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Comedy Legends. Terry-Thomas. Copyright: 3DD
Terry-Thomas

Terry-Thomas

  • English
  • Actor

Terry-Thomas features

Betty Marsden Features

Comedy Chronicles: Tell me darling - am I going too far?: The protean powers of Betty Marsden

Sunday 8th September 2024

The overlooked and untold subject in this article is the chameleonesque comedian and actor Betty Marsden, best remembered for roles in Round The Horne and Carry On Camping.

The Army Game. Image shows left to right: Cpl 'Flogger' Hoskins (Harry Fowler), Pte Leonard Bone (Ted Lune), Pte 'Chubby' Catchpole (Dick Emery), L/Cpl Ernest 'Moosh' Merryweather (Mario Fabrizi) Features

Comedy Rewind: The Army Game on parade

Sunday 9th June 2024

A quick-march through the history of ITV sitcom The Army Game, one of television's most commercially successful comedies.

Film Fun: Tony Hancock Features

Comics in comics

Sunday 17th September 2023

Julian Dutton looks at the comic strips that have featured comedians. Tony Hancock, Terry-Thomas, Harry Secombe and Ken Dodd were amongst those featured in publications like Film Fun - it's a rich history of how comedians were perceived.

Image shows from L to R: Eric Morecambe, Ernie Wise. Copyright: ITN Features

Comedy Chronicles: Random acts of kindness - Comedians being good to each other

Sunday 18th December 2022

Negative stories always make the biggest press headlines; so much so that positive tales, such as acts of unfaltering kindness, are often left completely untold.

Oh Brother!. Brother Dominic (Derek Nimmo). Copyright: BBC Features

Comedy Chronicles: Arrested developments - comedy out of context

Sunday 25th September 2022

Comedy does not always land quite as intended, and some attempts at humour have been known to bring comics to face the law itself.

The Green Man. Charles Boughtflower (Terry-Thomas). Copyright: STUDIOCANAL / British Lion Features

Comedy Chronicles: Terry-Thomas - The Ibiza years

Sunday 12th July 2020

Thirty years since his death, Terry-Thomas remains the most English of screen stars. From 1968, however, the comedy icon lost his heart to a Spanish island in the middle of the Mediterranean...

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