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Bob Monkhouse: The Last Stand. Bob Monkhouse
Bob Monkhouse

Bob Monkhouse

  • English
  • Actor, writer, comedian and presenter

Bob Monkhouse features

Water Rats Features

Comedy Chronicles: Fraternally Yours - The Brotherhood of British comedy

Sunday 9th April 2023

Graham McCann looks at the formation and membership of show business clubs The Grand Order of Water Rats and Masonic Chelsea Lodge No 3098.

Image shows from L to R: Eric Morecambe, Ernie Wise. Copyright: ITN Features

Comedy Chronicles: Random acts of kindness - Comedians being good to each other

Sunday 18th December 2022

Negative stories always make the biggest press headlines; so much so that positive tales, such as acts of unfaltering kindness, are often left completely untold.

Sid James Features

Comedy Chronicles: The ITV Job - The day when the BBC almost lost British comedy

Sunday 26th June 2022

Graham McCann's column charts a fascinating 'what if' moment in British television comedy history: a fork in the road that had consequences of epic proportions in either direction.

Dentist On The Job. David Cookson (Bob Monkhouse). Copyright: Bertram Ostrer Productions Features

Comedy Rewind: Dentist On The Job

Sunday 22nd November 2020

As a new high definition restoration of 1961 comedy feature Dentist On The Job is released on Blu-ray, we explore the Bob Monkhouse-starring comedy.

Bob Monkhouse People

4 anecdotes about Bob Monkhouse

Thursday 28th March 2019

Bob Sinfield has written a book about Bob Monkhouse. Taken from those pages, here's four anecdotes about the entertainer that you might not have heard before...

Bob Monkhouse: The Last Stand. Bob Monkhouse Radio

Bob Monkhouse remembered

Sunday 20th May 2018

Bob Sinfield, who scripted many of Bob Monkhouse's radio and TV shows, remembers a kind and surprisingly modest man with a genuine love of jokes.

Bob Monkhouse Features

Remembering Bob Monkhouse: Bob's your uncle

Sunday 29th December 2013

Comedy enthusiast Georgy Jamieson takes a look back at the life and career of Bob Monkhouse, ten years since his death.

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