JIMMY CLITHEROE: THAT'S MY BOY IN SOUTH AFRICA

Product Description Diminutive variety star Jimmy Clitheroe was the perpetual schoolboywhose abundant Northern humour charmed and entertained a generation ofBritish audiences. Employing his four-foot, three-inch stature andmischievous persona to brilliant comic effect, he proved phenomenallypopular in every medium from theatre to film and records, with TheClitheroe Kid, one of Britain's longest-running radio sitcoms,drawing a peak audience of 10 million and spawning numerouscatchphrases! In 1963 Clitheroe's roguish creation hit television screens, causingfurther mischief for his fictional family in this ABC sitcomco-starring ITMA veteran (and future Please Sir! star) Deryck Guyler, and airing in the Midlands and northern Englandonly. Presenting all seven half-hour episodes of That's My Boy,along with the last remaining episode of sequel series JustJimmy (also starring Mollie Sugden), this set celebrates auniquely talented yet now largely forgotten star, and introduces TheKid Himself to a new generation of classic comedy fans.