Television: Doing his bit for morale.JIM Davidson Basra Bound, tonight BBC BBCin full British Broadcasting Corp. Publicly financed broadcasting system in Britain. A private company at its founding in 1922, it was replaced by a public corporation under royal charter in 1927. 1, 10.25pm WHEN it's stiflingly hot, you're kitted out in full desert combat gear and on the front line in Iraq, you might think it couldn't get much worse. But when the ``star'' flown in to entertain you is ``funny man'' Jim Davidson the only way is down! Apparently the locals loved the Generation Game front-man though, but only because they mistook him for Tony Blair! As well as performing two concerts while he was out there, Mr Davidson also met many of the men and women who fought in the recent conflict and are now trying to police the area. The programme is introduced by the Prince of Wales Prince of Wales switches places with his double, poor boy Tom Canty. [Am. Lit.: The Prince and the Pauper] See : Doubles , as Patron of the British Forces Foundation. |
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