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Happiness and Tears: The Ken Dodd Story review
The comedian had no ambition beyond wanting to keep up a nonstop barrage of terrible jokes.
Roger Lewis, The Times, 16th November 2019June Whitfield: the Queen of comedy
She was the Queen of comedy who starred with absolutely everyone from the cast of EastEnders and Coronation Street to the Carry On films. Roger Lewis pays tribute to Dame June Whitfield and her six decades in showbiz after her death aged 93.
Roger Lewis, Daily Mail, 30th December 2018Paul Merton's is the most boastful autobiography
A review of Only When I Laugh: My Autobiography, by Paul Merton. He writes candidly about his psychiatric incarceration but, elsewhere, there's too much swanking.
Roger Lewis, The Spectator, 25th September 2014The stark truth of Peter Sellers' sidekick Graham Stark
As Max Clifford is jailed for indecent assaults, another celebrity has evaded justice: comic actor Graham Stark, whose abuse of children in the 1960s was hushed up - until now.
Roger Lewis, The Telegraph, 4th May 2014Benny Hill's sex controversy and comedic legacy
The king of bawdy British humour was an enigma whose global success was driven by a lifetime of confusion and loneliness. Chased off screen by prudish conservatives and PC prigs, he remains a pariah to some but a genius to others.
Roger Lewis, GQ, 17th April 2014You'll never hear the one about the Irishman again
Frank Carson was the last of the bulldog breed, to whom modern comics don't quite measure up.
Roger Lewis, The Telegraph, 23rd February 2012Dad's Army: the show that won't go away
David Croft, who died this week, and his partner Jimmy Perry wrote many classic comedies. But Dad's Army was surely their finest achievement.
Roger Lewis, The Telegraph, 28th September 2011Kenneth Williams profile and book review
A review of Born Brilliant, the book by Christopher Stevens about the life of Kenneth Williams.
Roger Lewis, The Daily Express, 24th October 2010Norman Wisdom: A fond Farewell to the fall guy
Roger Lewis pays tribute to Norman Wisdom, whose physical comedy provided a last link with the music hall era - and earned him hero status in Albania.
Roger Lewis, The Telegraph, 6th October 2010