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.
Press clippings
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