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

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

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

BORN in Bemidji, Minnesota on June 21, 1921, Ernestine Jane Geraldine Russell was the daughter of a former US Army lieutenant and Geraldine Jacobi, who had been a travelling actress. After the family

THIS WEEK’S COLUMNIST Actor and former Blue Peter presenter Peter Duncan

You might remember those cosy evenings when The Vicar of Dibley came on, the last of the washing-up done, the smell of a dinner still lingering in the air, and the laughter from the living room carryi