The Essential Dave Allen Hardback, Paperback and eBook

When Dave Allen passed away in March 2005, we lost a true comedy great. Sitting cross-legged on a high stool, whiskey in one hand, cigarette in the other, Dave Allen's exasperated commentaries on the absurdities of modern life struck a chord with millions of fans in Britain, Ireland and Australia...

Frankie Howerd: Stand-up Comic Hardback, Paperback and eBook

The most authoritative biography of Britain's most subversive twentieth century clown from celebrated biographer Graham McCann, author of Dad's Army: The Story Of A Classic Television Show and Morecambe & Wise.

The rambling perambulations, the catchphrases, the bland brown suit and chestnut hairpiece: such were the hallmarks of a revolution...

Dad's Army: The Story Of A Classic Television Show Hardback, Paperback and eBook

The story of the greatest British sitcom and its enduring appeal by the acclaimed author of Morecambe & Wise.

In the summer of 1968, BBC1 screened the pilot edition of a situation-comedy about the British Home Guard. It was not widely expected to catch on, but it did. Decades after...

Morecambe & Wise Paperback

The dual biography of the great British comedy double-act and the rise and fall of mass audience television by the respected biographer of Cary Grant.

Following the success of Cary Grant - A Class Apart, Graham McCann has now created an intricate portrait of Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise, possibly...