Sorry to hear, Donna.
The “Put our own children first!” crowd outing themselves as selfish, petty arses with pea-sized hearts and, doubtless, tackle to match.

Same as in a lift. They step in after you and press the fifth floor button even though you've just done it. Sometimes twice. Do they think maybe it'll make it go faster?

They roped in the late Claire Rayner to play the Beatles' first manager Allan Williams

What an excellent parent!

Yes, an interesting callback. There's also one of the hospital Carry Ons where someone approaches Frankie Howerd (I think) with a daffodil and he says "No, I saw that film" - a clear allusion to Carry On Nurse

The sort of things that would turn up as extras on DVDs but because they were around 25% less funny you'd know they were Comic Relief specials and give them a pass

*coughs* Birth of the Beatles

I must drop them a line and tell them it's the Goon Show's 75th anniversary this year.