Win Howerd's ITV shows on DVD

A new collection of Frankie Howerd shows has been released on DVD this week – and we have five copies to give away.

Oh Please Yourselves contains six shows the comic icon made for ITV between 1973 and 1991, a year before he died.

The collection includs a documentary from 1973 following Howerd on a tour playing to the troops in Northern Ireland; 1974’s Frankie Howerd In Concert; the 1980 variety show Frankie Howerd Reveals All; the 1987 live show Superfrank!; Frankie Howerd On Campus, recorded at Oxford University in 1990 and the 1991 special Further Up Pompeii.

The shows feature guests including John Le Mesurier, Sheila Steafel and Kenny Lynch, and writing from Johnny Speight, Barry Cryer and Galton & Simpson Here is a trailer.

Also included as extras are two full episodes of the Russell Harty chat show from 1974 and 1979 when Howerd was a guest.

The DVD has been released by Network, with an rrp of £19.99, but to stand a chance of winning just answer the following question by September 12, when the winners will be drawn at random from all correct answers received. Usual terms and conditions apply, with bulk entries being disqualified.

Good luck!

What was the name of Frankie Howerd’s character in Up, Pompeii?

Published: 2 Sep 2011