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The Art Of Tommy Cooper

The Art Of Tommy Cooper

  • TV documentary
  • BBC Two Wales
  • 2007
  • 1 episode

BBC Wales documentary on the life and work of the magician and comedy legend Tommy Cooper. Features Tom O'Connor, Victor Spinetti, Betty Jones, Barry Cryer, David Beckley and more.

Key details

Genre
Documentary
Broadcast
2007
Channel
BBC Two Wales
Episodes
1
Features
Tom O'Connor, Victor Spinetti, Betty Jones, Barry Cryer, David Beckley, David Ball, Tommy Cooper and Rhod Gilbert
Writers
Clive Flowers
Directors
Clive Flowers
Producers
Valerie Croft and Ceri Sherlock
Company

Tommy Cooper was a national comedy institution whose catchphrase still remains in the language today. This bumbling giant with outsized feet and hands, whose mere entrance on stage had audiences erupting with uncontrollable laughter, was born in Caerphilly in 1921.

This programme looks at the life and art of the man in the fez whose clumsy, fumbling stage magic tricks hid a real talent as a magician. His private life was complicated and often difficult but as far as his audiences were concerned, he was first and foremost a clown whose confusion with the mechanisms of everyday life made for hilarious viewing.

Contributors include Tom O'Connor and Barry Cryer.

Additional details

Production
Studio
Picture
Colour

Website links

Broadcast details

First broadcast
Friday 14th September 2007 at 7:30pm on BBC Two Wales
Episode length
30 minutes
Most recent repeats
  • Sunday 20th April 2014 at 9:45pm on BBC4
  • Wednesday 26th June 2013 at 10:30pm on BBC4
  • Tuesday 4th June 2013 at 11:55pm on BBC4

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