Tommy Cooper: Not Like That, Like This
- TV comedy drama
- ITV1
- 2014
- 1 episode
A drama based on the life of Tommy Cooper and the dilemma the married comedian faced when he fell in love with his assistant. Also features David Threlfall, Amanda Redman, Helen McCrory, Gregor Fisher, Andy Rush and more.
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David Threlfall on Tommy Cooper
He can never remember jokes and he can't do magic - so how did Shameless star David Threlfall fill the shoes of Tommy Cooper for ITV's new biopic, Not Like That, Like This?
Benji Wilson, The Telegraph, 19th April 2014TV loves a tragic stand-up... but who's next?
We've had Kenneth Williams, Kenny Everett, Frankie Howerd and Steptoe & Son - now Tommy Cooper is getting the tears-of-a-clown dramatic treatment.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 19th April 2014Son of Tommy Cooper's mistress talks about comedian's dark side
Shameless actor David Threlfall plays Tommy Cooper in a one-off drama series which pulls no punches but - according to Tony Kay, the son of Cooper's mistress - neither did he.
Rod McPhee, The Mirror, 19th April 2014The film that could shatter Tommy Cooper's good name
Harrowing scenes of domestic abuse are part of an eye-opening new drama at the centre of ITV's Easter Weekend schedules.
Guy Adams, Daily Mail, 19th April 2014Tommy Cooper drama preview
Your opinion of Tommy Cooper may not change but you will have a greater understanding of what life may have been like for him.
Elliot Gonzalez, I Talk Telly, 18th April 2014Why are we so obsessed with the dark side of comedians?
A few years ago I wrote a book about the history of comedians, homing in on the "sad clown" phenomenon and wondering why so many comedy greats from Grimaldi to Hancock and beyond seemed to be troubled souls offstage. At the time I thought the idea was quite original. But the TV world was obviously thinking on the same lines.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 17th April 2014Tommy Cooper: genius or fool?
Thirty years after his death, David Quantick pays tribute to an unlikely comedy god.
David Quantick, The Telegraph, 16th April 2014Amanda Redman turns frumpy... just like that!
"I'm very vain, so when I watched it back, I thought, 'It's my gran!'" she confesses. "But then I thought, 'Get over yourself. Is it right for this?' And it is, so I got over it."
Jeananne Craig, Western Morning News, 16th April 2014Tommy Cooper drama portrays a wife-beating alcoholic
Fans say Tommy Cooper - famed for his red fez and "just like that" catchphrase - should be remembered for his talent rather than rumours about his private life.
Mark Jefferies, The Mirror, 16th April 2014Tommy Cooper's genius was in the love behind the laughs
Love. Now there's a word at the heart of all the laughter he brought. And one sadly absent from so much of the comedy that followed him.
Andrew Vine, The Yorkshire Post, 15th April 2014