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Mother's Day of Rest

Can the cheeky schoolboy help his mother on a very unusual day? Stars Jimmy Clitheroe. From May 1960.

Can the cheeky schoolboy manage to help his mother on a very unusual day?

Starring Jimmy Clitheroe. With Peter Sinclair as Grandfather, Patricia Burke as Mother, Diana Day as Susan, Danny Ross.as Alfie Hall and Leonard Williams as Theodore Craythorpe.

With Peter Goodwright and Tony Melody.

Just 4 feet 3 inches tall, the success of comic entertainer Jimmy Clitheroe (1921-1973) sprang from a Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Variety Playhouse try-out in the late 1950s. His naughty schoolboy act was a smash and he even wore school uniform during recordings! At its peak, ten million fans were tuning into 'The Clitheroe Kid' on the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Light Programme.

Every week, the Kid's schemes sparked havoc - with the ever present threat of a good spanking from Grandad. The Clitheroe Kid clocked up 16 series in its run from 1956 to 1972.

Theme music by Alan Roper and played by the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Northern Dance Orchestra directed by Alan Ainsworth

Scripted by James Casey and Ronnie Taylor.

Producer: James Casey.

First broadcast on the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Light Programme in May 1960.

30 minutes

Last on

Sun 5 Aug 2018 12:00

Broadcasts

  • Sun 5 Aug 2018 08:00
  • Sun 5 Aug 2018 12:00