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''Captain Beaky & His Band (Not Forgetting Hissing Sid!!!)'', commonly shortened to ''Captain Beaky & His Band'' or ''Captain Beaky'', is the title of two
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s (volumes 1 and 2) of poetry by
Jeremy Lloyd John Jeremy Lloyd, OBE (22 July 1930 – 23 December 2014) was an English writer, screenwriter, author, poet and actor. He was the co-writer of several successful British sitcoms, including ''Are You Being Served?'' and Allo 'Allo!''. Ear ...
set to music by Jim Parker and recited by various British celebrities. The albums generated two books of poetry,
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shows, a West End musical, a
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(''Captain Beaky and His Musical Christmas'' performed by Twiggy, Eleanor Bron,
Keith Michell Keith Joseph Michell (1 December 1926 – 20 November 2015) was an Australian actor who worked primarily in the United Kingdom, and was best known for his television and film portrayals of King Henry VIII. He appeared extensively in Shakespeare ...
and Jeremy Lloyd at the Apollo Victoria Theatre, London, in December 1981), performances by the National Youth Ballet of Great Britain and a gala in aid of
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performed by Roger Moore,
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, Jeremy Lloyd and the National Youth Ballet at the Royal Albert Hall, London, in December 2011. The first album was released on
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in 1977 and the second in 1980. Both were re-released on
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in 2002. Captain Beaky's band consist of Timid Toad, Reckless Rat, Artful Owl and Batty Bat. The title track from the first album, "Captain Beaky", was released as a 7 inch single with "Wilfred the Weasel" and "Blanche" on the B-side by Polydor in 1980; it reached Number 5 in the
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and number 36 in Australia. The song, sung by
Keith Michell Keith Joseph Michell (1 December 1926 – 20 November 2015) was an Australian actor who worked primarily in the United Kingdom, and was best known for his television and film portrayals of King Henry VIII. He appeared extensively in Shakespeare ...
, informs us that: According to Jonathan Rowlands, the producer of both albums, when
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disc jockey
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heard colleague Tony Blackburn play the record, "he grabbed it from his turntable, played it just once, and the result was that an atomic scientist who was on secondment with the British Museum, upon hearing the show and recognising that Captain Beaky's bete-noir Hissing Sid was not all that bad, wrote in o the BBCproclaiming "Hissing Sid Is Innocent Okay!". The character of Hissing Sid is a snake, mentioned in both "Captain Beaky" on the first album and "The Trial of Hissing Sid" on the second. The slogan "Hissing Sid is Innocent!" became a popular catch phrase, appearing everywhere including as a graffito on walls (sometimes as a modification for earlier " George Davis is Innocent!" graffiti, especially after Davis' second conviction), on
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s, and on car stickers.


Track listings


Volume I

First released on vinyl in 1977. Re-released as a compact disc (EAN 5032796014621) in 2002. # "Captain Beaky",
Keith Michell Keith Joseph Michell (1 December 1926 – 20 November 2015) was an Australian actor who worked primarily in the United Kingdom, and was best known for his television and film portrayals of King Henry VIII. He appeared extensively in Shakespeare ...
# "Harold the Frog", Harry Secombe # "Jacques, a Penniless French Mouse",
Peter Sellers Peter Sellers (born Richard Henry Sellers; 8 September 1925 – 24 July 1980) was an English actor and comedian. He first came to prominence performing in the BBC Radio comedy series ''The Goon Show'', featured on a number of hit comic songs ...
# "Nathaniel Gnat", Twiggy # "Wilfred the Weasel",
Keith Michell Keith Joseph Michell (1 December 1926 – 20 November 2015) was an Australian actor who worked primarily in the United Kingdom, and was best known for his television and film portrayals of King Henry VIII. He appeared extensively in Shakespeare ...
# "Dilys the Dachshund", Harry Secombe # "The Snail", Twiggy # "Blanche", Keith Michell # "My Best Friend", Jeremy Lloyd # "The Ginger Cat", Keith Michell # "Desmond the Duck", Harry Secombe # "Ronald the Rat", Twiggy # "The Haggis Season", Peter Sellers # "Dennis the Dormouse", Twiggy # "Herbert the Hedgehog", Harry Secombe # "Doreen the Duckling",
The King's Singers The King's Singers are a British a cappella vocal ensemble founded in 1968. They are named after King's College in Cambridge, England, where the group was formed by six choral scholars. In the United Kingdom, their popularity peaked in the 19 ...
(CD edition only) # Overture "The Orchestra"


