Wednesday 19th October 2005 saw the Water Rats converge on Croydon and the Ashcroft Theatre. The show was produced and directed by Past King Rat Keith Simmons and the audience were treated to a galaxy of Rat talent all under the musical direction of the Don Shearman quartet.

Past King Rat Danny La Rue OBE gets the show off to a rip roaring start.

Johnnie Casson, Keith Simmons and Frank Carson

Les Henry alias Cedric Monarch!

Charlie James wows the crowd with some sophisticated vocals.

Frank Carson - it's still the way he tells 'em.

The brilliant guitar virtuosity of Gordon Giltrap.

The golden boy of the sixties - Jess Conrad - with some great lines of self deprecating humour.

A sermon from Richard Gauntlett.

The vivacious Sue Kennett.

The man who brought us "Dad's Army' and 'Hi-de-Hi'. Jimmy Perry OBE.

Melvyn Hayes remembers 'It ain't half hot mum'.

The incomparable Johnny Casson.