Having battled Alzheimer’s disease for several years, news of Dame Barbara Windsor’s death didn’t come as too big a surprise but it was deeply saddening all the same. Just the mention of her name or image of that cheeky, smiling face immediately transports me back to my youth when non-PC shows like Benny Hill and the Carry On films were rife. Although these largely slapstick cum farce comedy programmes would be banned today, similarly to the likes of Fawlty Towers, there was something wonderfully innocent and cheery about them. I have never been a big fan of slapstick comedy but I adore farce such as plays by Dario Fo and indeed, Fawlty Towers and Ab Fab are two of my favourite comedy programmes.
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