Forgotten heroes of comedy

Even if you are the most dedicated of EastEnders fans, it’s doubtful that you will remember much about B&B owner Audrey Trueman. No offence to Corinne Skinner-Carter who played the deeply religious Au

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

“I still chase women, but only downhill.” One of my favourite Bob Hope jokes (told when he was 70). The hilarious Road to... films, in which he starred with Bing Crosby and Dorothy Lamour, were requir

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A war surgeon’s struggles David Nott has spent ...

While Emergency Ward 10 was not Britain’s first “soap opera” (this would be BBC’s The Grove Family from 1954-1957) it was the first medical soap, airing on Tuesdays and Fridays on ITV from 1957. Set i