Barbara Windsor celebrates the colourful life of Betty Hutton, whose dynamic performances on stage, screen, radio and records earned her the nickname 'The Blonde Bombshell'.

Barbara Windsor celebrates the colourful life and career of funny gal Betty Hutton, whose dynamic performances on stage, screen, radio and records ensured that nobody went to sleep when she was on!

Starting out as a band singer (her sister Marion sang with Glenn Miller), Betty's irrepressible personality and dynamic performances soon led her to Broadway and Hollywood. Her movies included The Fleet's In, Incendiary Blonde, The Miracle Of Morgans Creek and (replacing a sick Judy Garland) Annie Get Your Gun.

Betty was a prolific recording artiste and turned out some great tracks including It's Oh So Quiet (1950) which was later a hit for Björk in the Nineties.

In the Fifties, Betty fought with Paramount and walked out on her contract. The doors of Hollywood banged shut behind her. She turned to stage shows and TV but never again attained the real stardom she had once enjoyed.