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North-East comedian Eli Woods dies

Woods, who was in his 90s, was born in Stockton and came from a family of entertainers, including Jimmy James and his uncle James Casey.

The Northern Echo, 2nd May 2014

James Casey obituary

James Casey, who has died aged 88, was the son of the gravel-voiced comedian Jimmy James and produced the long-running radio comedy show The Clitheroe Kid; he also discovered the comic Les Dawson.

The Telegraph, 23rd May 2011

Since Les Dawson is one of the judges of that competition, I listened with care to the next edition of Listen To Les [...] There is nothing wrong with old jokes; it's the professional skill and timing of the likes of Les Dawson and his writer-presenter, James Casey, that makes us laugh, though I can't help being turned off by the length audience applause.

Val Arnold-Forster, The Guardian, 8th February 1985