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

No jury in the land could deny that Rumpole of the Bailey remains one of British television’s most beloved creations. The winning combination of John Mortimer’s sumptuous scripts and Leo McKern’s rich

One day in 1936, the barrister Clifford Mortimer banged his head on the door frame of a London taxi and was immediately struck blind. He would never be able to see again. Then in his early 50s, he nev

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

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I have always had a fondness for Lincolnshire. It started when I worked at the Theatre Royal in Lincoln. I was on tour with a play in the late 70s, and at the end of the week was interviewed by the lo