Frankie Howerd
- English
- Actor and comedian
Frankie Howerd features
Comics in comics
Sunday 17th September 2023
Julian Dutton looks at the comic strips that have featured comedians. Tony Hancock, Terry-Thomas, Harry Secombe and Ken Dodd were amongst those featured in publications like Film Fun - it's a rich history of how comedians were perceived.
Comedy Chronicles: It seemed a good idea at the time #4 - The Bee Gees' Cucumber Castle
Sunday 18th June 2023
A look at the strange and exotic cultural creature that is Cucumber Castle, a one-off TV comedy special starring The Bee Gees. The story of its ill-fated creation involves commercial opportunism, professional naivety, musical differences, sibling tensions, a number of sudden misfortunes and a great deal of chaos and confusion.
Comedy Chronicles: A nation of comedy shopkeepers
Sunday 12th February 2023
Imagine a high street, in some parallel but very-near dimension, where some of the greatest names of British comedy are in fact the proprietors and landlords of each establishment...
Comedy Chronicles: Random acts of kindness - Comedians being good to each other
Sunday 18th December 2022
Negative stories always make the biggest press headlines; so much so that positive tales, such as acts of unfaltering kindness, are often left completely untold.
Wordy tribute celebrates Golden Age talents in BBC's centenary year
Monday 21st November 2022
Three actors, one script and dozens of names! The Golden Age of British Comedy is honoured in the first of six audio instalments.
Comedy Chronicles: An Englishman abroad - Frankie Howerd's Commonwealth comedies
Sunday 12th June 2022
The many ups-and-downs of comedy icon Frankie Howerd's long career are well noted, but his endeavours with home-grown television sitcoms in Canada and Australia are stories less well-told.
Comedy Chronicles: This town ain't big enough for the both of us - Comedy rivalries
Sunday 17th October 2021
Graham McCann examines the feuds between four of the nation's favourite funnymen.
Comedy Chronicles: The life and times of Frankie Howerd's toupée
Sunday 30th May 2021
What a strange job it was, being Frankie Howerd's wig. It had to rest there on top of his head, doing its best to seem subtle and discreet, whilst its owner regularly blew its cover by scratching it, flipping it and skewing it...
Frankie Howerd in retrospect
Monday 6th March 2017
On the centenary of Frankie Howerd's birth, we take a look back at his career and some of his most celebrated roles.
Frankie and Benny: A remembrance
Saturday 18th April 2015
Comedy historian Robert Ross celebrates the lives and memories of comedy superstars Frankie Howerd and Benny Hill, who died on Easter weekend 1992.