The Good Old Days (1953)

Genre

comedy

Country

United Kingdom

Length

31 seasons, 248 episodes

Rating

10.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This is a British TV variety show that recreates Victorian and Edwardian music hall performances. The audience dresses in period costumes and sings along. A host introduces acts from a desk on stage.

nostalgiclivelytheatricalplayfulold-fashionedparticipatorylight-hearted

What happens

The Good Old Days was a BBC television light entertainment programme produced by Barney Colehan which ran for 30 years from 20 July 1953 to 31 December 1983. It was performed at the Leeds City Varieties and recreated an authentic atmosphere of the Victorian–Edwardian music hall with songs and sketches of the era performed in the style of the original artistes. The audience dressed in period costume and joined in the singing, especially "Down at the Old Bull and Bush" which normally closed the show each week. The show was compered throughout its whole run (except for the first two shows) by Leonard Sachs, who introduced the acts from a desk situated at the side of the stage. In the course of its run it featured about 2,000 performers. Each show was up to an hour long. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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