Series 1, Episode 3 - The Elder Statesman Of Comedy
Paul O'Grady charts
Bob Monkhouse's reinvention as the elder statesman of British comedy from 1994 to his death in 2003 and sees how at the end of his life Bob was performing some of his most outstanding comedic work. Paul marvels at Bob's final stage performance, and tells the story of how his prized joke books went missing from the BBC.
Notes
This episode is dedicated to Peter Prichard, Bob's manager, 1932 - 2014.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Wednesday 17th June 2015
- Time
- 9pm
- Channel
- Gold
- Length
- 60 minutes
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Tuesday 23rd June 2015 |
10:20pm |
Gold |
Sunday 4th October 2015 |
8:00pm |
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Monday 5th October 2015 |
11:00pm |
Gold |
Saturday 10th October 2015 |
2:00pm |
Gold |
Sunday 24th January 2016 |
8:00pm |
Gold |
Saturday 30th January 2016 |
12:05pm |
Gold |
Monday 29th May 2017 |
12:40pm |
Gold |
Tuesday 30th May 2017 |
11:40am |
Gold |
Saturday 24th June 2017 |
7:00am |
Gold |
Monday 26th June 2017 |
10:20am |
Gold |
Saturday 18th November 2017 |
7:45am |
Gold |
Saturday 25th November 2017 |
7:10am |
Gold |
Sunday 18th March 2018 |
7:00pm |
Yesterday |
Sunday 21st October 2018 |
7:50am |
Gold |
Saturday 27th October 2018 |
8:35am |
Gold |
Sunday 28th April 2019 |
10:05am |
Gold |
Saturday 4th May 2019 |
7:50am |
Gold |
Sunday 6th October 2019 |
7:00pm |
Yesterday |
Sunday 21st June 2020 |
7:15am |
Gold |
Saturday 27th June 2020 |
7:10am |
Gold |
Tuesday 27th July 2021 |
3:10am |
Gold |
Tuesday 30th November 2021 |
1:50am |
Gold |
Monday 24th January 2022 |
1:00am |
Gold |
Monday 24th January 2022 |
7:10am |
Gold |
Saturday 29th January 2022 |
1:35am |
Gold |
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