Legends Of Stand-Up And Bernard Righton
- TV stand-up / factual
- U&Gold
- 2015
- 6 episodes (1 series)
John Thomson - in character as Bernard Righton - presents archive stand-up footage.
Episode menu
Series 1 - Christmas Special
It's the Christmas episode which highlights the work of Les Dawson, Bill Hicks, Max Wall, Emo Phillips, The Multichords, Frankie Howerd, Bob Monkhouse, Rita Rudner, Tommy Cooper and Victoria Wood.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Wednesday 16th December 2015
- Time
- 10pm
- Channel
- U&Gold
- Length
- 60 minutes
Cast & crew
| John Thomson | Bernard Righton |
| Frankie Howerd | Self (Archive Material) |
| Victoria Wood | Self (Archive Material) |
| Tommy Cooper | Self (Archive Material) |
| Bob Monkhouse | Self (Archive Material) |
| Rita Rudner | Self (Archive Material) |
| Emo Philips | Self (Archive Material) |
| Bill Hicks | Self (Archive Material) |
| Max Wall | Self (Archive Material) |
| John Thomson | Writer |
| Mike Williams | Writer |
| Nigel Alred | Writer |
| Willy Norton | Writer |
| Mike Williams | Director |
| Mike Williams | Series Producer |
| John Quinn | Executive Producer |
| Iain Coyle | Executive Producer |
| Dan Ablett | Editor |
| Rudi Thackray | Production Designer |
Press
Another outing for John Thomson/'s comic creation Bernard Righton: a formerly blue club comedian who has attained a left-wing conversion, and reconfigured his act accordingly. Bernard acts as compere on this festive clip show, introducing archival Christmas pieces by the likes of Bill Hicks, Emo Phillips and Les Dawson - all "appearing" at his club. The archival jokes are a lot funnier than Thomson's, which is probably the point, but which makes for strangely uneven viewing.
John Robinson, The Guardian, 16th December 2015