In the first of a new series looking at the truth behind notoriously strained relationships between comedy stars, Graham McCann sets the record straight on the infamous falling out between Likely Lads icons Rodney Bewes and James Bolam.
Thirty years since his death, Terry-Thomas remains the most English of screen stars. From 1968, however, the comedy icon lost his heart to a Spanish island in the middle of the Mediterranean...
Joan Turner was once a multi-talented comic star, but alcohol and gambling lead to a sad decline in her fortunes - summarised in one not-so-succinct Eurovision endeavour...
The jaw-dropping tale of Rex Harrison, who may have been one of Hollywood's biggest stars but elicited far more anger than admiration amongst those he met.
We may be struggling with lockdown and isolation in contemporary Britain, but - as Graham McCann explains - our favourite sitcom characters have been coping with it for their whole lives.
