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Elstree Calling
Overview
A series of 19 musical and comedy "vaudeville" sketches presented in the form of a live television broadcast hosted by Tommy Handley (as himself).
Genres
Cast
Tommy Handley
The Host
Teddy Brown
Himself
Donald Calthrop
Himself / Petruchio in Taming of the Shrew
Jack Hulbert
Himself
Helen Burnell
Herself
The Three Eddies
Themselves
Lily Morris
Herself
Will Fyffe
Himself
Cicely Courtneidge
Herself
John Longden
Himself
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