There is a prize draw based on seat numbers - 2 lucky individuals win dinner with Tim Healy and Jimmy Nail!!! Sharon is massively disappointed not to be a winner.

Val McLane(Jimmy Nail's real life sister and Norma in Auf Weidersehen) talks a little bit about Ronnie and sings a blues number - very well indeed, much to our surprise. We learn that she is as much as singer as an actress.

Three people from the Live Theatre Company (one is the young factory worker in Crocodile Shoes that could never think beyond getting drunk on Friday night) read extracts from a couple of Ronnie Johnson's favourite writers. That was surprisingly good - I particularly liked one by Tom Hadaway.

The final Auf Weidersehen sketch was a classic. The present day: Neville on the phone to Brenda, on his way with Dennis (who is not currently married but refers to yet another failed relationship along the way since he last met Neville) to a job at a de-salination plant in Russia for 6 months. In walks Oz, in a smart suit and a suit-carrier over his shoulder. He sees his old friends and tries to do a trendy "Ciao baby" handshake, much to their confusion. Oz is bemused by his friends lack of upward mobility in life, explaining how he now lives in Florida. The two old comrades are wide-eyed and Dennis says "hey Oz.....you've cracked it, haven't you?" With a wry smile Oz (Jimmy Nail) says "I have, Dennis."

Oz goes on to explain how he built a shed in his back garden and a neighbour was so impressed that he offered him a £20 profit on it. So Oz built a couple more sheds for people on the local allotments and made another £40. He then took on a young lad to help out and pretty soon he was knocking out sheds on a regular basis.

Dennis and Neville look amazed and declare "so that's how you made it big?". Oz says "no, then I won the Lottery and said fuck the sheds".

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