The programme will examine Jacques's secret affair with a younger man, which took place while she was married to Dad's Army actor John Le Mesurier. "Hattie Jacques is a comedy hero of mine and I'm ...

ITV3 has become the home of Carry On films over the Easter bank holiday weekend, with the channel showing 21 of the iconic British comedies across the four day period. This evening the channel will ...

"There was more to Hattie Jacques than the public persona of the Carry On films," explains Ruth Jones. "I was surprised. I think because most people only know her for playing the austere matron in the ...

Veteran actor and writer Eric Sykes has criticised an upcoming TV drama about friend and colleague Hattie Jacques. In an interview with the Mature Times, the 87-year-old said it was "very sad" that ...

Starring in her first Carry On film in 1958, Hattie Jacques would appear in 14 more. But during her stardom, she reportedly had a difficult relationship with her weight. At one point, Hattie is said ...

The life of one of Britain’s best-loved actors - Dad’s Army star John Le Mesurier - was as dramatic off-screen as any show he ...

The son of Hattie Jacques has praised Ruth Jones's performance in a one-off drama about the former Carry On star. Jones, who is best known for her role in Gavin and Stacey, is appearing in BBC biopic ...

Josephine Edwina Jaques (7 February 1922 – 6 October 1980) was an English comedy actress, known as Hattie Jacques. Starting her career in the 1940s, Jacques first gained attention through her radio ...

The British are sentimental about their comedians, and over the past few years the BBC has mined this public interest in a series of quality dramas investigating the often complex private lives of ...

Forget Trevor Howard and Celia Johnson whittering at each other through the carriage window on Carnforth railway station. The greatest clinch in the history of British cinema is between Hattie Jacques ...

In an interview with the Mature Times, the 87-year-old said it was "very sad" that parts of the late actress's life "are now being raked over". The BBC Four show, Hattie, focuses on Jacques' affair ...