David Suchet on Sid Field, 26th October BBC4 9pm

[salymap]

The Last of the Music Hall Heroes.

I've only watched half so far [on iplayer] but it brings back memories of a very funny com
edian who went out of fashion, rather as Danny Kaye did.

He died when I was a teenager, but I remember his 'Piccadilly Hayride', which I saw in a London theatre, and his rather bad film with Petula Clark, redeemed for me by his singing 'You can't keep a good dreamer down'. I had a record of the latter song and played it to bits.

Wonder if it's on Youtube or somewhere? Does anyone else remember him?

[amateur51]

I'll try to catch this later, salymap. Here's a bit of a sketch he did with Jerry Desmond, taken from a rather good series that the much-missed (by me at any rate) Bob Monkhouse did:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpO80p8fW3s&feature=results_video&playnext=1&list=PL9BF38D1CADF71848

He makes me smile rather than hoot but you can see he's a class act. Thanks for your memories

[Stillhomewardbound]

I saw David Suchet in the play based on Sid Field, 'What A Performance!'.

One of the most entertaining evenings I've spent in a theatre.