Editing Charlie Drake (section)

===Bookcase incident===
In 1961, the later series was brought to an abrupt end, however, by a serious accident which occurred during a live transmission. Drake had arranged for a [[bookcase]] to be set up in such a way that it would fall apart when he was pulled through it during a slapstick sketch.

It was later discovered that an overenthusiastic workman had "mended" the bookcase before the broadcast. The actors working with him, unaware of what had happened, proceeded with the rest of the sketch which required that they pick him up and throw him through an open window. Drake fractured his skull and was unconscious for three days. It would be two years before he returned to the screen.<ref>{{cite news |title=ATV bring in four new series |work=The Stage |page=9|date=3 October 1963 |access-date=5 June 2018 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001180/19631003/062/0009| via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref>