"Call My Bluff" S11 E5 (1977) Gabrielle Drake, Tom Baker, Miriam Stoppard, Alan Coren

Host/Team captains: Robert Robinson, Frank Muir, Patrick Campbell.
Guests: Gabrielle Drake, Miriam Stoppard, Tom Baker, Alan Coren.
May 27, 1977.

[@AGITPROP65]

Brilliant show. No profanity, no idiots, no dubious stand-ups. Pure class. We’ll not see the like again, sad to say.

[@63mckenzie]

I think they tried to do a remake, but it was rubbish.

[@simonmoore2380]

No profanity. Although some years later Tom Baker would make a good living by saying “I have to go and do a poo now” on Little Britain 😆

[@robertcook2572]

We'll certainly never see the like of Robinson's comb-over again...

[@KyleTheDalek]

Still ignorance in it.

[@63mckenzie]

@@robertcook2572 Lol. My dad had one. It was very trendy!

[@paacer]

Wonderful to hear the English language been spoken so beautifully . Great entertaining show .

[@davidsmith5523]

Ironic that you said been instead of being. Bean a while since I watched this show. 😂

[@localreviewking134]

Speaking posh! My late Dad would say.

[@mistymisterwistyjones9668]

Absolutely glorious. This is an absolute joy - the sight of 6 people revelling in vocabulary, confidently impressing each other, and elevating blather to the level of verbal foreplay.

[@JupiterThunder]

Happy childhood memories - my dad loved this. I remember the Arthur Marshall period.

[@msimms-lp5qw]

I can watch Gabrielle Drake in anything, attractive ,voice ,smile , intelligence, she was wonderful. hope she's still well

[@colinjames2469]

Her brother was awesome too.

[@harrypalmer4857]

@@msimms-lp5qw you’ll see a lot more of her - all, in fact - if you go looking for Au Pair Girls, a terrible sex comedy from the early 1970s. Her costume budget was probably zero.

[@JJONNYREPP]

"Call My Bluff" S11 E5 (1977) Gabrielle Drake, Tom Baker, Miriam Stoppard, Alan Coren 0553am 12.10.24 wasn't she thespian married like to kelly montieff during his comedy show?

[@pauljeffrey4054]

@@JJONNYREPP Yes, Gabrielle Drake played Kelly Montieff's wife in his eponymous TV series, I remember it very well.

[@JJONNYREPP]

@@pauljeffrey4054 "Call My Bluff" S11 E5 (1977) Gabrielle Drake, Tom Baker, Miriam Stoppard, Alan Coren thanx. i thought so... i was rewatching the old comedy show a few months ago... good stuff. saw it when it originally aired etc... he brought observational comedy tot he fore. though it has sadly, that brand of comedy, become nought but a confession as opposed to pointing out the flaws and idiosyncrasies of the human form... at least he acted it out, his observations, in sit-com format. which is what he should have done as a whole... more self deprecating well-to-do than type self deprecating screwball... yeah. i might go seek out kelly montieff.

[@denporterhdproductions8310]

Nice to look back to the days before reality TV ruined everything! 😢

[@peterharrington7523]

OMG thanks, this has brought a memory back of Tom on Call My Bluff. Fun show but The Doctor as a bonus. ❤ 😄

[@dreamer459]

🥰🤗💗

[@simoneastwood3779]

Couldn't agree more, but the bonus for me was the gorgeous Gabrielle Drake! Fantastic stuff!

[@sabrinatirabassi3529]

​@@simoneastwood3779Doctor Who vs UFO

[@alanmusicman3385]

So glad to see that BBC Four is re-showing some of these at the moment!

[@russellfrancis6294]

Pleased to find that out.

[@alanmusicman3385]

@@russellfrancis6294 Always worth looking at the BBC Four schedule.

[@martinbrandom2654]

​@@alanmusicman3385 I've given up my license because of the dross BBC Show.Sadly I miss BBC 4.Only class Channel.

[@sabrinatirabassi3529]

​@@martinbrandom2654you should watch italian television, you'd realise how lucky you are and be thankful for British TV.

[@holyspacemonkey]

What a gem!

[@FranssensM]

Wonderful. Lovely guests, the “charming” host 😂 and entertainment from gentler times.

[@AndyClayton-f5x]

Robert Robinson. He hosted a few shows. Ask the family, and Points of view were a couple more. Always erudite and debonair, with a touch of humour. No longer with us sadly.

