Les Dawson
Born | February 2, 1931 |
Hometown | Collyhurst, United Kingdom |
Height | 5'4" (1.63m) |
Spouse | Tracy Roper (m 1989 - 1993) , Margaret Rose Plant (m 1960 - 1986) |
Children | Pamela Dawson , Julie Dawson , Charlotte Dawson , Stuart Dawson |
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Jon Culshaw's portrayal of Les Dawson is 'uncanny'
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Charlotte Dawson paid tribute to her late father, Les Dawson, after visiting his Lytham St Annes statue.
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Four years on from #MeToo, the Oscars’ feminism has gone rapidly backwards
While the dial only seemed to be turning one way, the 94th Academy Awards was unexpectedly rich in sexist ‘her-indoors’ gags, undoing any progress
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Barry Cryer: Prolific light entertainment writer and elder statesman of comedy
With a career spanning half a century, Barry Cryer worked with many of the greats of comedy, TV and radio
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Barry Cryer's best jokes throughout the years
Barry Cryer, who has died aged 86, established himself as a writer on TV show The Two Ronnies, and he also worked with other stars of British comedy such as Tommy Cooper, Sir Billy Connolly, Kenny Everett, Dave Allen and Les Dawson. Cryer received an OBE in 2001 and in 2018 was given a lifetime achievement award for his comedy career by the British Music Hall Society. In his much-told moth joke, Cryer told the story of an unfaithful wife who hides her lover in the bedroom when her husband ret
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Charlotte Dawson furious over car break-in
Charlotte Dawson was left furious after she discovered thieves attempted to steal her car by smashing the windows.
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The Tories are cheering the voyage to a Brexit promised land that doesn’t exist
The Tories are cheering the voyage to a Brexit promised land that doesn’t exist. Boris Johnson’s foreign policy is a combination of pompous internationalism and wilful parochialism
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What exactly do Ian Botham and John Cleese offer ‘global Britain’?
What exactly do Ian Botham and John Cleese offer ‘global Britain’?The ex-cricketer and lapsed comedian have found new work in politics and TV respectively, but they are trading off old successes and even older opinions Now that’s what I call global ... Ian Botham and John Cleese. Composite: Getty Images
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The genius of the genesis of Les Dawson's mother-in-law joke - The Lost Tapes, review
In the timeline of 20th-century British comedy, it counts as a historical artefact: written evidence of Les Dawson’s first mother-in-law joke. It appeared in a script for a BBC radio show, produced by the Dawson when he was an unknown. The joke was about his wife but there on the page, in Dawson’s neat script, “wife” had been scratched out and replaced. “My mother-in-law threatened to throw herself in the canal. Hope she doesn’t do anything silly… like changing her mind.” The gags improved after
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The 5 best shows on TV tonight: Wednesday 21 July
There's an unusual new dating show to check out on Netflix, while another programme explores the life and career of Les Dawson.
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