All Round Bob Monkhouse
- Radio documentary
- BBC Radio 2
- 2010
- 1 episode
Barry Cryer celebrates the fascinating life of his friend Bob Monkhouse. Features Barry Cryer, Denis Norden, Bradley Walsh, Anita Harris, Ted Robbins and more.
Press clippings
Radio review: All Round Bob Monkhouse
A fascinating insight into the 'slightly too slick' game-show host.
Elisabeth Mahoney, The Guardian, 28th July 2010The title alludes to the many talents of Bob Monkhouse, cartoonist, comedian, film fanatic, game show host, actor, writer. He was also, as he once revealed on In the Psychiatrist's Chair, heir to a custard manufacturing fortune who gave up the family firm for the footlights, a struggle with himself that made him more complicated and vulnerable than his public persona projected. Barry Cryer narrates this careful and well-judged documentary in which an unusually wide range of interviewees testify to his wit, slickness, versatility - and kindness.
Gillian Reynolds, The Telegraph, 27th July 2010Barry Cryer remembers his friend Bob Monkhouse
Bob was one of a kind and he was very much aware of this.
Barry Cryer, BBC Comedy, 26th July 2010