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Harry Secombe. Copyright: BBC
Harry Secombe

Harry Secombe

  • Welsh
  • Actor, comedian and singer

Harry Secombe features

My Name Is Harry Worth. Harry Worth (Harry Worth). Copyright: Thames Television Features

Comedy Rewind: A touch of confusion as My Name Is Harry Worth

Sunday 21st July 2024

One of the big comedy stars of the 1960s, Harry Worth is now near-forgotten with his television work rarely repeated, but there are familiar domestic mishaps aplenty in the mid-70s sitcom My Name Is Harry Worth.

Hancock's Half Hour. Image shows left to right: Sidney Balmoral James (Sid James), Anthony Aloysius St John Hancock (Tony Hancock). Credit: BBC Live

Hancock's Half Hour on the stage at 70

Thursday 9th May 2024

Ahead of comedian Tony Hancock's centenary and the 70th anniversary of sitcom Hancock's Half Hour on radio, actor and producer John Hewer discusses his new stage production of three scripts from lost television episodes.

Educating Archie. Peter Brough. Copyright: BBC Radio

Steam radio: a Baby Boomer's personal memory of post-war wireless comedy

Thursday 7th March 2024

With ever-more BBC radio archival treats now available to buy and enjoy again, self-identified Baby Boomer Hercules Grytpype-Thynne shares his personal memories and pays tribute to some of the biggest shows of the post-war era in this ode to brilliant comedy on the wireless.

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.

The Goon Show. Image shows from L to R: Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe. Copyright: BBC Features

Comedy Chronicles: In search of lost time - Remembering The Last Goon Show Of All

Sunday 9th October 2022

Itself produced as part of the BBC's own 50th birthday celebrations, The Last Goon Show Of All marks 50 years since its broadcast this month - so, what of comedy reunions?

The Missing Hancocks. Copyright: BBC Radio

Andy Secombe on playing his father

Monday 13th March 2017

An excellent article in which Andy Secombe talks about taking on the Hancock's Half Hour role his father Harry Secombe played, for the new series of Radio 4's The Missing Hancocks.

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