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TV loves a tragic standup - but who's next? by Brian Logan

We've had Kenneth Williams, Kenny Everett, Frankie Howerd and Steptoe and Son now Tommy Cooper is getting the tears-of-a-clown dramatic treatmentDoes it sometimes seem to you that television bosses are working their way through a list "TV comedians, 1950-85" when they commission their biopics? How far down the list are they prepared to go? We've had Kenneth Williams and Frankie Howerd; will we get Kennet…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:30AM on April 19, 2014

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