She Knows Y'Know [DVD]

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The infection may, for example, mutate into variants which are still transmissible, but less virulent. Ending not with a bang, but a whimper. WE were arguing about who sang You’re The One That I Want. No, not the John Travolta and Olivia Newton John version –the other one. Because this is a comedy, the social conventions of that time can be laughed at as they are not so in your face or emotive. Jean Ferguson recalls this edition of This Is Your Life in her book, She Knows You Know! reproduced here with kind permission of the author...

In her late seventies her dementia worsened and in 1981 she moved to a care home for retired performers in London. Her final two years were spent in hospital, where she died in May 1986, at the age of 81. For a generation of TV and film viewers, Hylda Baker will be forever remembered as a feisty and sharp-tongued performer whose mangled monologues and comical facial contortions had us rolling in the aisles. Her biggest success, however, was in a sitcom called Nearest and Dearest, the story of Nellie Pledge, would-be queen of Colne, and her family of preserving cases. Harrison in those days, Audrey was also there in 1946 when fire destroyed almost everything they'd built up at the old Temperance Hall in Gladstone Street. "We put on a show that night in the Mechanics Hall, then moved to the Co-operative Hall and up to the Royal Astoria.You're the One That I Want – Full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company. Official Charts Company.

He'd met Hylda, successfully transferred from music hall to television, at a show business party. "She looked all the way up at me, said she was going to need a feed at the end of the following week and asked if I'd like to give it a go. My attitude was that I'd do anything once." Most immediately, we have yet to subdue Covid. For now, it remains a potent threat. We have simply to believe that it will subside, conquered by vaccination. That this too will pass. Eventually. Monthly Film Bulletin said "Hearty over-acting from Hylda Baker cannot prevent this being just one more conveyor-belt North Country farce. All the old familiar jokes and situations are affectionately preserved, with a pop singer and coffee bar thrown in to prove that the film’s makers are bang up to date with the mood of the fifties." [3] In 1955, her music hall skills were used to full effect on BBC Television’s “The Good Old Days”, which led to a TV series, “Be Soon”, named after another of her catchphrases. More TV work followed, together with film roles including a memorable turn as ‘Aunt Ada” in the 1960 classic “Saturday Night and Sunday Morning”, starring Albert Finney. Other film cameos included “Up the Junction” and “Oliver!”, both in 1968, but it was in TV sitcoms where Hylda Baker found her true home and became a household name. They gave her time to get herself tidied up, and when they brought her into the studio, the first thing she said was, "Oh dear, I have no idea what I'm doing here, I stepped out of the car, and there I was lying prostitute on the pavement." The audience roared. Her family were all there, and had been taken to the studios earlier in the day, but sadly her mother and her brother Harold had died by this time. Auntie Agnes was there, though, a real favourite of Hylda's, and one of the high spots of the show was that Hylda and her brother and sisters did the 'six Lancashire steps' with the clog dance.She continued making occasional appearances, including a hilarious 1978 musical parody with Arthur Mullard of the hit song from Grease, “You’re the One That I Want”. Dressed in costumes and wigs to ape Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta, the 73-year-old Baker and 68-year-old Mullard gave one of the most bizarre “Top of the Pops” performances ever to a studio audience of bemused teenagers after their version reached number 22 in the charts. Sources tell me that the Treasury is determined to restrict the scope of that review to basic arithmetic, seeking to revisit the concessions made last time. It is what Treasury officials do, it is part of their charm.