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

To mark 50 glorious years since the first of 12 pitch-perfect episodes of John Cleese and Connie Booth’s hilarious sitcom, Fawlty Towers , hit our TV screens, we pick out five favourite guest stars who checked in and made life miserable for the hotel’s hapless owner

At 1.30pm on Thursday 25 February 1971, the character of Mr Benn walked cheerfully into many children’s lives. The first episode of the animated series saw Benn, an ordinary resident of 52 Festive Roa

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

When Barbara Steele was born, on 29 December 1937, her parents could never have foreseen that, in just over 20 years, she would become one of the icons of horror cinema. Growing up, the girl from Birk

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