He was one of the nation’s best-loved comics – but although Les Dawson ... Margaret Thatcher. Dawson’s curmudgeonly TV persona, which frequently saw him dressed in drag, belied the fact ...

And unable to resist one last joke worthy of her father’s wit, she says with a smile: “I’m definitely my father’s daughter – I look like my dad in drag!” Les Dawson Forever airs on ...

Mother-in-law joketeller and face-puller par excellence Les Dawson died twenty years ago today ... and of his two man drag act with former Corrie star Roy Barraclough. But his enduring legacy ...

Les Dawson in 1975. It emerged in February 2014 ... Dawson was known for his jokey drag character Ada Shufflebotham (Roy Barraclough played Cissie Braithwaite) but it's not clear what inspired ...

Les Dawson: Flying High, written by BAFTA and Olivier ... battleaxes Cissie Braithwaite and Ada Shufflebotham, the comedy drag act (based on Les’s real family and friends) he played with Roy ...