Two veteran club comics who once were on the cusp of stardom are now playing local clubs.
Bunny Hopper (Roy Hudd) is the funny one with an eye for the ladies. Jules Rendell (Russ Abbott) writes the gags but may not be an adept performer without Bunny.
When Bunny collapses and dies during the act. Dangerous Davies suspects foul play which is confirmed as it turns out that he was poisoned.
The suspects could be anyone in the club that night as the act included drinking a glass of wine, which had the poison.
To Dangerous surprise. Despite being married for some years, Bunny was a womaniser and the audience that night consisted of many of his lady friends. Some of them got involved in some aggro.
The story was appealing, it helped that two actual funny men played the characters. An ode to comedy acts that never made it big. It might be a bit hard to take Roy Hudd as a lothario.
I wonder if Dangerous had the last laugh as his boss is left with egg on his face. The rest of the team tackled a people smuggling racket.
Toby Jones has a minor role playing the club manager and compere.