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

A village hall mystery doesn’t quite go to plan

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

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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