Diminutive variety star Jimmy Clitheroe was the perpetual schoolboy whose abundant Northern humour charmed and entertained a generation of British audiences. Employing his four-foot three-inch stature and mischievous persona to brilliant comic effect he proved phenomenally popular in every medium from theatre to film and records with The Clitheroe Kid one of Britain's longest-running radio sitcoms drawing a peak audience of 10 million and spawning numerous catchphrases! In 1963 Clitheroe's roguish creation hit television screens causing further mischief for... his fictional family in this ABC sitcom co-starring ITMA veteran (and future Please Sir! star) Deryck Guyler and airing in the Midlands and northern England only. Presenting all seven half-hour episodes of That's My Boy along with the last remaining episode of sequel series Just Jimmy (also starring Mollie Sugden) this set celebrates a uniquely talented yet now largely forgotten star and introduces The Kid Himself to a new generation of classic comedy fans. [show more]
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All seven episodes of the 1960s sitcom starring Northern comic Jimmy Clitheroe as a mischievous schoolboy who causes all manner of havoc for his family. The show was based on the highly popular radio show 'The Clitheroe Kid', also starring Clitheroe, which numbered almost 300 episodes and in its prime regularly entertained an audience of ten million. The sitcom was produced by ABC Television and co-starred Deryck Guyler, June Monkhouse and Vicky Harrington. Also included is the only surviving episode of the sequel series 'Just Jimmy'.
Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play. Born in Clitheroe, Lancashire, in 1921, diminutive variety star Jimmy Clitheroe was the perpetual schoolboy whose abundant Northern humour charmed and entertained a generation of British audiences until his untimely death in 1973, aged just 51. Employing his four-foot, three-inch stature and mischievous persona to brilliant comic effect, he proved phenomenally popular in every medium from theatre to film and records, with The Clitheroe Kid, one of Britain's longest-running radio sitcoms, drawing a peak audience of 10 million and spawning numerous catchphrases! In 1963 Clitheroe's roguish creation hit television screens, causing further mischief for his fictional family in this ABC sitcom co-starring ITMA veteran (and future Please Sir! star) Deryck Guyler, and airing in the Midlands and northern England only. Presenting all seven half-hour episodes of That's My Boy, along with the last remaining episode of sequel series Just Jimmy (also starring Mollie Sugden), this set celebrates a uniquely talented yet now largely forgotten star, and introduces The Kid Himself to a new generation of classic comedy fans.
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