Galton and Simpson are in satirical mode this week, with Hancock an East Cheam borough councillor. Even by local government standards, East Cheam are an extraordinarily corrupt authority. Their centenary celebrations are marked by a grand pageant of historical characters and scenes to which exclusive rights are sold simultaneously to the ITA and the BBC (whose coverage comes from an Outside Broadcast Unit based in Hancock's flat).
Despite including a rare location filmed insert, this story doesn't particularly play to Hancock's strengths on television, with little domestic interaction and Sid not having nearly enough to do. Such escalating flights of fancy tended to work rather better in the radio episodes.
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