Frankie Howerd | Beryl Reid | Denis Norden | Alan Whicker | Looks Familiar | 1978

Denis Norden. CBE hosts the popular Thames TV show 'Looks Familiar' in these extracts he chats to British icons of TV and the big screen - Alan Whicker, CBE, Beryl Reid. OBE and Comedy Legend Frankie Howerd. OBE.
Filmed in 1978
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[@davidloughlin2238]

3 people from the days when a star was someone who had great talent, not just someone who went into a house for 10 weeks with a bunch of other nobodies and made their reputation by behaving badly. They were marvellous and I could listen to them all day.

[@morgansifer]

I'd forgotten how funny Beryl Reid was. And I could listen to Alan Whicker talk for hours.

[@Iain1962]

Lovely, a quiet chat with diverse friends. Nice the way they start asking each other questions it's more like a dinner conversation than an interview show. We should have stuff like this on the BBC today instead of the junk that they pass off for TV these days.

[@philsooty5421]

OMG I saw Frankie in that pantomime in Sheffield, he was brilliant!

[@Dogsgrove]

All FOUR of these amazing people are now gone 🥺🥺 this is all we have left memories THANKS FOR SHARING X

[@meirwise1107]

RIP Frankie Howerd my comedy hero.

[@hughjass2745]

was a well known predator though, as told by Bob Monkhouse.

[@MrLetmein2011]

Bless you Beryl , I loved her in Entertaining Mr Sloane .

[@paulblatchfordplymouth]

Me too! Absolutely hilarious she was in that film.

[@Gwailo54]

I was lucky enough to see her on stage in the play. That was in 1974 or 1975 at the Duke of York’s.

[@MrDavey2010]

Also Sister George - terrific!

[@paulweir7122]

@@MrDavey2010 Mr.Sloane and Sister George - fabulous!

[@steveellis9004]

Connie Sachs with George Smiley.

[@geoffreyjonathanwilson5826]

Four legends for sure 😉

[@geoffjoffy]

Great memories from all three - including the host, Denis. Beryl often played a lot of battleaxes in her career, but here as herself she is rather an attractive, witty, polite middle aged lady. Thanks for uploading and reminding us what true TV and stage stars were.

[@TenorReacts]

Thank you! I could of watched another 2 hours of this!

[@deanwilletts7428]

Nat Elliott-Ross Me too !

[@bar10ml44]

This is pure pleasure

[@Daz_K]

Love this - saw Frankie live at High Wycombe who was a judge at a beauty contest, along with Brian Cant. Frankie did a impromptu act, I loved it.

[@rmstitanic8163]

I feel so privileged to have grown up during the days when these great entertainers /actors/comedians were regulars on TV and film. These were real stars. Real celebrities. Real talents. Not just faces on the TV from nowhere, as it is nowadays. I especially love watching Frankie Howerd. He never failed/fails to make me laugh. What a comic genius.

[@davidrobinson8224]

Watching that interview I think that was the best I've ever seen. You couldn't get any more diverse set of people than Alan Whicker and Beryl/Frankie. They all seemed totally relaxed, like a quiet evening with friends

[@keithdavidson4723]

Great to see these great stars reminiscing.

[@DavidBensonActor]

Fascinating discussion

[@dean9235]

Sister George. Amazing!

[@georgegoodyear9631]

Thanks for the memories.

[@davidkennedy1077]

Wow, I was only 4 at the time. I remember all these greats well and Norden is a great host, I only remember him presenting It'll Be Alright On The Night. RIP Legends of yesteryear.

[@mikehudson8884]

Excellent clip with Denis Norden and guests, all dead now sadly.

[@shirlegirling6830]

I remember all of these people 👍

[@marcusashwell8314]

Celebrities of yesteryear the antithesis of present day so called celebrities

[@morgansifer]

And so say all of us.

[@martinhobson7472]

Interesting people.... interested stories... now we have ‘The Last Leg’

[@rodneyarnoldi]

Thank you for uploading the video. Lovely to see all these people again. Beryl Reid was wonderful in The Entertaining of Mr Sloane.

[@vilebrequin6923]

My favourite film!

[@stephenholmes1036]

These 3 i could listen to for a day, real talent

[@kwamenkrumah8900]

Superb

[@gentsw13]

Did anyone mention Frankie Howard in 'Variety Bandbox'? I think it was broadcast on a BBC radio station The Light Programme, (?) Frankie shared the top billing once a fortnight with Dereck Roy (?)

[@andynixon2820]

Excellent .

[@ianrobinson9243]

In its day a star line up , nowadays it would be a love island contestant , winner of bake off and some wannabe who came 6th in Britain’s Got Talent.

[@paulweir7122]

Always enjoyed the programme even though I was only in my 20s, used to get some wonderful guests, like these three; couldn't have it now with the nonentities in the entertainment business.

