By far and away the most interesting instalment of BBC Four’s Curse of Comedy season is tonight’s final instalment, “Rather You Than Me” which as you may now stars David Walliams as Frankie Howerd.

That isn’t to denigrate the other films – in particular the Tony Hancock and Joan le Mesurier tale was something I had never heard of before, and I found it fascinating to watch.  It has been a great series, but I feel that that in terms of cultural icons, Howerd is the most enduring figure of them all.

So turn on, tune in and titter ye not – although bearing in mind much of the content, this will be an interesting profile of a closet homosexual who became one of Britain’s best loved comic actors, I expect there will be more tears than laughs.

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Tags: curse of comedy, david walliams, frankie howerd, noooo missus

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