The Art Of Tommy Cooper
BBC Wales documentary on the life and work of the magician and comedy legend Tommy Cooper
- Genre
- Documentary
- Broadcast
- 2007
- Channel
- BBC Two Wales
- Episodes
- 1
- Features
- Tom O'Connor, Victor Spinetti, Betty Jones, Barry Cryer, David Beckley, David Ball, Tommy Cooper and Rhod Gilbert
- Writer
- Clive Flowers
- Director
- Clive Flowers
- Producer
- Valerie Croft
Tommy Cooper was a national comedy institution whose catchphrase still remains in the language today. This bumbling giant with outsized feet and hands, whose mere entrance on stage had audiences erupting with uncontrollable laughter, was born in Caerphilly in 1921.
This programme looks at the life and art of the man in the fez whose clumsy, fumbling stage magic tricks hid a real talent as a magician. His private life was complicated and often difficult but as far as his audiences were concerned, he was first and foremost a clown whose confusion with the mechanisms of everyday life made for hilarious viewing.
Contributors include Tom O'Connor and Barry Cryer.
- Production company
- Laugh track
- None
Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Friday 14th September 2007 on BBC Two Wales at 7:30pm
- Episode length
- 30 minutes
- Last repeat
- Sunday 20th April 2014 at 9:45pm on BBC4