This fascinating mash up of teen musical romp and T&A burlesque film was a cult item awaiting rediscovery outside of the UK, where it enjoyed a more high profile reputation due to the presence of a very young and already popular Cliff Richard (who went on to become a famous singer of both pop and Christian music). It's still a little strange seeing a very boyish Richard stuck in the middle of a story peppered with random burlesque routines involving women in pasties and little more, but it's certainly tamer by today's standards than when it came out. 
this point by directing such Hammer films as The Quatermass Xperiment, Enemy from Space, and The Abominable Snowman. His recent affinity for scope framing is 
well in evidence here with some amusingly staged dance routines and occasionally startling callbacks to his sci-fi films, most notably a TV production with a gigantic, very wide cosmic panorama in the background. He'd later go on to merge musical and sci-fi far more directly in the early Olivia Newton-John film Toomorrow, which is still screaming out for a legitimate home video release (and would make for a great BFI Flipside title, hint hint). Interestingly the film also takes an early stab at dealing with the strange relationship between religion and popular music, which would later come to the forefront more aggressively in the masterful Privilege. As a musical it's really peculiar, starting off with songs confined to stage performances but then shifting to the major characters bursting into song whether spending an afternoon at their flat or strutting down the street. You haven't lived until you've seen the usually serious Harvey jaunting around in front of a record shop crooning "I've Never Had It So Good." Most people came to see this for Richard, but it's really Harvey's show.
The standard shorter reissue edition is included as well on the Blu-ray (with the handful of alternate bridging footage presented separately on the DVD); both cuts are newly mastered in 2K and looking absolutely perfect. The LPCM 
mono tracks sound robust and clean, and optional English subtitles are provided. Carried over from the UK DVD is an audio commentary by Marcus Hearn for the 1962 reissue cut, featuring Yolande Donlan (who plays TV hostess Dixie and gets a fun sashaying stage number in sequins and feathers) and Guest, originally recorded in 2005. The real-life couple (who had married in 1954 and remained together until his death a year after this recording) make for a fine conversational pair, recalling everything from consulting with Wolf Mankowitz (author of the original source play and brief cameo player here) about the accents and casting actresses against type as strippers. Also included is a 4-minute gallery of stills and promotional material, the UK trailer, a fun 17-minute 1954 short called "Youth Club" (a look at how kids fare better when they have part-time day jobs and night school and spend time with friends at a hangout with their peers), and a sweet 16-minute short film from 1957, "The Square" (directed by Michael Winner!), about a dog-loving elderly man coming to terms with all the spirited kids and young parents popping up around his block -- with a very Capra-esque turn halfway through and lots of square dancing. The DVD also includes pdfs of the rare US and UK pressbooks, while the package itself comes with a liner notes booklet containing an essay by Andrew Roberts (who covers the stage to screen process involving such other names as Paul Scofield and Peter Sellers!), plus bios and feature notes by Vic Pratt and Steve Chibnall.