Eddie Large
- Comedian
Press clippings
Eddie Large: Portrait celebrates late comedian
A portrait of the late comedian Eddie Large has been unveiled to mark the second anniversary of his death.
BBC, 2nd April 2022Best of 2020: Comedy
Outdoor venues and podcasts to the rescue.
Veronica Lee, The Arts Desk, 30th December 2020Little & Large talk of Eddie's health in unseen film
An unreleased film of comedy act Little & Large dealing with Eddie Large's health and Syd Little's realisation the duo cannot continue is to be shown.
BBC, 14th August 2020Little and Large's final stage show will be put online
The performance at the Bristol Slapstick Festival was filmed in January last year but has stayed hidden until now.
Dan Sales, Daily Mail, 4th August 2020Eddie Large left just £44,100 in his will
Eddie Large left just £44,100 in his will, records show. The comic - a household name in the 1970s and '80s alongside Syd Little - passed his entire estate to second wife Patsy.
Tom Wells, The Sun, 30th July 2020Slapstick Festival online events during August
Bristol's annual Slapstick festival of silent and classic comedy is adding a choice of celebrity-led live online events to the series of archive treasures it has been sharing via its YouTube channel since the start of the Covid-19 lockdown.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 28th July 2020Eddie Large funeral held in Bristol
Fans of Eddie Large paid their respects with a round of applause before the funeral of the late comedian.
BBC, 24th April 2020Slapstick Festival starts opening up its archives
Bristol's annual Slapstick festival of classic screen comedy has begun sharing previously unreleased footage of its events. The first session to be released under its Laughter In Lockdown banner is what is believed to be the last on-stage appearance by Eric Sykes, when he was interviewed by Graeme Garden in 2009 about his long career.
Chortle, 9th April 2020Eddie Large: Not being with him as he died the hardest
The family of comedian Eddie Large say not being able to be with him when he died "was the hardest part", and "the bit that made us the most sad".
BBC, 8th April 2020Obituary: Eddie Large
Eddie Large, one half of the most successful British comedy partnership of the 1980s, has died from coronavirus while undergoing treatment for heart failure in hospital.
Michael Quinn, The Stage, 6th April 2020