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Frankie Howerd On Campus. Frankie Howerd. Copyright: London Weekend Television / Rex
Frankie Howerd

Frankie Howerd

  • English
  • Actor and comedian

Frankie Howerd features

The Army Game. Image shows left to right: Cpl 'Flogger' Hoskins (Harry Fowler), Pte Leonard Bone (Ted Lune), Pte 'Chubby' Catchpole (Dick Emery), L/Cpl Ernest 'Moosh' Merryweather (Mario Fabrizi) Features

Comedy Rewind: The Army Game on parade

Sunday 9th June 2024

A quick-march through the history of ITV sitcom The Army Game, one of television's most commercially successful comedies.

Film Fun: Tony Hancock Features

Comics in comics

Sunday 17th September 2023

Julian Dutton looks at the comic strips that have featured comedians. Tony Hancock, Terry-Thomas, Harry Secombe and Ken Dodd were amongst those featured in publications like Film Fun - it's a rich history of how comedians were perceived.

Bee Gees - Cucumber Castle cover Features

Comedy Chronicles: It seemed a good idea at the time #4 - The Bee Gees' Cucumber Castle

Sunday 18th June 2023

A look at the strange and exotic cultural creature that is Cucumber Castle, a one-off TV comedy special starring The Bee Gees. The story of its ill-fated creation involves commercial opportunism, professional naivety, musical differences, sibling tensions, a number of sudden misfortunes and a great deal of chaos and confusion.

Open All Hours. Albert Arkwright (Ronnie Barker). Copyright: BBC Features

Comedy Chronicles: A nation of comedy shopkeepers

Sunday 12th February 2023

Imagine a high street, in some parallel but very-near dimension, where some of the greatest names of British comedy are in fact the proprietors and landlords of each establishment...

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.

Golden Age of British Comedy tribute. Image shows left to right: Henry Dawe, Mary Piercy, Scott Simpson Features

Wordy tribute celebrates Golden Age talents in BBC's centenary year

Monday 21st November 2022

Three actors, one script and dozens of names! The Golden Age of British Comedy is honoured in the first of six audio instalments.

Comedy Legends. Frankie Howerd. Copyright: Shutterstock Features

Comedy Chronicles: An Englishman abroad - Frankie Howerd's Commonwealth comedies

Sunday 12th June 2022

The many ups-and-downs of comedy icon Frankie Howerd's long career are well noted, but his endeavours with home-grown television sitcoms in Canada and Australia are stories less well-told.

Frankie And Bruce. Image shows from L to R: Bruce Forsyth, Frankie Howerd. Copyright: ABC Television Features

Comedy Chronicles: This town ain't big enough for the both of us - Comedy rivalries

Sunday 17th October 2021

Graham McCann examines the feuds between four of the nation's favourite funnymen.

Frankie Howerd Features

Comedy Chronicles: The life and times of Frankie Howerd's toupée

Sunday 30th May 2021

What a strange job it was, being Frankie Howerd's wig. It had to rest there on top of his head, doing its best to seem subtle and discreet, whilst its owner regularly blew its cover by scratching it, flipping it and skewing it...

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Frankie Howerd in retrospect

Monday 6th March 2017

On the centenary of Frankie Howerd's birth, we take a look back at his career and some of his most celebrated roles.

Sex, Secrets & Frankie Howerd. Frankie Howerd. Copyright: Visual Voodoo Films Features

Frankie and Benny: A remembrance

Saturday 18th April 2015

Comedy historian Robert Ross celebrates the lives and memories of comedy superstars Frankie Howerd and Benny Hill, who died on Easter weekend 1992.

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