40 minutes
2/16/1989
A celebration of Max Miller , comedian and star. Presented by Gerald Scarfe with Max Bygraves Charlie Chester , Doris Hare Jean Kent , Alec McCowen, Tommy Trinder , Max Wall, Bernie Winters and Max Miller 'I'm ready for bed - anybody?' Max Miller , dazzling in chintz and gaudy plus-fours, one foot on the footlights, leering and howling with delight, confronted his audience. Sexual innuendo was his game. He trod a dangerous line, just this side of respectability, across the Music Halls of the 30s and 40s. On the stage of the Hackney Empire, with chorus girls and full supporting acts, Gerald Scarfe re-creates Max Miller 's rise from the back streets of Brighton to the top of the bill. The most outrageous comedian of his day, Max was banned by the BBC, in trouble over the Royal Command Performance, admired and hated by the comics of his age - and ours
Gerald Scarfe
as Self - Presenter
Max Miller
as Self (archive footage)
Clive Allen
as Self
Max Bygraves
as Self
Charlie Chester
as Self
Doris Hare
as Self
Jean Kent
as Self
Alec McCowen
as Self
Lis Solkhon
as Self
Tommy Trinder
as Self
Max Wall
as Self
Bernie Winters
as Self
Kathleen Marsh
as Self (as Mrs Miller) (archive footage)
John Bardon
as Max Miller Impersonator
Carlotta Downton
as Max Miller Impersonator
Roger Downton
as Max Miller Impersonator
Anthony Howes
as Max Miller Impersonator
Richard Saunders
as Max Miller Impersonator
Tony Scott
as Max Miller Impersonator
Jack Seaton
as Max Miller Impersonator
Albert Shirley
as Max Miller Impersonator
Terri Carol
as Performer
Tim Godwin
as Performer
Joe Lloyd
as Performer
Maudie Mason
as Performer
Majorie Moon
as Performer
Vic Templar
as Performer
Brian Walker
as Performer
Terry Wing
as Performer