Dame Vera Lynn interviewed by Mike Walsh, 6 February 1979.

Dame Vera Lynn interviewed by Mike Walsh, 8 February 1982.

This episode of The Mike Walsh Show features a guest with an unusual family pet – Narelle Sterio has brought along her four-eared cat named Smokey.

Jack Grimsley composed the theme music for The Mike Walsh Show; this is the closing theme.

This clip is a short excerpt from an episode of The Mike Walsh Show in 1980, which was guest-hosted by singer Glenn Shorrock and featured an interview with John Farnham.

As well as featuring the biggest stars from around the world, The Mike Walsh Show kept Aussies entertained with a bevy of quirky guests.

See the funniest, most splendiferous and bizarre moments on a show that had five million Aussies a week turning on their TV sets in the 1970s and 80s.

Winifred Atwell plays her signature tune, 'Black and White Rag', as part of her farewell performance on The Mike Walsh Show Episode 1087 on 17 June 1981.

John-Michael Howson interviews Dustin Hoffman about preparing for his role as Dorothy Michaels in the 1980s smash hit Tootsie (Sydney Pollack, USA, 1982).

Mike Walsh interviews Graham Kennedy about his involvement with new radio station 2Day FM in Sydney.