Victor and Barry were already in Australia preparing for their opening at the Sydney Opera House so couldn’t take part in STV’s Hogmanay Show in 1988, but they appeared courtesy of this video of their song Glasgow. Please note that we risked our lives for the big finish helicopter shot!!
Automatic Transmission
Automatic Transmission was a pilot for Night Network on ITV in the UK, which I shot with Forbes Masson and Ross King late in 1988.
The premise was that Ross drove a huge old NYC taxi and the guests sat with him in the front, and Forbes and I, in our guises as Victor and Barry, were the car wash men who hopped into the back of the taxi and bitched about the guests in the front. Luckily we shot our bits on a different day from the guests! The pilot had The Boys, Sigue Sigue Sputnik and Pia Zadora as guests, but strangely it was never made into a series!!
Also here is our first appearance on Night Network, singing our paen to Victor an Barry's favourite shop, Marks and Spencer!