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 that permeated the series are revealed to audiences.

Later episodes feature the tale of Tony Hancock’s affair with best friends wife Joan le Mesurier (starring Ken Stott as Hancock); Hughie Greene’s womanising; and Frankie Howerd’s battle with depression and his sexuality (a remarkable portrayal by David Walliams).

This is going to be n award-winning series; it has quality written all over it and the clips look marvellous.

Don’t miss it.

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