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Arena: The Entertainers - Sykes And A Day

Arena: The Entertainers - Sykes And A Day

  • TV documentary
  • BBC Two
  • 2001
  • 1 episode

Arena documentary following Eric Sykes on a typical day at the office. Features Eric Sykes, Janet Spearman, Norma Farnes, Max Bygraves and John Ballantyne

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Key details

Genre
Documentary
Broadcast
2001
Channel
BBC Two
Episodes
1
Features
Eric Sykes, Janet Spearman, Norma Farnes, Max Bygraves and John Ballantyne
Directors
Anthony Wall
Producers
Anthony Wall and Mary Dickinson
Company

Prolific comedy writer Eric Sykes shows cameras aspects of a typical day at his office, and talks about his life and work with and alongside fellow actors and writers ranging from Frankie Howerd to Spike Milligan, Ray Galton & Alan Simpson to Peter Sellers, Tommy Cooper, and of course his 'identical twin' Hattie Jacques.

His manager Norma Farnes and personal assistant Janet Spearman talk about Eric and his work, and describe life at 9, Orme Court, once the hotbed of British comedy writing talent.

Sykes' long-serving ear specialist, John Ballantyne, also talks about the debilitating middle-ear disease that rendered Eric almost completely deaf at a young age.

Additional details

Production
Studio
Picture
Colour

Broadcast details

First broadcast
Tuesday 25th December 2001 at 7:55pm on BBC Two
Episode length
70 minutes
All previous repeats
  • Saturday 3rd November 2012 at 10:55pm on BBC2

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