[singlepic=25,320,240,,right] The Curse of Comedy series on BBC Four ended last week with David Walliams as Frankie Howerd in Rather You Than Me, and it was a bleak portrait of a very funny man, plagued by self doubt, self loathing and nerves, stemming it seemed from a period of abuse from his father during childhood.
The [...]
Rather You Than Me
Curse of Comedy
[singlepic=25,320,240,,right]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 [...]
Ooh Titter Ye Not!
[singlepic=23,240,320,,right]Let’s call it “Frankie Howerd Week” on Quintessential Comedy, as we look forward to the upcoming Howerd mini biopic to close the Curse of Comedy series this Wednesday.
As a stand up comic, Howerd’s routine was apparently a ramshackle display of stories that are interrupted by Frankie’s customary asides, mini stories and direct addressing of various [...]
Curse? What Curse?
[singlepic=16,240,320,,right]They say there’s no curse, but Galton and Simpson are apparently fans of the current BBC Four series The Curse of Comedy.
Writing in The Times, they describe how Hancock wasn’t always on the bottle, how Frankie Howerd was always happy (as long as he was centre of attention) and how Steptoe and Son’s Harry H [...]
The Curse of Comedy
For serious fans of British Comedy, there cannot be anything more looked forward to this year than BBC Four’s Curse of Comedy series.
It kicks off this evening with The Curse of Steptoe and Son, in which Phil Davis and Jeremy Isaacs portray the stars Wilfred Bramble and Harry H Corbett, and the stresses and strains [...]
