'Comedy for him was never a weapon; it was always a tonic'
Entertainment writer Graham McCann pays tribute to Ken Dodd
12/03/2018 … Today was the first time in my life that Ken Dodd made me cry instead of smile.
Mon 12 March 2018
Frank Skinner to play Johnny Cash
12/03/2018 … Frank Skinner is to play Johnny Cash in another of Sky Arts’s Urban Myths shorts.
© London Borough of Waltham Forest Soho Theatre's plans for a 1,000 seat venue move ahead
Historic cinema bought for £2.6million
12/03/2018 … The Soho Theatre’s ambitions to open another outpost in London have moved a step closer.
© C4 Royal wedding special for The Windsors
Channel 4 comedy returns for a one-off
12/03/2018 … Channel 4 royal comedy The Windsors is to return for a special edition to mark Harry and Meghan’s marriage.
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Comedy seminar announces line-up
12/03/2018 … The line-up has been revealed for this year’s two-day Craft of Comedy seminar.
Ken Dodd: Quando Caliente El Sol
From his 1994 Audience With...
12/03/2018 … Here's Ken Dodd massacring Quando Caliente El Sol on his Audience With.
Ken Dodd on Des O'Connor Tonight
12/03/2018 … Here's Ken Dodd appearing on Des O'Connor Tonight in 1983.
Ken Dodd: Some of his best jokes
More than six decades of laughter,,,
12/03/2018 … So it turns out that if you bang two halves of a horse together, it doesn’t make the sound of a coconut.