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.
In the days when homosexual acts were illegal in Britain, Steptoe And Son star Wilfrid Brambell faced a criminal trial that could have destroyed his career.
Irene Handl is fondly remembered for her plethora of stage and screen roles in the post-war years, but here's the tale of a much-forgotten career path.
In this edition of Comedy Chronicles, Graham McCann looks at the remarkable career of actor Leonard Rossiter, and one fateful meeting that lost him a part in an iconic BBC sitcom.
Charlie Drake was a huge TV star during the 1960s and 70s, but is now largely overlooked. Graham McCann recounts the truth behind the diminutive comic and a string of career-changing accidents.
