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Tattyfilarious show celebrates Ken Dodd's genius announced
The widow of legendary funnyman Ken Dodd has licensed all theatrical rights to his material -- the ticklish gags, comedy routines, Diddymen scripts and songs that had audiences rolling in the aisles over his six-decade career -- for an undisclosed sum to a top West End producer to create a theatre show about his life. I can reveal that Michael Harrison, who presents the pantomimes at the London Palladium and hit musical The Drifters Girl, among others, licensed the treasure trove of rib-ticklers from Lady Anne Dodd, who married the comedian two days before he died, aged 90, in 2018.
Baz Bamigboye, Daily Mail, 11th February 2022Ken Dodd comedy drama in the works for ITV
Doddy, a comedy drama centred around Ken Dodd's 1989 trial for tax evasion, is in development for ITV.
British Comedy Guide, 24th March 2021Ken Dodd biography The Squire Of Knotty Ash to be published
Ken Dodd's wife is helping to write The Squire Of Knotty Ash... And His Lady, an "intimate biography" of the comedian.
British Comedy Guide, 7th December 2020Sir Ken Dodd and Cilla Black's gravestones 'vandalised'
The gravestones of entertainment stars Sir Ken Dodd and Cilla Black have been damaged in an act of vandalism that has left a council "appalled".
BBC, 27th October 2020The first ever Doddy Day will take place this November
A celebration of one of Liverpool's most famous sons, Sir Ken Dodd will take place on what what have been his birthday weekend, bringing a festival filled with laughter and smiles to the city, whilst also proving that comedy has a positive impact on mental health. The Comedy Trust have teamed up with National Museums Liverpool, the Ken Dodd Charitable Foundation, Radio Merseyside, Knotty Ash Productions and Liverpool's Royal Court to create the celebration which will be known as Doddy Day and will take place on Saturday 7 November 2020.
The Guide Liverpool, 29th September 2020Stunning portraits of stellar stand-ups
From Ken Dodd and his tickling stick to Nina Conti and her monkey, Guardian photographer Tristram Kenton has snapped a host of superb comedians on stage.
Tristram Kenton, The Guardian, 9th September 2020Ken Dodd foundation pledge £700k to Shakespeare project
Sir Ken Dodd's widow has pledged £700,000 through the comic's foundation to build a mini-amphitheatre.
BBC, 19th August 2020Slapstick Festival starts opening up its archives
Bristol's annual Slapstick festival of classic screen comedy has begun sharing previously unreleased footage of its events. The first session to be released under its Laughter In Lockdown banner is what is believed to be the last on-stage appearance by Eric Sykes, when he was interviewed by Graeme Garden in 2009 about his long career.
Chortle, 9th April 2020Sir Ken Dodd: Murals unveiled in comic's home city
Two murals honouring Liverpool's best known funnyman Sir Ken Dodd have been unveiled in the city on the second anniversary of his death.
BBC, 11th March 2020Ken Dodd: Happiness and Tears by Louis Barfe review
While Happiness And Tears isn't as substantial a book as it looks - a good third is devoted to a 'Doddography' listing his appearances which is for completists only - it offers a brisk, yet comprehensive and meticulously researched, account of this unique comic's untroubled rise, and at least hints at the man beneath.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 6th January 2020