Whoever thought of using the curtains was genius, likewise the dressing gowns, the backstage onstage thing gives it that sort of candid intimate feel, as if you're hanging out with them in between them entertaining 'everyone else', so subtle yet such a great device to bring the audience closer
The 'Mrs Mills' Eric refers to is actually his sister, who presented a BBC children's show called Watch with Mother. - UPDATE: False info, I was sold a dummy.
He's having you on. John Mills wasn't gay. He was twice married, had three children, two girls Hayley and Juliet and a boy Jonathan with his wife Mary Hayley. They were married for around 60 years if I remember rightly
Sir John Mills was straight. He was born Lewis Mills and enlisted in the army in 1939 gaining the rank of 2nd Lieutenant. However he was medically discharged in 1942 due to a stomach ulcerHe was married twice and had three children with his second wife Mary Hayley Mills (née Bell).
