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Arthur Askey-Kathleen Harrison-Richard Murdoch "El tren fantasma" (The ghost train) 1941, de Walter Forde.
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Arthur Askey-Kathleen Harrison-Richard Murdoch "El tren fantasma" (The ghost train) 1941, de Walter Forde.
AI imagines a chat between dead comics Malcolm Hardee and Arthur Askey...
In yesterday’s blog, I asked Dola AI to tell me what the future of British stand-up comedy is in a world of AI. Today, I told Dola to “Write a 750 word interview between dead UK stand-ups Malcolm Hardee and Arthur Askey about the change in UK comedy over the last 100 years.” The result is below. I have not edited the text, nor the title. The photos are not AI… Comedy legends Malcolm Hardee (left)…
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The Ghost Train starring Arthur Askey
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Arthur Askey
He was one of the first people to appear on television, back in the 1930s when the resolution was so low that he had to wear heavy make up so viewers could recognise him.
10 things you might not know about Arthur Askey.
Born on this date in 1900 was the British comedian Arthur Askey. Here are ten facts about him: For those who’ve never heard of h
The Love Match (1955) David Paltenghi
June 1st 2025
To Bee Or Not To Bee
[Written for John Holton’s Writer’s Workshop, for prompt 4: Tell us a story about an allergic reaction] What do you think of bees? I know they are good for the environment, pollinating plants and making honey, but I hate the little bastards. When I was a kid we often enjoyed hearing this on the radio or seeing it on tv: Arthur Askey was fun, witty and amusing, and stood a princely 5’2″ tall.…
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British comedian Arthur Askey
1982 - looking back after forty years!
1982 saw one stormy event after another with the Falkands War, mass unemployment and a scandal involving the Queen's bodyguard
So here we are in 2022. Some of us may be surprised we made it this far. And of course, there are those of our loved ones who didn’t for various reasons. Let’s climb into the Thatcher Crisis Years time machine and find out what was happening forty years ago because 1982 was quite a year. I was at university in Liverpool finishing my first year and looking forward to my second. The city had…
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