The platinum blonde in British history

Comedy historian Robert Ross pays tribute to some of the finest and funniest, but often overlooked, names in showbiz

One day in 1974, actress Prunella Scales travelled to Hyde Park Gardens to visit John Cleese in his flat to discuss a potential role in a new situation comedy called Fawlty Towers. As it happened, Cle

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BORN Edna Mae Durbin in 1921 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Deanna’s parents were British-born and moved to California when she was a child. A natural singer, she had a voice described as a “sweet sop

Gascoigne’s promise Despite his talents, Paul Gascoigne certainly ...