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A BBC TV biography about Frankie Howerd, Rather You Than Me, was broadcast by BBC Four on 9 April 2008, and repeated on 10 February 2013. The script was written by Peter Harness, after extensive interviews with Howerd's partner, Dennis Heymer.
Actor: Up Pompeii. Francis Alick Howerd, who grew up to become popular British comedian Frankie Howerd, was born in 1917 and first stepped onstage at age 4. As a teen he taught Sunday school; not long after his Army-man father died in 1934, 17-year-old Frankie was invited to audition for RADA.
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Up Pompeii! is a British television comedy series set in ancient Pompeii and broadcast between 1969 and 1970, starring Frankie Howerd. The first series was written by Talbot Rothwell, a scriptwriter for the Carry On films, and the second series by Rothwell and Sid Colin.
Apr 1, 2008 · Wednesday 9 April, 9pm, BBC Four. Frankie Howerd: Rather You Than Me. David Walliams stars as one of his own comedy favourites in this moving, humorous and poignant story of Howerd's fight with...
The Howerd Confessions: With Frankie Howerd, Joan Sims, Caroline Munro, Alfie Bass. Six self-contained comedies, each derived from a reputedly autobiographical 'confession' of Howerd.
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Up Pompeii!: With Frankie Howerd, Elizabeth Larner, Kerry Gardner, Jeanne Mockford. Lurcio is a much-put-upon slave in the ancient Roman town of Pompeii. More often than not, Lurcio finds himself keeping his owner's family members apart, in order to keep them together.
A guide to Frankie Howerd, the 1964 - 1966 BBC One TV sketch show. Sketch and stand-up series starring inimitable comic Frankie Howerd, and written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson.
