37th in the charts with 10 million viewers.
The Daily Mirror was one of many newspapers that regularly slated the programme, and this edition proved no different. TV columnist Tony Pratt wrote in the show's listing (11th November 1987):
"Nice to know that some things never change and dear old Des is one of them. He never ages and the suits, the hair, the figure, the smile are just as they always were. And so are the voice and the jokes."
"Nice to know that some things never change and dear old Des is one of them. He never ages and the suits, the hair, the figure, the smile are just as they always were. And so are the voice and the jokes."