Editing Charlie Drake (section)

===Comeback===
Drake returned to television in 1963 with ''The Charlie Drake Show'', a compilation of which won an award at the [[Rose d'Or|Montreux Festival]] in 1968. The centrepiece of this was an extended sketch featuring an orchestra performing the 1812 Overture, in which Drake appeared to play all the instruments; as well as conducting and one scene in which he was the player of a triangle waiting for his cue to play a single strike – which he subsequently missed.

Through the series he played a gymnast doing a single arm twist from a high ring while a commentator counted eventually into the thousands and by the end of the series, Drake's arm appeared to be {{convert|20|ft|0|abbr=on}} long. Other shows included ''[[Who Is Sylvia? (TV series)|Who Is Sylvia?]]'' (1967) and ''[[Slapstick and Old Lace]]'' (1971), but it was ''[[The Worker (TV series)|The Worker]]'' (1965 to 1970) that gained most acclaim.

Television fame led to four films, none of them successful{{citation needed|date=February 2018}} — ''[[Sands of the Desert]]'' (1960), ''[[Petticoat Pirates]]'' (1961), ''[[The Cracksman]]'' (1963) and ''[[Mister Ten Per Cent]]'' (1967).

He was the subject of ''[[This Is Your Life (British TV series)|This Is Your Life]]'' on two occasions, in December 1961 when he was surprised by [[Eamonn Andrews]] in a rehearsal room at the [[London Palladium]],{{Citation needed|date=September 2021}} and in November 1995, when [[Michael Aspel]] surprised him at the curtain call of the comedy play ''[[Funny Money (play)|Funny Money]]'' at the [[Playhouse Theatre]].{{Citation needed|date=September 2021}}