Kenneth Williams hosts Wogan - 21st April 1986 - Derek Nimmo, Janet Brown, Norman Parkinson

Kenneth Williams hosts the 21st April 1986 edition of Wogan with guests Derek Nimmo, Janet Brown and Norman Parkinson

[@kf24777]

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[@jeffstone2136]

Williams should have hosted his own chat show. He does a fine job here.

[@AnthonyMonaghan]

I think he did have a short run chat show in the early 1970's, but it didn't work out.

[@brianmcneill1972]

@@AnthonyMonaghan That was Peter Cook

[@AnthonyMonaghan]

@@brianmcneill1972 Oh, thanks.

[@davidevans3227]

Kenneth Williams and Derek Nimmo.. what a treat 🙂

[@Dinvadbhatmarathi98]

Was Derek nimmo in the morning I've Don't Look Now playing the school headmaster

[@orchardist6559]

Great show highlighting the many skills of the so much missed Kenneth. Thank you for posting.

[@imerupp]

I absolutely love Kenneth Williams!

[@charlesdavis7087]

It doesn't heart if you have brains. Kenneth knew all the tricks of a vaudevillian, the bar songs and what his mother taught him. It was really the only thing he was good at. But he hated the fact he was gay. Never could come to terms with it. Nevertheless, Blessing Kenneth where ever you are. And you know......... you are!

[@harrymonk6]

@@charlesdavis7087 gay?

[@mikekemp9877]

loved this man met him twice so interesting and polite and sooo funny to hear him on round the horne or just a minute is to hear brilliance.

[@123rosebuds]

I enjoy Kenneth. There's a sweetness about him.

[@invisibleray6987]

He was a bitter old queen, read his diaries

[@sirbarnabyst.johntoffingto9017]

He knew his onions. . . . and his bunions.

[@jimisi7424]

Damm it! Why cant chat shows be like this now??

[@FrankieParadiso4evah]

KW's brilliant ad libbed intro alone makes one wonder why the BBC didn't give Wogan extended Irish leave.

[@KingFahtah]

Janet Brown was in her 60s there. Wow she looked amazing.

[@jeremyhaines3847]

This is very interesting and informative Kenneth Williams was in Carry On Ken and Round the Horne with Kenneth Horne The actress Janet Brown was married to the actor Peter Butterworth

[@brianrussel6012]

(guest) Lavrose, Kenneth's autobiography apparently revealed a very deep sadness...I only heard about this comparitively recently... But when performing, he could switch at a moment's notice from being knowledgeable and erudite, to being one of the characters the public love...in "Just A Minute" he often spoke very well....☺. Maybe by suddenly changing from serious to funny, he was afraid to be serious for too long, in case the audience lost interest ?🤔 Most probably they had come to see his " characters", and hear his funny voices.... You have to deliver what the public pay to see !🌟😊🌟 I really liked Kenneth's standing in for Terry Wogan, and thought he did a grand job. Do many folk know that in his earliest times, Kenneth was understudy to Richard Burton, in a stage play , and once he was asked to step in when R.B. was ill with Tomain ( ?) poisoning : Kenneth said he couldn't do it, as he " didn't know it" , so R.B sent out for loads of beer, drank it, and went on anyway.....did Kenneth get the sack after that ? I'd love to know what the repercussions were !!! At the very least, probably a flash of Welsh 🔥fury🔥 from R.B....?🤔.L.O.L..😊. That anecdote came out during an interview, which is here on KZbin somewhere...😊🤔😊. By the way, when he was talking to Janet Brown about Joan Rivers being " pranked" by the fake " Mrs Thatcher" in an unexpected set-up encounter, Kenneth seemed to be surprised and amused by the story : I have seen it here on KZbin , and it really dented Joan Rivers' brash, sometimes disrespectful style. It needed doing ! 😊🌈😊🇬🇧🌟😊

[@williamneumyer7147]

I liked it when he asked Nimmo about all the foreign muck he'd been eating.

[@kevintraynor4508]

I love Kenneths laugh

[@willlovesgaz]

i can't believe Janet Brown was 62 here ♥♥

[@mollyfilms]

Come on this is class compared to todays so called light entertainment. I maybe I’m my 50s, but this so much better than anything that’s on today. These people worked in rep, worked hard and if they were at the top of their game became a “celeb”. Look at todays so called celebs and they are mainly a vacant load of (insert word here). They have real life stories because they had real lives, not some made up drama taken from the script of East Enders .

[@DIETRICHCICCONE]

"I'm on the fish - and you're on the game..." hahaha

[@stevenbeaven1245]

From KW's diaries: "Monday, 21 April 1986 - Did more writing for tonight's (this) show. O dear! I'm 60 & still trying to be funny! Did run through. Then did the show. The preamble went fair - not fab, but OK, then the bit with Derek Nimmo, fair, then the song Elaine Paige: Dreary, then the bit with Janet Brown, v. good, then the limericks...OK, then Norman Parkinson. Ramble...Quick out. Everyone said it was OK after, but there was the feeling of something that hadn't quite come off."

