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Sir Ken Dodd: Murals unveiled in comic's home city
Two murals honouring Liverpool's best known funnyman Sir Ken Dodd have been unveiled in the city on the second anniversary of his death.
BBC, 11th March 2020Ken Dodd: Happiness and Tears by Louis Barfe review
While Happiness And Tears isn't as substantial a book as it looks - a good third is devoted to a 'Doddography' listing his appearances which is for completists only - it offers a brisk, yet comprehensive and meticulously researched, account of this unique comic's untroubled rise, and at least hints at the man beneath.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 6th January 2020Happiness and Tears: The Ken Dodd Story review
The comedian had no ambition beyond wanting to keep up a nonstop barrage of terrible jokes.
Roger Lewis, The Times, 16th November 2019Gold reveals Britain's Greatest Comedian list
Channel Gold has revealed the shortlist of 30 comedians who will be featured in its show Britain's Greatest Comedian.
British Comedy Guide, 1st May 2019Ken Dodd's gift to neighbours revealed
Sir Ken Dodd's parish church is currently being renovated so that its bell will ring for the first time in 30 years.
Kathryn Ingate, The Daily Express, 1st May 2019Sir Ken Dodd leaves £27.5 million fortune
Sir Ken Dodd's last laugh... at the taxman! The comedian, who married two days before he died, ensured his £27.5 million fortune went to his new wife without paying a penny in inheritance tax.
Daily Mail, 9th February 2019Those we have lost in comedy, 2018
It had already been a bad year for comedy industry deaths even before the late-breaking news that legend Dame June Whitfield had died.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 30th December 2018All manic energy and improvised lines, the late Ken Dodd was, as this celebration reveals, a funnyman other comedians feared to follow. No wonder. Here, brilliantly, Dodd pokes fun at his own daffy image: "At one time, there was only Noël Coward and me doing this sort of stuff ... "
Jonathan Wright, The Guardian, 26th December 2018Ken Dodd: How Tickled We Were, review
A poignant, life-affirming and frequently tattyfilarious film.
Michael Hogan, The Telegraph, 26th December 2018Ken Dodd: How Tickled We Were review
The Liverpool comedian loved by The Beatles is remembered in a fitting tribute that steers clear of sycophancy.
Gerard Gilbert, The Independent, 26th December 2018