And if people, it was a family show that went out but it was also a family show that we made because everybody on the show was so nice. I think it's a bad thing, you know, but I had this idea that the boom mike, and we'd got Harry, the boom, who was always on it and he followed you absolutely and the sound was absolutely wonderful in those days. And I let people think that it was a talking lamp but my idea was that inside that lamp was a person and he started off as a Highlander and I used to talk like that into the thing and you know what I mean? and so I had visions of this wee fellow inside the lamp doing all the talking and being cheeky to me and that seemed to catch on! It's the biggest mistake I've ever made in my life, I think because looking back on it now, I would love to have gone and produced programmes and, stupidly, I was in love with Cavalcade unfortunately.

Originally airing at around 5pm on weekdays, the show moved to a Saturday timeslot in 1972, before moving again to Sunday afternoons in January 1974. R: Clem, of course, was one of STV's Analysisers and had worked with Rikki beforehand in the theatre and he was a straight actor but he had a lovely voice, a lovely voice.I didn't like to get strange kids so I would get the family on and it worked very well, you know, yeah, great! The readings of children’s birthday cards that viewers had sent in was also very popular, with Michael also sending birthday cards personally to those who could not have their cards read on air.

Glen Michael hosted Cavalcade, one of STV's most popular programmes ever, playing to millions of viewers during its 26-year run. I was very conscious of Mother and Father saying, "Oh, that shouldn't be in the programme because Jimmy or Sally is watching it! I: I think, remember STV when they did the shift to the new building and so on, when all that was going on. If this room represents his professional life, then the living room - where we have coffee and biscuits later - represents his personal life. I remember coming up, because we lived in Ayr most of our life, our working life, and I remember coming up to do a recording and coming in to the studios and I thought, 'Ahh, I haven't brought Totty the Robot!

written on it and of course, Paladin never lit himself up so he didn't smoke so we did campaigns like that and we did a lot of things with Yorkhill Hospital and so forth so we did a lot of spin-offs to try and do a little bit of good, you know. We also hope it will help the comments section fulfil its promise as a part of Scotland's conversation with itself. Youngsters who have seen me only on television are inclined to be confused when they come to the theatre.

I sent them a bill which I didn't need to send and they sent me a letter back saying, "Oh, we're going to refund this because you shouldn't have paid this tax and phone this number".The quality of programmes that they put out and the varied mixture that they had by Here and Now, the Larry Marshall shows for comedy, the Francie and Josie stars, I think the early days of television were absolutely wonderful, I thought, and in the early days, yes, I think the early days of STV when they were establishing themselves, I thought, were really great. That appearance was at the old Paisley Theatre, where he did a comedy spot of his own as part of the bill. The couple married in 1946, when Michael was 19, and have been together since, through thick and thin. When Rikki Fulton died 10 years ago - attracting the great and the good of Scottish entertainment to his funeral - more than a few people were surprised to see children's entertainer Glen Michael there. Glen's career continued with a move to Scotland, where he continued to appear on stage as well as in numerous TV plays and light entertainment shows for the BBC and the fledgling STV.