[@NotJohnUK]

In 77 I would have been 15. Wasn't the in thing with 15 year olds then, but remember this show fondly. Thank you for this instant boost of nostalgia and suddenly realising the meaning of "Eating humble pie" 🤔👍

[@dreamer459]

You're most welcome! 💗

[@JJONNYREPP]

Northern Lights make rare appearance in the skies over Southern California 0551am 12.10.24 nawwwwwwwwww, call my bluff wasn't the thing for 6 year olds, either. derek and clive was more my thing as a 6 year old. which was a step up from this show regards the language - in that derek and clive's verbiage was probably the language utilized by these guys when out on the lash at the BBC bar...

[@ramblerandy2397]

I absolutely loved Call My Bluff.

[@JJONNYREPP]

Northern Lights make rare appearance in the skies over Southern California 055am 12.10.24 chout!? to declutter. to get rid... to throw out. a slang term for divorce or has come to mean when having an affair... don't forget, words diminish in value and come to mean their opposite in some cases....

[@neddystark3351]

Tom Baker just sounds so cool, you'd believe anything he told you 😁😁

[@Write_Charlie]

So darned handsome, too! Looks so much better without the scarf!

[@thejacal2704]

I could listen to him reading the phone book.

[@dogwalker666]

@@thejacal2704 Listen to him reading Dr Audio books, Or even full cast audio. He is still making Dr Who.

[@helennichols6531]

I took my young sons to meet him. They liked Dr Who. He was very kind and generous with his time. A real gentleman. They came away big fans.

[@dogwalker666]

@@helennichols6531 Tom loves being the Doctor, He is a very nice guy, I read his autobiography.

[@1958RBS]

What a delightfully gentle and intelligent game show and how lovely were Gabrielle and Miriam?

[@golden.lights.twinkle2329]

Very, proper English women.

[@topquark6919]

Absolutely wonderful, I have the fondest of memories of 1977. I'd go back in a heartbeat. Sure as hell beats 2024.

[@br5380]

It's because you were younger then, nothing more, nothing less. Take off your rose-tinted spectacles.

[@ZigSputnik]

@@br5380 Party-pooper.

[@br5380]

@@ZigSputnik someone has to tell them, who better than someone who was also there

[@topquark6919]

@@br5380 FFS, lose the arrogance. 'someone has to tell them' Not in my childhood, you weren't. 'who better than someone who was also there'

[@topquark6919]

@@br5380 'It's because you were younger then, nothing more, nothing less.' What?! Based on your knowledge of me, and my childhood? 🤔😂 'Take off your rose-tinted spectacles' I was fortunate enough to have a wonderful childhood. Missed out, did you?! 🤔😂 Maybe it's you, who actually needs the 'rose-tinted spectacles'! 😂

[@peterowen9183]

It's *so* slow, so unrehearsed, so full of gaps where they think there might be studio laughter but there is none...utterly beautiful. Classy, intelligent, and a reminder of a different age of TV. And when Miriam Stoppard beings a definition by saying 'sensually speaking...' heavens. Have a glass of cold water and a walk round the block, as my father would have said.

[@sabrinatirabassi3529]

I will never believe in unrehearsed television, expecially in those days.

[@neilychoppers841]

When the BBC, actually did entertain and educate. I remember watching Call my bluff, with my dad in the 70's. Working class father and son, learning together. Those days are gone, families may sit together now. But everyone is absorbed in their own thing. Be it Tik Tok or Facebook etc. We have lost something special.

[@Casio61]

I'm so glad BBC4 are doing reruns on Monday nights, my stepson was born in 1977 and he finds it unmissable as well now. Such brilliant tv, cheap and simple yet interesting and entertaining.

[@owensjl65]

I remember watching this with my mum and dad when I was about 12 or 13. I loved it!

[@MiLLwallpaul231258]

Bloody brilliant…. Shame we can’t get this again

[@jimbilton1956]

I don't know how you obtained these recordings of Call My Bluff, but thank you so much for posting them. They are such a joy to watch again, and serve to show just how far most modern 'entertainment' has sunk in comparison.

[@dreamer459]

You're very welcome! 🥰

[@tortysoft]

@@dreamer459 Technically speaking - Umatic?

[@richardbrown1189]

Great to see a whole episode from the Patrick Campbell era. He was always my favourite team captain.

[@DavidSmith-cx8dg]

Brings back some memories . Interesting to see Alan Coren .

