Home Advent Calendar 2017 Day 16: Russ Abbot Christmas Show, 1986

And just look at that perfectly positioned ident! Songs of joy and tears of laughter follow, the first sketch after the opening titles putting Bella Emberg in a compromising position at the start and not logically developing much further. Les Dennis appears to be playing the role Russ himself had in Freddie Starr's Variety Madhouse, that is to say getting almost as much screen time and just as many laughs as the named star. Spot Gordon Kennedy hoping the earth swallows him whole as CU Jimmy's mute sideman at 31 minutes.