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Series Name:   Frankie Howerd - Rather You Than Me
(Legends Of Comedy)
Format:TV Series
IMDB:IMDB Page
Years:2008
Country:  UK
Language:English
Genre:Biography, Drama
Rating:6.0  Rate
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Selected CastDavid Walliams as Frankie Howerd
 Rafe Spall as Dennis Heymer
 Dilys Laye as Edith Howerd
 David Reed as Peter Cook


Notes

In the 1950s Frankie Howerd, the famous radio and film comedian, meets a young waiter Dennis Heymer, who, like himself, is a closet homosexual. Their relationship blossoms into a partnership, rather than a purely sexual one, and Dennis becomes Frankie's manager. By the early 1960s however things are looking bleak for Frankie. He has lost popularity with mainstream audiences and suffered a nervous breakdown. He is full of self hatred about his appearance - he wears a wig - and his homosexuality, puts huge stress on his relationship with Dennis. Matters are not helped by the death of Frankie's mother Edith. However, Frankie is able to reinvent himself as a satirical comedian, with a gig at Peter Cook's Establishment Club and his fortunes soar, with successful television comedies and a well-publicized appearance at the Oxford Union.

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Disc
Legends Of Comedy - BBC 2 Entertain - UK (2009)
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