[@chrispteemagician]

Thank you so much for sharing these, iut's made my day seeing them again.

[@neilblackshaw3486]

The style of interviews that are sadly lacking on TV, nowadays ...

[@faithmapstone9982]

I loved fullstop ⭐️🐈⭐️

[@annoldham3018]

Oh man, that sofa is quintessential 70s.

[@ChefSteve-vx2sr]

Just getting into it when it ended....:(

[@mikekemp9877]

the runaway bus is notable for two reasons one is its margaret rutherfords only part as a villainess! the other was despite its tiny budget at the end it underran by 7 minutes and would not be accepted by the cinemas as a first feature but rather a b picture support which would drastically effect the profits as it could sit around for years waiting to be teamed with a big movie or not shown at all!the profits on the b picture were miniscule also. no problem said frank ill use the telephone box.he then still on the foggy set went into a phone box and ad libbed a hysterically funny phone call which ma de up the missing minutes and made it a feature presentation. oddly now for ad breaks and time spot the scene that saved the film was often cut f to fit the slot so it isnt always seen when it pops up on tv

[@londoncalling151]

Thank you. I'm just sittng agog at 4 perfect speakers of English, all from England. The best days of the UK lie ahead.

[@reedfinn7826]

Better than Graham Norton this week

[@paulweir7122]

Better than Norton any week, I cannot understand why any tv or radio station would employ him.

[@annoldham3018]

Oh god yes!😂

[@trevorrandom]

Fabulous chat but that set... Omg!

[@l511695]

Beryl Reid doing Margret Rutherford, classic

[@geordie1032]

From the days when we actually had class talent

[@tonybrooks7201]

I was at tottenham court road studios on the looks familier show in 1976 with Mr nordon beryl reed yolan donlon val guest jimmy tarbuck his dad was there dennis always go XYZ before a show examine your zip what a hero

[@tonyadeney1245]

sweet

[@petebest22]

A smashing looking woman was beryl 😊

[@salvadormarley]

Anybody got a time machine?

[@cloudsparrow7729]

Love how when Spitting Image started, taking the p1ss out of the Royal Family . Nobody knew what the Queen Mother talked like, so they went with Beryl Reid

[@jeffreyadams648]

Those were the days.

[@MrDustpile]

Why bits are chopped out I don't know.

[@dean9235]

Bloody damn meerkat adverts!

[@ifn_media]

Can't believe Moon Cat wasn't invited !!!

[@JJONNYREPP]

Frankie Howerd | Beryl Reid | Denis Norden | Alan Whicker | Looks Familiar | 1978 1122am 16.5.23 is there a place for such light televisual programming wherein stars of stage and screen come into chat about their formative years etc etc etc...? probably. though hollywood eggs probably would scupper that kindda caper... do we have the talent to chat to? yes, we do. i like beryl reid for other reasons - though she did star in that horror film... which featured in a comic strip in a horror comic - of all publications - about some deformed beast imprisoned in the cellar or was it the attic? i mean... kids who cant find work or cant be arsed going into college would enjoy this kindds stuff? hmmmmmm... probably not... but we would.

[@farmbrough]

Not bad, but there's a lot of this missing.

[@Mr2pint]

So much brown my eyes hurt..

[@joanneentwistle7653]

Especially on Frankie, including his suntan!

[@Lytton333]

I can see sage green, royal blue, orange.. are you retinally challenged?

[@Mr2pint]

@@Lytton333 bless lol

[@annoldham3018]

The 70s was riddled with it. And orange. 😂

[@Sameoldfitup]

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[@scottandrewbrass1931]

All of them. Completely dead.

[@jimmymalone9139]

FRANKIE BENT AS A 9 BOB NOTE

[@paulweir7122]

So? What is your point? Do all people in the public eye have to be ' straight '?

[@palmereldritch7777]

Thank god he is - he's legend. Up Pompei was wonderful.

[@rickykilby4672]

Who cares,a really funny man,what has his sexuality got to with it.

[@palmereldritch7777]

@@rickykilby4672 Actually sexuality makes for great comedians. It's high time panicky straights started realizing : being gay, lesbian, intersex, queer comes with certain advantages too. Time, people stopped thinking of it in terms of a handicap-an unfortunate defect. You could and should- in general - treat everybody equal. But just as in racism, there are plenty areas where Africans, Asians, LGBTQI people beat their square counterparts fair and square. I'd call it good genes and upbringing. And yeah, some straight people can be good artists as well, they just have to work a little harder at it.

[@alanmackinnon3516]

And?

[@asc.445]

All dead.

[@jasonbarker8266]

Ya a morbid cxxt just enjoy

[@christopherwalters9710]

Beryl Reid - what a class act. So talented. In Entertaining Mr Sloane - such dry/camp humour. Chris Dudley 🌻