The Green Tie on the Little Yellow Dog

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This three-part series revives old music hall monologues, songs and sketches. A large cast of well-known British performers, including Leonard Rossiter, Cilla Black and Julie Walters, bring these historical routines to life on television.

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The Green Tie on the Little Yellow Dog is a three-part British television series that aired on Channel 4 in July 1983. It featured monologues, songs and sketches that had been popularised during the era of music hall, which were performed by a large cast, including Leonard Rossiter, Cilla Black and Julie Walters. It included the last professional engagement of veteran performer Arthur Askey, and was the first occasion where Maureen Lipman performed as Joyce Grenfell. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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