Press clippings
Sir 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 2024Ken Dodd comedy centre planned for Liverpool
The Sir Ken Dodd Happiness Centre - a £15 million comedy venue honouring Ken Dodd - could be coming to Liverpool in 2026, if plans submitted by architects Allford Hall Monaghan Morris are approved.
British Comedy Guide, 7th December 2023Sir Ken Dodd charity to help resort's young people 'reclaim heritage'
Sir Ken Dodd's charity has made a "generous" donation to help young people in a town he held dear "reclaim their rich entertainment heritage", it has been revealed.
BBC, 20th October 2023An exclusive look at Ken Dodd's notebooks - which should have been burned
Five years after the comedian's death, his widow tells us why she's making public the journals she promised to destroy.
Dominic Cavendish, The Telegraph, 7th September 2023Exhibition dedicated to Sir Ken Dodd opens in Liverpool
A laughter-filled exhibition, celebrating Sir Ken Dodd is set to open at the Museum of Liverpool on 9th September.
ITV, 7th September 2023