[@JJONNYREPP]

"Call My Bluff" S11 E5 (1977) Gabrielle Drake, Tom Baker, Miriam Stoppard, Alan Coren 0559am 12.10.24 he looks like he was spliced into proceedings. there seems to be a strange smudge like aura about his form. call dr who, i surmise...

[@neilgodwin6531]

You can see where Victoria gets her linguistic legerdemain. Alan would have been so proud

[@JJONNYREPP]

@@neilgodwin6531 i wondered if that was her father or whether they merely shared the same surname. spilt brats aint my forte even though i aspire to be one. might as well be that thing you've been punished for being even though no evidence exists!!!!! i surmise all BBC employees are spoilt brats. and i've never worked for the BBC... there you go. is victoria coren a spoilt brat? dunno... i was thinking about things in general and your retort came up so i am scribbling down a reply - of sorts. i liked call my bluff, though. and that was enforced at home - to enjoy something middling. so that tradition still exists, then.... enjoyment. no idea why they got rid of the show. would i lie to you being the more hysterical version. which, if i read my you tube listings correctly, seems to be bob's show now... which is cool. give us a clue was also ok by me. dunno why those lovies refuse to do a stint at the give us a clue studios... do light entertainers exist anymore...?

[@Gary-Seven-and-Isis-in-1968]

Don't know why this appeared in my recommended list, but it did, and I'm glad it did. Marvellous quiz that I used to watch every week when telly was actually worth watching. Good to see Tom making an appearance. I wonder what he thought of it all? But OMG 1977... where did the time go?

[@steeleye2112]

Eloquence and genuine personality on a level way beyond what we have now. Also immense comfort as this was one of the first grown up shows that I understood as a child.

[@learningpianoat61]

Gabrielle Drake was gorgeous! Watching UFO was my first naughty fantasy!

[@jeniferallan6693]

Loved it. I used to sit watching that with my parents in the 70s 😊

[@markbuckley5109]

That Gabrielle Drake was something 😮

[@flashtheoriginal]

She still is 💋

[@neilgodwin6531]

Even in a purple wig 😊

[@jaysterling26]

Oh blimey, I looked at future episodes and they include Nanette Newman , Felicity Kendall & Jenny Agutter! Even as a kid they had me spellbound.

[@pauladaniels-bc7rj]

I adored Tom Baker as a child of about seven 🥳 Saturday evening sat with my irish grandma watching doctor who x

[@paacer]

Tom was by far the best Dr Who and played him to perfection . Most of the others are rubbish .

[@moomin7461]

​@@paacer Yes, although Patrick Troughton and Jon Pertwee were also good too.

[@fezmancomments]

I must be a bit older than you. We watched Tom Baker as Dr Who when I was at boarding school. I have a vague memory of him arriving in a helicopter to pick up his son who was a bit younger than me. His son’s name (unsurprisingly) was Baker! He had the same hair as his dad, but fair.

[@paacer]

@@moomin7461 oh yes , forgot about Jon who was excellent and who played him in the same vein as Tom . Didn't see Patrick Troughton's portrayal .

[@sabrinatirabassi3529]

​@@paacerno, they aren't

[@Jamie_E_Pritchard]

TV was so much more gentle and relaxed back then.

[@bobmarshall1066]

Pure class, wit and intelligence. A far cry for the utter rubbish we have now. Much missed.

[@Polosebastian14]

Gabrielle Drake was/is rather scrumptious ❤

[@realsteviem]

Current age circa 77 years

[@Polosebastian14]

@@realsteviem 80

[@amazulu3401]

Off the scale beauty.

[@sirrathersplendid4825]

Her purple wig on UFO didn’t do her justice.

[@realsteviem]

@@sirrathersplendid4825 but the outfits did

[@MrSHG66]

Such a treat. What a wonderful show it was. Thank you for sharing this.

[@dreamer459]

You're very welcome! 🥰

[@sabrinatirabassi3529]

​@@dreamer459this ended up on DWM. That's why I'm here.

[@radic888]

Wow, game shows were so cerebral back then. We are so dumbed down today.

[@MisterStuzy]

There’s still only connect and university challenge. Or listen to the radio 4 panel shows.

[@IowanMatthew683]

To be fair, British people are still on average far more eloquent and intelligent than their American counterparts, and this is still largely demonstrated in their media. American standards in education have been so dumbed down in recent years that most Americans today have the reading and comprehension skills of primary schoolers and speak in 4 word sentences at best.

