Presented in a conversation between Compton Mackenzie and Colin MacInnes with recollections by Max Beerbohm, G.H. Elliott, Marie Kendall, Marie Lloyd Jnr., Ella Retford, Ella Shields, Albert Whelan, Daisy Wood and others who remember her with affection and admiration
Some of Marie Lloyd's songs are taken from original recordings, others are sung by her daughter Marie Lloyd Jnr. with Harry Davidson and his Orchestra