Jimmy Tarbuck
- 84 years old
- English
- Actor, stand-up comedian and presenter
Press clippings
Jimmy Tarbuck gives his uncensored views on today's British comedy giants
Frank Skinner? "Too explicit". Rowan Atkinson? "A show-off".
Jenny Johnston, Daily Mail, 28th March 2024Jimmy Tarbuck admits to hit-and-run crash days after sister's funeral
The 83-year-old comedian and television host was filmed on a Ring doorbell leaving the scene.
Kevin E G Perry, The Independent, 13th December 2023Jimmy Tarbuck says comic legend's advice kickstarted 60 year career in comedy
Jimmy Tarbuck has said taking Eric Morecambe's advice helped him reach the comedy heights he has enjoyed over his 60 years on stage and TV.
Olivia Buxton, The Mirror, 11th August 2022Jimmy Tarbuck: how he was once rumbled drinking on job
Jimmy loved having a secret tipple of vodka while he was at work back in his heyday - but his antics were exposed during filming for an episode for game show Winner Takes All.
Ed Gleave, Daily Star, 2nd January 2021Jimmy Tarbuck has prostate cancer
Jimmy Tarbuck has revealed he has been diagnosed with prostate cancer. The veteran Liverpudlian comic told ITV's Good Morning Britain he would "try and beat it".
BBC, 19th February 2020Jimmy Tarbuck on preparing for a cancer test
Jimmy Tarbuck has revealed he is having a cancer test the day after he turns 80 this week - but best pal Sir Tom Jones will help keep him laughing.
Janine Yaqoob and Olivia Buxton, The Mirror, 1st February 2020Tarbuck: Presidents Club 'no worse than hen parties'
Jimmy Tarbuck has criticised hen parties at airports in an interview about the Presidents Club charity dinner scandal. He told Sky News through the intercom system at his home in Surrey: "Tell them to go to London airport and see hen parties going on if they want to see bad behaviour. It has to be both ways, it can't be all men they are including."
The Mirror, 28th January 2018Comedy cars being sold at auction
Eric Morecambe's Jensen Interceptor (which he drove when he had his heart attack), Only Fools and Horses Robin Reliant three-wheeler and Jimmy Tarbuck's Volvo are to be sold at auction.
Rob Hull, This is Money, 24th October 2017Stars attend Ronnie Corbett's funeral
Sir Michael Parkinson, David Walliams and Jimmy Tarbuck were among the mourners at Ronnie Corbett's funeral.
BBC News, 18th April 2016Review: Des O'Connor and Jimmy Tarbuck at the Palladium
The jokes were dated and non-PC, the delivery perfectly timed: for one night only, the showbiz survivors teamed up to create a piece of theatre history.
Mark Lawson, The Guardian, 5th October 2015