Press clippings
Ken Dodd: A Legacy Of Happiness review
The doc, narrated by his friend Miriam Margolyes doesn't dig quite as deeply as one would have liked. Though there is much to savour here.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 24th March 2025Ken Dodd: A Legacy Of Happiness review
A Legacy Of Happiness is a wholly positive portrayal of this comedy icon and despite promising to "reveal the private man" behind the public persona, it gives only a restricted glimpse at that more complex, possibly difficult, character. But Doddy's certainly a one-off worth celebrating.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 23rd March 2025Ken Dodd: A Legacy Of Happiness review
This BBC Two one-off just falls short of capturing Dodd's greatness, which was his stage act.
Anita Singh, The Telegraph, 23rd March 2025Rare insight into comic Ken Dodd's private world
Extracts from notebooks belonging to Sir Ken Dodd are to be broadcast for the first time in a new documentary about one of Britain's greatest comics.
Gemma Sherlock, BBC, 20th March 2025Sir Ken Dodd's new 'happiness centre' tickles me but should be taken seriously
A £15m, four-storey space in Liverpool is to be dedicated to the man once known as Professor Yaffle Chuckabutty. Let's hope it will delve as deeply as he did into comedy's infinite variations.
Michael Billington, The Guardian, 26th August 2024Liverpool greenlights Ken Dodd Happiness Centre
How tickled they are to get planning permission.
Chortle, 21st August 2024Ken Dodd's wife says she chats to him daily - despite him being dead six years
The widow of British comedian Sir Ken Dodd says she still chats to her husband every single day even though the funnyman has been dead for six years after passing away at his home aged 90.
Peter Robertson, Daily Star, 15th July 2024Exclusive Extract: John Dowie on Ken Dodd
My previous book, The Freewheeling John Dowie, combined tales of my showbiz life with stories of my cycling days. I'm no longer able to cycle, so Before I Go features instead musing about me, meaning and mortality. It also features Ken Dodd, me, Ken Campbell, me, Batman, me, God, me, the Faery Folk of France, and me. Also, I'm in it.
John Dowie, Entertainment Now, 16th May 2024The Real Ken Dodd film lobbies for creation of national comedy museum
Ken Dodd is to be the subject of a major new documentary celebrating his life and legacy, with hopes that the film will help realise his dream for a national comedy museum. The Real Ken Dodd: The Man I Loved will premiere at the City Varieties Music Hall in Leeds on 9th June, when the performing space in the Victorian theatre is renamed The Sir Ken Dodd Auditorium in honour of his many appearances at the venue.
British Comedy Guide, 30th January 2024Ken Dodd exhibition extends
The Liverpool exhibition dedicated to Sir Ken Dodd has been extended for four more months.
Chortle, 22nd January 2024