The Clive James Screen Test
Broadcast
1984
© LWT London Weekend Television
The original "Before They Were Famous", except that this is funny and boasts a genuinely witty host. As a one-hour special, unrepeated and not spun into sequels, it is a novelty rather than a re-hash. Clive James is at his peak with droll observations about Bonnie Langford, Liz Taylor, Joan Collins, Ronald and Nancy Reagan, Tom Selleck, John Forsythe, Bryan Moseley, Betty Driver, Noel Gordon. You name 'em, this show's got a clip of 'em! Great stuff.