[@philipfrancis7303]

I recall even the questions on Crackerjack were like something out of a GCE test paper! When and how did cold hard brutalism take over from those 40 plus years ago? Was the B.B.C. setting a higher standard then or are we just being cold and realistic now?

[@sabrinatirabassi3529]

​@@MisterStuzylucky you, you have British TV and don't even appreciate it.

[@MisterStuzy]

@@sabrinatirabassi3529 lost me there

[@grahamnancledra7036]

I always recall, Frank Muir, incandescent in rage as he failed to get Patrick Campbells definition of "auf", as a pregnant fairy. A brilliant programme.

[@KPGRUND]

The beauty of Gabrielle and the voice of Tom Baker …marvellous

[@harrypalmer4857]

"Ah! Tish and pish! Thruppence and fourpence. Would that it were, Mr Muir, would that it were..."

[@FranssensM]

Mr Brown from Carshalton Beaches suggests turning carrier bags inside out. To avoid giving free advertising to Mr Sainsbury and men of his ilk. Men of his stamp. Aye, men of his ilk, stamp and kidney.

[@memory-man]

Tidyman's comments?

[@scottandrewbrass1931]

😂

[@FenceThis]

a groat, a thruppence and a ha’penny

[@highdownmartin]

Five in a row! Well done to Mr Chandler , he gets an extra point and this round of applause. Oh sorry :wrong game

[@saintetienne755]

Frank and Patrick - true characters and gentlemen - when times were good

[@davidcox6457]

Such a joy to see. When I was little this was highlight of the week. I’d watch it with mum and dad, while having a Horlicks or Ovaltine and then off to bed as it was a school day the following day.

[@nigelcarren]

I am sitting here trying to imagine what sort of beautiful super-human Tom Baker and Gabrielle Drake wouid have produced! 🇬🇧🤔

[@edmundironside9435]

There's still time maybe?

[@sabrinatirabassi3529]

​​@@edmundironside9435Tom is going to be 91 the 20th of january 2025. Don't know about Drake.

[@edmundironside9435]

@@sabrinatirabassi3529 I think she's approaching her 80's

[@johncourtneidge]

Lovely! Thank-you!

[@dreamer459]

You're very welcome! 🥰

[@dickyboyryw]

Gabrielle and Tom sre STILL Alive.. 80 anf 90, respectively. Miriam is too, i think? I hope. May the others roam the Heavens, forever. Calling others.. BLUFFS!!! Love 4 all wjo took part or watched😊

[@jhunter6392]

Loved it, loved it then, and love it now. Great to see it back on tv too. Love the gentle rivalry between Patrick Campbell and Frank Muir.

[@golden.lights.twinkle2329]

This was a marvellous show, I'd forgotten all about it. I always thought Gabrielle Drake was absolutely gorgeous. I loved her in U.F.O.

[@jnielson1121]

This is... this is REALLY entertaining. I love this! :D

[@Didda3]

Loved this family show. Bless them all.

[@greatlambrini8722]

Fun intelligent tv. Now we have Big Brother.

[@danielwoodhouse5531]

keep 'em coming

[@jibsoz]

Oh the melodic voice of Frank Muir.

[@elaineprescott3972]

I enjoyed watching the 'newer' version introduced by Bob Holness, with Team Captains Alan Coren and Sandi Toksvig. Great banter between Sandi and Alan, as you can probably imagine! I loved it - great fun! 😂

[@Mudge07]

Delightful decorum of polite gaming, with personalities of the UK screen and media. Alan Coren was a favourite of mine as he always had his wry humour ready to deploy. The weekly, gentlemanly joust of Frank and Patrick with quizmaster Robert; in a less involved role than Brain of Britain compete.

[@kjamison5951]

I loved this show! This is something they should bring back to TV. It’s humorous, entertaining and educational. Of course, the presenter and team captains are inimitable. EDIT: Toggy, Rumpty, Obe are missing from the World Wide Web. Incony did appear.

[@clivemason-ms8ju]

My late mum was a big fan of Call My Bluff and I would watch along with her. The 70s get a pasting from those who weren't even born then for hairstyles, fashions, attitudes etc, but the general quality of TV programmes was so much higher than we have seen for a long time. As for those mocking the 70s, well, wait a few decades and the 2020s will be equally as mocked for exactly the same reasons, except that there won't be a golden age of TV to look back upon.

[@colinwood1023]

I used to watch this and enjoyed it

[@sbatty65227]

I used to love watching this as a kid. Just a shame tv programmers can't make anything like this today.

