Caroline Aherne packs her suitcase and takes some of her favourite fellow pensioners off to the casino capital of the world, Las Vegas, for the first of three special programmes. In tonight's edition, the intrepid interviewer's guests are Hollywood film star Tony Curtis, and Patrick Duffy, who played Bobby Ewing in the worldwide hit soap opera Dallas.
The number of times I've enjoyed a programme so much that I've forgotten I was reviewing it can be counted on the fingers of a mitten: The Fast Show, House of Cards, Beyond the Clouds, the Challenger Space Shuttle, that's about it. But last night's show can be added to the list, due to a breathtaking combination of improvisation, controlled audience participation and inspired writing (from Aherne, Craig Cash, Henry Normal and Dave Gorman).
Victor Lewis-Smith, Evening Standard, 11th April 1997
