A Variety Club lunch is the one honour not already bestowed upon Earl Mountbatten , one of the few Viceroys to star in a Charles Chaplin film.
To remedy this omission, stars from every branch of show business will arrive at the Dorchester to drink to a man who over the past 79 years has taken the occasional bow himself. Commentator RAY MOORE
Sound ROBIN LUXFORD
Lighting HUGH CARTWRIGHT Producer MICHAEL BEGG