[@gwinniboots]

A slightly awkward Kenneth Williams, doing his best with an audience far removed from his kind of humour. Bless him.

[@ianredpath8359]

Class has disappeared from tv these days. Gracious to those he is interviewing.

[@sharonjones873]

Kenneth Williams is the epitome of elegance.

[@russellwylie2815]

Wonderful

[@prince.mushroom]

the treat of this is the 🔥🔥 musical number

[@McSynth]

When two worlds collide... A carefully thought out traditional rant by K.W. which was (arguably) misplaced in the brave new DX7 world. Still wonderful to see.

[@sharonjones873]

Love Derek, he is a Posh Beatle!

[@brianrussel6012]

(guest). Dear Frankie Paradiso, Derek was also famous for "All Gas and Gaiters" a t.v. comedy series set in an English Bishop's residence, with Robertson Hare as an ancient friend; Derek was the general aide / helper, the Reverend Noot , or was that in another series? It's a long time ago !😊🤔... Derek's " stock in trade" was the stereotype " clergyman" with that particular "refined" style of speaking : innocent , hesitant, etc. "All Gas and Gaiters " should be here on KZbin somewhere!😊Enjoy!😊

[@Sameoldfitup]

Life is all memory

[@muhammadomer4674]

I remember that ball at the beginning

[@Cool2BCeltic]

You realise now what a massive workload Sir Terry had, that quite a lot of people deputised for him on his show.

[@nkt1]

The sea serpent limerick is hilarious.

[@CathyKitson]

I much prefer those links between programmes they used to have. Not having those previews of shows over and over again three million times, telling you the plot and boring the pants of everyone. Just a simple announcer telling you what's coming next.

[@sbaxter4207]

Kenneth would have been 95, in 2021. He died age 66, in 1988. So, he could have been active well into the 21st century.

[@alanberkeley7282]

He was 62 when he died. He could have been active for another 20 years yes

[@FrankieParadiso4evah]

Having only HEARD Derek Nimmo in Just A Minute, I always imagined he'd look like an Etonian Winnie the Pooh, and... lo and behold, I was right!

[@mustafabeer1791]

Aaah Kenneth Williams...……...stop messin' about!

[@gregcugola779]

Carry On In Heaven, A man of immense sensitivity and imagination, Far too fragile for this harsh, brutal, insensitive world. Yes Kenneth, Pearls to swine, Pissing on fallow ground, and against the wind, Up there with Noël Coward, 'What's the bloody point....?!!!'

[@johnmoorely7275]

It would appear Peter Butterworth was a lucky fellow.

[@derrickwalker9471]

Poor Derek, might still have been here but for that tragic accident.

[@DennisBloodnokPhotographyVideo]

Yes very sad about Derek Nimmo. A very talented man who is sadly missed.

[@alphabetaxenonzzzcat]

Yes, very sad. He was also Kenneth's sparring partner on BBC Radio 4's "Just a Minute".

[@timelordvictorious]

feel he should have done more hosting chat shows but knowing how unhappy he was in some work he did he might not have wanted.

[@martinjones5965]

28:43 KW "They've got the producers bootlaces in their mouths ... half of them ... terrible sycophants" 😀

[@nathelondon3719]

KW was always a great guest but this shows that he could have been a great host given his own chatshow.

[@tonychuter4830]

Two years later he was dead suicide his last words were oh what's the point...

[@jessiejames7492]

they didnt need any guests. just let him talk....hilarious

[@alanthomas938]

so sad about derek

[@Skidoo22]

Risqué

[@martinjones5965]

I find Carry On movies pathetic and boring but I'm a huge fan of Kenny as Derrick calls him. Working my way through JAM - Just A Minute.

[@davidevans3227]

..is this the year he passed?

[@davidevans3227]

..such a loss.. a man always always in my heart..

[@alanberkeley7282]

No two years later April 1988 though he doesn't look well here, the Cigarettes, depression and loneliness have aged him

[@davidevans3227]

@@alanberkeley7282 ..yeah.. thankyou..

[@bowler8]

yes, americans always take things at face value

[@get2rog]

Same with Canadians. They're just not so obvious.

[@MrWindermere123]

Kenneth Williams is witty and fluent but I can't help feeling that he's wasting his talent here on lightweight stuff. Actors such as Ian McKellen, Antony Hopkins and Patrick Stewart carry on getting better and making films but Kenneth Williams seemed to be stuck in his Carry On roles as a camp clown. He could have been brilliant in serious roles in later life.

[@sumthingwickedly]

Hate the musical interludes unless they're funny

[@pcalf101]

Shame they gave my Kenny such loathsome guests. Deserved better

[@seanlawman1518]

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