Volume II

First released on vinyl in 1980. Re-released as a compact disc (EAN 5032796014720) in 2002. # "The Trial of Hissing Sid!!!", Keith Michell # "Jock the Flea", Jeremy Lloyd # "Candle Tango", Keith Michell # "Fred and Marguerite",
Petula Clark Petula Sally Olwen Clark, CBE (born 15 November 1932) is an English singer, actress, and composer. She has one of the longest serving careers of a British singer, spanning more than seven decades. Clark's professional career began during the ...
# "Helen the Hippo",
Penelope Keith Dame Penelope Anne Constance Keith, (née Hatfield; born 2 April 1940) is an English actress and presenter, active in film, radio, stage and television and primarily known for her roles in the British sitcoms '' The Good Life'' and '' To the M ...
# "Mandy the Mouse",
Noel Edmonds Noel Ernest Edmonds (born 22 December 1948) is an English television presenter, radio DJ, writer, producer, and businessman. Edmonds first became known as a disc jockey on Radio Luxembourg before moving to BBC Radio 1 in the UK. He has presente ...
# "Fanshaw the Fly", Keith Michell # "Stanley the Stork",
Peter Skellern Peter Skellern (14 March 1947 – 17 February 2017) was an English singer-songwriter and pianist who rose to fame in the 1970s. He had two top twenty hits on the UK Singles Chart - " You're a Lady" (1972), which typifies his signature use of b ...
# "Kenny the Koala", Harry Secombe # "Daddy Long Legs", Peter Skellern (with footnotes by
Lionel Blair Lionel Blair (born Henry Lionel Ogus; 12 December 1928 – 4 November 2021) was a Canadian-born British actor, choreographer, tap dancer, and television presenter. From the late 1960s until the early 1980s, he made regular appearances as a danc ...
) # "Browser Long", Penelope Keith # "Enrico the Canary", Harry Secombe # "Teddy's Tea Time", Jeremy Lloyd # "Wendell the Worm", The King's Singers # "The Bumble Bee", Petula Clark # "Dotty the Cuckoo", Noel Edmonds # "Camille", Matthew Vine # "Captain Beaky's Christmas Pantomime", Keith Michell # "Captain Beaky's Christmas Carol", Matthew Vine The original vinyl and cassette editions differ slightly from this track listing, omitting some tracks but including the additional "Doreen the Duckling", The King's Singers and with "Teddy's Tea Time" titled "Nearly Four".


Captain Beaky and His Band

Most of Volume I and Volume II, slightly re-ordered, issued as a cassette by Polydor. # "Captain Beaky", Keith Michell # "Harold the Frog", Harry Secombe # "Jacques, a Penniless French Mouse", Peter Sellers # "Desmond the Duck", Harry Secombe # "Wilfred the Weasel", Keith Michell # "Dilys the Dachshund", Harry Secombe # "The Snail", Twiggy # "Blanche", Keith Michell # "My Best Friend", Jeremy Lloyd # "The Ginger Cat", Keith Michell # "Nathaniel Gnat", Twiggy # "Ronald the Rat", Twiggy # "The Haggis Season", Peter Sellers # "Dennis the Dormouse", Twiggy # "Herbert the Hedgehog", Harry Secombe # Overture "The Orchestra" # "Jock the Flea", Jeremy Lloyd # "Candle Tango", Keith Michell # "Fred and Marguerite", Petula Clark # "Doreen the Duckling", The King's Singers # "Helen the Hippo", Penelope Keith # "The Trial of Hissing Sid!!!", Keith Michell # "Mandy the Mouse", Noel Edmonds # "Fanshaw the Fly", Keith Michell # "Kenny the Koala", Harry Secombe # "Daddy Long Legs", Peter Skellern (with footnotes by Lionel Blair) # "Browser Long", Penelope Keith # "Enrico the Canary", Harry Secombe # "Teddy's Tea Time", Jeremy Lloyd # "Wendell the Worm", The King's Singers # "The Bumble Bee", Petula Clark # "Dotty the Cuckoo", Noel Edmonds # "Camille", Matthew Vine # "Captain Beaky's Christmas Pantomime", Keith Michell


Books

* * * * * a collection of 28 poems illustrated by Keith Michell * a retelling of parts of the story of Jesus set in a woodland


References


External links


archived Captain Beaky official web site
{{Authority control Comedy albums by British artists 1977 albums 1980 albums