The Unforgettable...
- TV documentary
- ITV1
- 2000 - 2012
- 38 episodes (5 series)
Factual documentaries diving into the lives of some of Britain's most influential comedians, comics and actors. Features Daniel Abineri and Martin Glyn Murray.
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Series 5, Episode 4 - Dick Emery
Further details
Dick Emery was one of the country's most loved and innovative comedians in the 70s creating a dazzling array of larger than life comic characters and catchphrases including "ooh you are awful... but I like you!".
Friends and family - including his ex wife, last girlfriend and two children - remember this charismatic, funny charmer who, in private, was a renowned womanizer. He was married four times - hence his nickname 'Emery the Eighth'.
This episode includes rare home movie footage of Emery.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Wednesday 11th April 2012
- Time
- 7:30pm
- Channel
- ITV1
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| Martin Glyn Murray | Narrator |
| June Whitfield | Self |
| Peter Elliott | Self |
| Fay Hillier | Self |
| Eliza Emery | Self |
| Vicki Emery | Self |
| Harold Snoad | Self |
| Helen Fraser | Self |
| Ann Emery | Self |
| Michael Emery | Self |
| Josephine Tewson | Self |
| Dick Emery | Self (Archive Material) |
| Mark Turnbull | Director |
| Karen Steyn | Series Producer |
| John Quinn | Executive Producer |
| Mark Turnbull | Producer |
| Andy Kinnear | Editor |
Press
Comedian Dick Emery gets the once over as this snappy biographical series profiles another great British entertainer. Emery, who died in 1983, is best remembered for his self-titled sketch show - the catchphrases, vaudeville humour and grotesque British caricatures which will seem strikingly familiar to fans of Little Britain. Interviews with Emery's ex-wife (one of five) and last girlfriend underline the comic's voracious womanising, while rare home footage offers something new for devotees.
The Telegraph, 10th April 2012