In recent times Prunella Scales along with her husband Timothy West have often been on our TV screens as they chug along the canal system in a selection of narrow boats. They have visited many parts of Britain and in the last series they were to be found in Sweden. In April 1973 the play the Double Dealer was showing at the Billingham Forum and as you can see it was directed by Prunella Scales. Amongst a large cast was the late Pete Postlethwaite.
Images and details courtesy of Martin Birtle.
When Phil Silvers appeared at the Forum he was in the aptly named A Funny Thing happened on the way to the Forum. Driving your car off the Tranny would definitely fall into this category.
Does anyone else remember when Phil Silvers (Sargent Bilcow) played the Forum and afterwards, drove his car off the Transporter Bridge into the net below ?.
It was Terry Scott who drove his car off the Transporter Bridge in March 1974. The link below takes you to an article, about the bridge, in the Independent newspaper and mentions the incident.
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/architecture/high-and-mighty-the-middlesbrough-transporter-bridge-turns-100-2189029.html
I think the comedian who drove his car off the Transporter into the netting was Terry Scott. At the time I think he was slightly inebriated.