[@tortysoft]

What a glorious show. I loved it back then, never missed it - or so I thought. I would have remembered this episode! Fascinating humour, quick witted but short, no long fast constructions, when long - the answer was slow and considered. Very polite but not at all solem. Wonderfully different. Oh I do miss the three regulars !

[@Jooligan1]

Gone are these wonderful days !!

[@enkisdaughter4795]

Does anyone else feel the urge to grab some Cadbury’s fruit and nut?

[@TCHorwood-xq7mw]

I am, indeed, a Fruit and Nutcase.

[@robertandrew5768]

​@@TCHorwood-xq7mw Isn't everyone ?

[@Write_Charlie]

Fwoot and Nut, surely?

[@schrodingerscat1863]

@@Write_Charlie Everyone's a Fwoot and Nutcase😉 Isn't it shocking now how refined and erudite they all were on what is essentially a simple panel show.

[@Deebz270]

@@Write_Charlie ''... bursting with those hazel nuts and w'aisins....''

[@macmarone]

Gabriel Drake ❤

[@Mudge07]

Gabrielle, sister of Nick.

[@jjohnson-stoker]

Oh yeah, 🔥

[@misdangered4326]

6:24 🤪

[@cheapphish]

The Doctor seems quite taken by Lt. Ellis. 😊

[@moretimeneeded56]

This episode was recorded just 3 years after Gabrielle’s young brother Nick took his own life at 26.

[@Popmetalj]

Thank you for uploading!

[@dreamer459]

You're very welcome! 🥰

[@bob-sb2zu]

Back when there were guests worth having .

[@harleyhartley3168]

now it would just be woke anti-tory nonsense!

[@keithfenwick9992]

​@@harleyhartley3168 Lazy, pointless, meaningless statement

[@drewcampbell8555]

​@harleyhartley3168 What an idiotic comment. Every old TV show on KZbin has some tedious Tory saying, "Oh, those Wokists would never allow that these days!" It's utter drivel. And at time of writing, your "anti-woke" heroes - the most cynical and corrupt chancers ever to hold office - have been in power for 14 years, egged on and defended by the majority of our non-dom, tax-dodging media barons. So instead of whinging on social media forums, maybe try working out why our economy has been trashed. CLUE: It wasn't the unions, or the gays, or the immigrants. It was your anti-woke grifters in government.

[@monsieurdel]

​@@harleyhartley3168No, just soft crybaby people on social media going on and on about "woke", whinging everywhere

[@christianfarmer]

Lmao. False. Things weren't better in the good old days

[@pabs8345]

Awesome seeing Frank Muir, my Mum used to serve him in the Chemists.

[@Lord.two.a.penny.]

What an absolute delight to be reminded of this. You wouldn't see a team captain with a stammer on a word game show these days sadly. How refreshing. I use to have a crush on Miriam Stoppard has a young boy, i can see why now, utterly charming. A little confused why some male panelists including the host at the begining, seemed to have trouble pronouncing Gabrielle Drakes Christian name correctly. She was so gracious not to say anything about it.

[@tdsymes]

The cats are not impressed that I'm serving them Trollibobs for tea.

[@redalert2834]

Strange that Frank Muir didn't realise that Anglesey, Wales and the UK are not remotely close to being 14 degrees north of the equator. However, the claimed longitude was a match for the Menai Straits.

[@hanniffydinn6019]

How cool was British tv back then? A more civilised time! 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯😎😎😎👍👍👍

[@ThBraveBraveSirRobin]

Classic show that was ‘must watch’ TV when I was a kid. Funny and clever and we could all take part in trying to figure out which was the correct definition. Shame shows like this are a thing of the past. My school’s debating society (do they still have those ? ) frequently used to put on their own version of this at it’s monthly debates. Fond memories. Also in this particular episode, Gabrielle Drake (who I had a massive crush on from her appearances on UFO) and the magnificent Tom Baker, arguably one of the coolest blokes ever.

[@Write_Charlie]

This line up is particularly top hole! 😁

[@FixerUK]

I can't help but remember Murray Mints, for some reason. And also multi coloured scarfs.

[@garyproffitt5941]

He shook my hand Tom Baker.

[@schrodingerscat1863]

Even game shows back then had class, everyone involved is so refined and erudite.

[@rondarporpoise3271]

Two rectors of St Andrews university., Coren and Muir. An honorific title but with responsibilities which needed to be taken seriously. Muir was excellent, a talking Rolls Royce.

