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The Real Ken Dodd film lobbies for creation of national comedy museum

Ken Dodd is to be the subject of a major new documentary celebrating his life and legacy, with hopes that the film will help realise his dream for a national comedy museum. The Real Ken Dodd: The Man I Loved will premiere at the City Varieties Music Hall in Leeds on 9th June, when the performing space in the Victorian theatre is renamed The Sir Ken Dodd Auditorium in honour of his many appearances at the venue.

British Comedy Guide, 30th January 2024

Greg Davies' The Cleaner returning to BBC One for a third series

Greg Davies' crime scene comedy The Cleaner is returning to BBC One for a third series, with filming taking place later this year.

British Comedy Guide, 9th January 2024

The Cleaner review

The series isn't quite dark or comic enough to go down as an unqualified success.

Patrick Cremona, Radio Times, 7th September 2021

Helena Bonham Carter amongst cast joining Greg Davies in The Cleaner

The cast has been revealed for The Cleaner, the new BBC One sitcom starring Greg Davies. Helena Bonham Carter, David Mitchell and Stephanie Cole are amongst those set to appear.

British Comedy Guide, 18th February 2021

Still Open All Hours to return

Contrary to tabloid reports, Still Open All Hours has not been cancelled by the BBC and is due to return to screens.

British Comedy Guide, 20th September 2020

Radio comedy reviews

New radio comedy is often disappointing. So welcome back Down The Line - the phone-in show with a twist. Also a look at Cabin Pressure which has started a repeat run, and comedy documentary What's Funny About...

Charlotte Runcie, The Telegraph, 20th May 2020

Stephanie Cole interview

Scarborough star Stephanie Cole hates 'wrinkly coffin-dodger' stereotype.

The Mirror, 2nd October 2019

PC Merrick (Chewing Gum's Olisa Odele) does a good camp Columbo in this episode, but otherwise it's life as usual in the overcast Benidorm. And that's exactly how fans of Derren Litten's not-quite-comedy like it. Can Mike (Jason Manford) help Marion (Stephanie Cole) with her glut of corned beef hash?

Ellen E. Jones, The Guardian, 20th September 2019

Review: Scarborough

When Scarborough was announced, it seemed to have a lot in common with creator Derren Litten's long-running hit Benidorm, being set in a seaside resort town with a cast of working-class characters united by a love of karaoke. But they show two very different iterations of the same broad premise.

Steve Bennett, Chortle, 7th September 2019

TV review: Scarborough series 1 episode 1

Perhaps it will improve as it goes along, and it certainly has a strong cast who all turn in great performances. But elements of it feel a bit too cartoonish (Bigsy and Karen's workmates especially), the majority of the cruder jokes feel like the kind of thing that's been done countless times before, and the more dramatic parts just didn't work for me, so unless I start to hear that it's suddenly become enormously funnier it's something I won't be bothering with again.

Alex Finch, Comedy To Watch, 7th September 2019

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