Rare Peter Cook and Dudley Moore footage to be screened.

Pete and Dud fans are in for a double treat this Christmas.

Not only is there a Channel 4 drama about the duo, but also a South Bank Show dedicated to them.

The New Year's Day edition of the ITV1 arts strand will feature sketches unseen since they were first broadcast 36 years ago.

The footage is from Goodbye Again, the four-part series the pair made after being lured to ITV1.

Although the series is generally thought not to have hit the same heights as the BBC's Not Only But Also which preceded it, viewers have never really had the chance to make their own minds up as the show has not been broadcast since 1968.

This is despite the scarcity of Pete and Dud material, with the BBC having wiped much of the original show's footage.

News of the South Bank Show came as Pete's widow Lin criticised the forthcoming Channel 4 drama, Not Only But Always, for portraying her husband as a jealous drunk.

In an interview with yesterday's Sunday Times, she said: "Of course Peter drank, but I can assure you that in the 12 years I was with him he was off the drink for long periods.

"And the film doesn't reflect the kind side, which all his friends know was what he was like."