The Stanley Baxter Picture Show

Baxter's programme consisted exclusively of movie and TV parodies, and once again his formidable powers of lampoon were aimed mainly at women. As with Benny Hill and Dick Emery, it is almost impossible to keep Baxter out of high heels: he hurdles into drag at the snap of a compact. Unlike them, however, he tries to be specific, and the first encouraging thing about this latest show was the new accuracy with which he zeroed on the target and started throwing in the heavy iron.

You are perfectly entitled to your own favourite sketch. Feel free. It was a rich pudding for the show with a plum in there for everybody. Baxter's programme deserves some kind of award for industry. Knowing, possibly, that he was by no means the biggest name in television, he tried harder. Never has a man done so many for so long.