Thora Hird

Heroes of Comedy - Thora Hird

The programme was occasionally guilty of conflating the actress and the person into one (the reason she scrubbed floors in an early British film was because she'd been cast as a charlady, not because "she is a cleanliness freak"), but this was nevertheless a coherent and enjoyable tribute to a unique talent.

Victor Lewis-Smith, Evening Standard, 18th October 1999

Thora Hird and Freddie Frinton are as cunningly professional as any in the trade. And their show Meet the Wife on BBC1 offers us some solid old-fashioned comedy in commendably vigorous style.

Dennis Potter, Daily Herald, 29th April 1964