The Good Old Days - 31/01/1978 - 7:40 pm Saturday, January 31 on BBC Four

About this Broadcast

31/01/1978
Season 1, Episode 1

Leonard Sachs hosts a 1978 edition of the old-time music hall programme from the Leeds City Varieties, featuring artists Les Dawson, Lorna Luft, Stephanie Voss, Bryan Burdon, Bill Drysdale, Chrissie Cartwright, Valente-Valente and Peter Reeves

subtitles

Show/Game Show Variety Show

Cast & Crew

Leonard Sachs (Host)

Les Dawson (Performer)

Lorna Luft (Performer)

Stephanie Voss (Performer)

Bryan Burdon (Performer)

Bill Drysdale (Performer)

Albert Aldred (Performer)

Chrissie Cartwright (Performer)

Valente-Valente (Performer)

Peter Reeves (Actor)

Barney Colehan (Producer)

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Did You Know..

Leonard Sachs (Host)

Les Dawson (Performer)

Lorna Luft (Performer)

Born: November 21, 1952 in California

Best Known For: Being Judy Garland's daughter.

Early-life: Born November 21, 1952, in Santa Monica, California. The elder of two children from her mother's third marriage to producer Sidney Luft. Has a younger brother, Joey, and her half-sister is Liza Minnelli. Before her parents' divorce in 1965 she claims to have been unaware of her mother's drug problem, but after it became her carer, administering the medication she needed to function. Eventually, the stress proved too much and Luft had a breakdown.

Career: Made her professional debut on The Judy Garland Show in 1963. After studying at the Banff School of Fine Arts she began appearing in numerous Broadway shows, including Mame, Grease and The Boy Friend. Concert and theatre tours, most recently Songs My Mother Taught Me, a celebration of Garland's work. On TV Luft has starred in MASH spin-off Trapper John MD, as well as guest appearances in McCloud, Murder, She Wrote and The Twilight Zone. Films include 54 and My Giant.

Quote: "I had to go through a childhood with incredible highs which mellowed out and then went into a landslide and there was nothing any of us could do about it."

Trivia: Her autobiography, Me and My Shadows: A Family Memoir, was made into a TV movie in 2001.