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A Jewel In The Comedy Crown. Jimmy Jewel. Copyright: BBC
A Jewel In The Comedy Crown

A Jewel In The Comedy Crown

  • Radio documentary
  • BBC Radio 4
  • 2009
  • 1 episode

A Radio 4 documentary in which Jason Manford pays tribute to Jimmy Jewel, the master of reinvention. Features Jason Manford, Jean Boht, John Styles and Jimmy Jewel.

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It could have been one of those dry, worthy, predictable tributes. Instead, comedian Jason Manford injects this lively look at the lugubrious-faced Northern comic Jimmy Jewel with tremendous verve, and a few dreadful jokes. For those who don't know, Jewel was a hero of the music hall, was one half of a double act with his cousin Ben Warriss, made Hylda Baker look good in the TV sitcom Nearest and Dearest and ended up a remarkable character actor, as his stage role in Neil Simon's The Sunshine Boys attests. By the end of the programme, you can't fail to agree with Manford: Jewel was one of comedy's true greats.

Frances Lass, Radio Times, 1st December 2009

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