26th April 2010

It’s hard to believe but today is the 34th anniversary of the death of Sid James. Raise a glass to him today. Another Carry On favourite who deserves a toast is Charles Hawtrey. His roller-coaster life and career from boy soprano to drunken recluse is related by Robert’s good friend, Wes Butters. Charles Hawtrey, That Funny Fella with the Glasses can be heard on Radio 4 tomorrow from 11:30am and Wes’s long-awaited and painstakingly researched book is published to coincide with the broadcast.

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