Well, ladies and gentlemen I have enjoyed two memorable walks down Memory Lane at Elstree Studios in the past couple of weeks. The first was a rare screening in front of an audience of the 1962 film The Boys, which co-starred three young actors who were reunited 55 years later to chat about the movie.

It was interesting to hear their opinion of the two stars Robert Morley and Richard Todd, who played lawyers in this crime drama. Dudley Sutton recalled that Todd always seemed to be in a bad mood and was not very pleasant to the young actors whilst Jess Conrad remembered Morley being the total opposite.

They also recalled how the director Sidney Furie told them to tear up their scripts and ad lib certain scenes to give more reality. I suspect this approach probably upset Todd as he was an old school actor. Plus this was a low-budget film that got a limited release, whilst only a few years earlier Todd had been starring in The Dam Busters and making movies in Hollywood. However, by the 1960s his type of leading men were going out of fashion.

It was great to meet Jess Conrad again, who really annoys me as at the age of 80 he refuses to look any older and I suspect he must have a portrait in the attic. Not only does he never change but he never stops working and was just about to go off to Las Vegas for an ITV special. Always a fun person to meet.

Then last week I had the pleasure to co-host a unique event at Elstree Studios with my old mate Morris Bright and it was on a grand scale on stage 9, on which many famous films have been shot.

We were celebrating the iconic television series made at Elstree in the 1960s and early 1970s and were joined by a capacity audience of about 400 and a number of famous faces including the likes of Dave Prowse, Derren Nesbitt, William Gaunt and Derek Fowlds, to name just a few.

The first, hosted by Morris, paid tribute to Roger Moore and it was fitting that the restored Volvo from The Saint series was on the stage. Dean Sullivan kindly also managed to get a 1960s Routemaster double decker onto the stage somehow, which was no mean feat of driving.

Several of the stars contributed comments in the first half and then the guest of honour Dame Diana Rigg was interviewed. Coincidentally she was on the same sound stage as she shot her final scene in The Avengers 50 years ago.

I was able to chat with Diana during the interval and she told me has no intention of retiring and will soon be off to America to star on stage. A really lovely lady.

The oldest guest was veteran Elstree star 91-year-old Peggy Cummins, whom I have known for many years. Older readers will remember Peggy in such 1950s movies such as Hell Drivers, Gun Crazy and Night Of The Demon.

My part of the evening was to host the second half and introduce the items of film and television theme music played by the 45-piece BBC Elstree Concert Band.

As usual, I don't work with a script preferring to ad lib and have a few jokes along the way. If I go flat I know the great music is what matters and saves the day, but thankfully we had a wonderfully kind audience.

I was at the Studio for seven hours but the time passed so quickly, no doubt helped along by a glass or two. I have introduced many film events over the past 40 years and this was one of the best thanks to a great team who brought it together.

Incidentally thank you to some readers who came up to say hello. As I said to them there is no point in such events without you and that applies to writing this column. So until next week thank you and take care.