It All Goes to Show

It All Goes to Show
Still from film
Directed by	Francis Searle
Written by	Ian Flintoff
Produced by	Francis Searle
Starring	Arthur Lowe Bill Maynard
Cinematography	Terry Maher
Edited by	Peter Mayhew
Release date	1969 (1969)
Running time	28 min.
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

It All Goes to Show is a 1969 British short comedy film ^[1] directed by Francis Searle and starring Arthur Lowe and Bill Maynard. It was written by Ian Flintoff.

It All Goes to Show is one of a series of 30-minute films directed by Searle in the "Screen Miniatures" series, which he made between 1966 and 1972. Others in the series are Miss MacTaggart Won’t Lie Down (1966), The Pale Faced Girl (1968), Talk of the Devil (1968), Gold Is Where You Find It (1968) and A Couple of Beauties (1972). ^[2]

Plot

Councillor Henry Parker, Secretary of Brightsea Bay Entertainments Committee has to seek out talent for the summer show. He bumps into old British Army comrade Mike Sago and the two reignite their double act.

Cast

• Arthur Lowe as Councillor Henry Parker
• Bill Maynard as Mike Sago
• Tim Barrett as Rev. Blunt
• Sheila Keith as Councillor Mrs. Parker
• Valerie Van Ost as Angela
• Norman Pitt as Chairman of Committee
• Joan Cooper
• Middleton Woods
• Bunty Garland
• Josephine Blair

Reception

The British Film Institute wrote: " Dad’s Army star Arthur Lowe is in great form as hen-pecked Margate town councillor Henry Parker in this comedy short. ... Henry’s prudish wife is brilliantly played by the underrated Sheila Keith". ^[3]

References

1. "It All Goes to Show". British Film Institute. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
2. Mayne, Laura (13 March 2017). "An Uncompetitive Cinema: The British Fiction Short Film in the 1960s". Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television. 38 (1). Taylor & Francis.
3. "It All Goes to Show". BFIplayer. Retrieved 22 September 2025.

External links

• It All Goes to Show at IMDb
• It All Goes to Show free to watch at BFIplayer.