celebrate their Silver Wedding Anniversary (1930-1955)
with some of the friends who have influenced, or been associated with, their lives and careers

The man of letters - J.B. Priestley

The man of 'parts' - Eric Portman

From the Variety Theatre and Pantomime
Vera Lynn, Turner Layton, Beryl Reid, Rawicz and Landauer, Gwladys Stanley Laidler, Billy Danvers, Dorothy Ward, Shaun Glenville

From BBC Sound Broadcasting and Television
H. Rooney Pelletier (Controller, Light Programme), John Coatman (Former North Regional Controller), John Snagge, Geoffrey Bridson, Jan Bussell, Barney Colehan and Nan Macdonald, Brian Tesler (Producer of 'Ask Pickles'), Larry and Pauline Forrester, Pamela Russell

The man who introduced Wilfred to Mabel, Arthur Belt

The man who sold the wedding ring, Daniel Williams

The lady who made the wedding dress, Mrs. Edith Arcari

and the two people who know them best - Wilfred's Mother, Mrs. Margaret Pickles, Mabel's Mother, Mrs. Catherine Myerscough

Flashbacks from three famous plays starring Wilfred Pickles:
'Cure for Love' (his first West End appearance) with Marjorie Rhodes and Rene Ray
'Hobson's Choice' (his record-breaking run at Blackpool) with Pauline Jameson and Rosemary Davis
'The Gay Dog' (his most recent stage success) with Nuna Davy, Brian Trueman, and David King-Wood
Dramatic sequences directed by Frederick Bradnum

BBC Variety Orchestra directed by Paul Fenoulhet
Narrator, Frederick Allen
Script written by Gale Pedrick
Produced by Alfred Dunning and Stephen Renaud Williams