Simply Sykes

Aroview: Comprising two shows made for Thames Television; Sykes - With the Lid Off (1971) has comedy legend Eric Sykes dare to take the lid off the many and varied forms of theatrical entertainment, while The Eric Sykes 1990 Show (1982) has Eric predict that by 1990 celebrities will have to pay for their own TV shows...

Here he reunites with several comedy collaborators, including fellow Plank star Tommy Cooper and Hattie Jacques, with musical interludes from classical guitarist John Williams.