With tickets at around £20 Beggars must have earned enough money to keep it going for a while.
The audience seemed to be mostly from Millom, which I guess means that people will come to see a tv celebrity. You don't need to bus them in.
Hall seemed to be hugely enjoying himself and, of course, he had the audience in the palm of his hand.
This is one American import we could get more of, especially since it would be quite hard for Trump to put a tariff on it, even if the courts would let him.
Jonathan Brind