[@Dirty_Hamble]

I was about 10 when this aired. What a year that was! Tom at the height of his powers and Star Wars and Grease (78) around the corner.

[@GNeuman]

Epic comb over

[@damonrobus-clarke533]

The combover by which all others are measured!

[@SimonMoon5]

It's always good to see 1970s Tom Baker getting more work.

[@Smudgie]

Imagine today, being introduced as the Mrs. of a brilliant playwright.

[@richc848]

And "a female doctor".

[@fuccasound3897]

so its UFO verses Dr Who.

[@dogwalker666]

Yes indeed.

[@mark-s]

​@@dogwalker666well one lasted a season other still going take your pick

[@dogwalker666]

@@mark-s Love them both, and UFO technically had 3 TV series because Space 1999 is series 2 of UFO. Actually Big Finish do audio versions of UFO, Dr Who (With original cast), Torchwood and Soace 1999. The Disney Who are not as good.

[@mark-s]

@@dogwalker666 yes loved space 1999 pity from 1978 dr who was not consistent with good episodes more bad than good

[@dogwalker666]

@@mark-s agreed, The Big finish stories are way better than the TV shows.

[@firecriss1392]

Doctor Who vs Lt Ellis---"would you like a jelly baby?"

[@gordonbeattie4864]

Fast forward a couple of decades and Mr Coren would be sitting in Mr Muir's position!

[@mickthemerciless9694]

From a civilised time. So sad how far we've fallen.

[@pigknickers2975]

It's so noticeable here. Imagine this programme today. The inevitable Stephen Fry and a load of BBC comedians being loud and unfunny.

[@ianmax69]

I wonder if Tom travelled back in his TARDIS just to verify incony was indeed used at the turn of the 16th Century !

[@dreamer459]

I hope so! 🤗🥰

[@David-xp7sr]

Gabriella looks just as nice without the purple hair.

[@postscript67]

"Arguably one of the best three writers now writing humour in England". Nice one! I presume he was archly hinting that the other two were Frank Muir and, well, did he mean his old partner Denis Norden, or his opposing captain Patrick Campbell?

[@styxcreek]

I know it’s just part of the game but I felt a pang when Gabrielle said her one claim to fame was an old uncle in the military

[@TheTristanmarcus]

When television was still good 💯

[@ianmangham4570]

She's beautiful ❤

[@bioLarzen]

Haha, Frank Muir not even realising (probably) that he is introducing his sucessor in Alan Coren :)

[@colinlax5094]

It's a real hoot

[@FudgeTheFurry]

I had a crush on Miriam Stoppard....

[@rnw2739]

Thank God you didn't say Margolyes. Otherwise, you'd almost certainly be certified.

[@stephenholmes1036]

Toggs or toggys i still the word for my heavy coat.

[@Kvbftng]

Was this on a Monday back then after the Waltons. I no mash was Friday at 9 PM.i think this was after or was it Rhoda after Walton's on bbc2 ,?

[@martydoherty2660]

Now you know where Harry Hill gets his ‘chat off side during the opening credits’ on TV Burp.

[@TheBrummie60]

When I happily paid for a TV licence.

[@daviddwyer5568]

Great stuff. Victoria Coren-Mitchell's Dad and Nick Drake's sister.

[@neilgodwin6531]

Frank Muir always reminds me of Cadbury's Fruit and Nut. Or "watch out, there's a Humphry about". Tom was Rasputin in "Nicholas and Alexandra", and Captain Rum in Blackadder ("you have a woman's legs, my lord"). Alan is the father of Victoria Coren Mitchell, of course. Gabrielle is still remembered and loved for her starring role in UFO

[@davidpollard4051]

Light years ahead of the disposable dross TV executives foist on us today. Six delightful entertainers on view here.

[@Mitzi-01x]

Yes, Entertainers. Unlike the shows of today.

[@tortysoft]

Tom would point out that a light year is a measure of distance, not time. I agree with the sentiment however.

[@PaulChiesa-db5zn]

Back when television was worth having.

[@johnlawrence2757]

Patrick Campbell did in fact suffer from a dreadful stutter and this programme gained much in terms of audience figures from the fascination of watching him get through it

[@Huwinwales]

A Coren on a quiz game, how times have changed

[@ilikethisnamebetter]

Imo, greatly for the worse, Corenwise.

[@stuartpeek2347]

Gabrielle drake gorgeous