Irene Handl

Blue plaques celebrating comic greats stolen

Plaques celebrating careers of Tommy Cooper, Sid James, Benny Hill and Irene Handl were snatched from outside Teddington TV Studios in London.

Mark Jefferies, The Mirror, 15th July 2015

Old ladies are a good deal franker and funnier about the fundamentals of life and death than they are given credit for. And Ada's an old lady who's going steady with a grave digger. The series is by Vince Powell and Harry Driver, a dependable brand name in comedy. Ada and her Walter are perhaps a fraction on the sweet side so far but, given time, they may show their dentures.

Nancy Banks-Smith, The Guardian, 21st April 1970