great reception and thanks to all at Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse theatres. Here we are afterwards as captured by The Ragged Trousered Philatelist. Me looking a bit anguished as ever!

Monday 30 April 1956 - the day after Jane and Peter Asher appeared in an episode of Robin Hood - Jim, Mary, Paul and Mike McCartney moved into their new home at 20 Forthlin Road, Allerton

⁦Mike Haskins Hi Mike ⁩ a while back I wrongly thought that Albert Finney had directed Entertaining Mr Sloane. I found the programmes & Finney directed Loot. I thought you’d be interested. Look at the price of tickets Best wishes

Mike Haskins Loved that series as a child, had no idea the Ashers were in it. So my contribution is the ‘Robin Hood’s Stone’ 😁 - from a longer article on the Calderstones roydenhistory.co.uk/mrlhp/articles…

Many thanks also to the Liverpool Echo, Katie Westwood and Rebecca Koncienzcy for this chat with Griff. Griff at the Liverpool Playhouse Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse theatres 7.30pm 30 April liverpoolecho.co.uk/whats-on/you-d…

Thanks to Jamie Bowman for getting this piece about Griff in the Wirral Globe. His Griffness is appearing at the Liverpool Playhouse Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse theatres 7.30pm tomorrow night (Tuesday 30 April) wirralglobe.co.uk/news/24267857.…

Lonnie Donegan (on banjo) with Chris Barber (on trombone) Skiffle developed from sessions featuring Donegan on guitar and Barber on bass during Barber's band performances to provide a break from blasting out trad jazz

The day before, George had failed get the right train tickets and had to drive Spike from London to Yorkshire, about 200 miles, in three hours. After they arrived, Spike said “Don’t ever ask me to ride with you again.” (The M1 had no speed limits at the time)

Top work as ever from Phil Oates - where in Heswall exactly did Ringo spend two years of his youth and discover his love of drumming?

Blimey! First Eric and now....

Just found this online - it looks like a genuine poster from 1962 advertising The Beatles at the Thistle Cafe on Banks Road, West Kirby, Wirral on 1 February 1962 (the first show for which Brian Epstein took a commission) The pic is cut out from Mersey Beat 4 January 62

25 April 1965 the musical Half a Sixpence starring Tommy Steele opened at the Broadhurst Theatre on Broadway. Some way down the cast list was a young John Cleese