Diminutive variety star Jimmy Clitheroe was the perpetual schoolboy whose abundant Northern humour charmed and entertained a generation of British audiences. Employing his four-foot three-inch stature and mischievous persona to brilliant comic effect he proved phenomenally popular in every medium from theatre to film and records with The Clitheroe Kid one of Britain's longest-running radio sitcoms drawing a peak audience of 10 million and spawning numerous catchphrases! In 1963 Clitheroe's roguish creation hit television screens causing further mischief for his fictional family in this ABC sitcom co-starring ITMA veteran (and future Please Sir! star) Deryck Guyler and airing in the Midlands and northern England only. Presenting all seven half-hour episodes of That's My Boy along with the last remaining episode of sequel series Just Jimmy (also starring Mollie Sugden) this set celebrates a uniquely talented yet now largely forgotten star and introduces The Kid Himself to a new generation of classic comedy fans.
Inspired by the writings of Jules Verne this hugely entertaining comedy boasts an all-star cast headed by Burl Ives Terry-Thomas Lionel Jeffries and Gert Frobe. In 1875 showman extraordinaire Phineas T Barnum (Ives) flees his native America ahead of a hoard of clamouring creditors to set up shop in unsuspecting England. He immediately decides to form a syndicate headed by the wealthy but somewhat stupid Lord Barset (Dennis Price) to finance the first flight to the moon. The
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