This episode turns the spotlight on his early career, from his writing jokes for Max Miller while still a teenager to hosting one of television's highest rating entertainment shows The Golden Shot. With unrestricted access to Bob's personal archive, Paul discovers how his early professions success came against a backdrop of personal difficult and heartbreak.

Paul O'Grady looks at Bob Monkhouse's career during the 1970s and 1980s, with the help of rare and often previously unseen archive.