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'A warm and sympathetic portrait of two pals who conquered the world simply by radiating hilarious friendship' * Sunday Times * 'Barfe lifts the lid on the lives of TV's most iconic double act [...] and gets to the heart of what made them so loved by a nation' * Sunday Post * 'Countless TV programmes have paid tribute to 'the boys' [...] and there's a veritable library of books. So do we need a new one? The answer - if you're a fan - is a resounding yes. And comedy historian Louis Barfe [...] is just the man to do it. A safe pair of hands, his Sunshine and Laughter is the perfect companion piece to Graham McCann's excellent 1998 biography. His research is exemplary' * Camden New Journal * PRAISE FOR HAPPINESS AND TEARS: 'As much a tribute as a biography ... The result is sure to delight Dodd's many admirers' TLS. '[An] industriously thorough, entertaining biography of the late Sir Kenneth Arthur Dodd' Spectator. 'An absolute joy' Choice Magazine. 'Fascinatingly odd' * Daily Express *

A warm and sympathetic portrait of two pals who conquered the world simply by radiating hilarious friendship * Sunday Times * Barfe lifts the lid on the lives of TV's most iconic double act [...] and gets to the heart of what made them so loved by a nation * Sunday Post * Britain's best-loved double act have a superb chronicler in Louis Barfe... This looks set to be the definitive account of the television age's funniest pair * New European * Written with affection... Such colour about the characters of [Morecambe and Wise] is mixed with Barfe's usual forensic research * Chortle * Louis Barfe is becoming a polymathic guide to British show business * Sunday Times * Countless TV programmes have paid tribute to 'the boys' [...] and there's a veritable library of books. So do we need a new one? The answer - if you're a fan - is a resounding yes. And comedy historian Louis Barfe [...] is just the man to do it. A safe pair of hands, his Sunshine and Laughter is the perfect companion piece to Graham McCann's excellent 1998 biography. His research is exemplary * Camden New Journal * The comedy continues * Devon Life *

A warm and sympathetic portrait of two pals who conquered the world simply by radiating hilarious friendship * Sunday Times * Barfe lifts the lid on the lives of TV's most iconic double act [...] and gets to the heart of what made them so loved by a nation * Sunday Post * Britain's best-loved double act have a superb chronicler in Louis Barfe... This looks set to be the definitive account of the television age's funniest pair * New European * Written with affection... Such colour about the characters of [Morecambe and Wise] is mixed with Barfe's usual forensic research * Chortle * Louis Barfe is becoming a polymathic guide to British show business * Sunday Times * Countless TV programmes have paid tribute to 'the boys' [...] and there's a veritable library of books. So do we need a new one? The answer – if you're a fan – is a resounding yes. And comedy historian Louis Barfe [...] is just the man to do it. A safe pair of hands, his Sunshine and Laughter is the perfect companion piece to Graham McCann's excellent 1998 biography. His research is exemplary * Camden New Journal * The comedy continues * Devon Life *

'A warm and sympathetic portrait of two pals who conquered the world simply by radiating hilarious friendship' * Sunday Times * 'Barfe lifts the lid on the lives of TV's most iconic double act [...] and gets to the heart of what made them so loved by a nation' * Sunday Post * 'Countless TV programmes have paid tribute to 'the boys' [...] and there's a veritable library of books. So do we need a new one? The answer - if you're a fan - is a resounding yes. And comedy historian Louis Barfe [...] is just the man to do it. A safe pair of hands, his Sunshine and Laughter is the perfect companion piece to Graham McCann's excellent 1998 biography. His research is exemplary' * Camden New Journal * 'The comedy continues' * Devon Life * PRAISE FOR HAPPINESS AND TEARS: 'As much a tribute as a biography... The result is sure to delight Dodd's many admirers' TLS. '[An] industriously thorough, entertaining biography of the late Sir Kenneth Arthur Dodd' Spectator. 'An absolute joy' Choice Magazine. 'Fascinatingly odd' * Daily Express *

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Louis Barfe is a journalist and expert on all aspects of the entertainment industry. He is the author of Where Have All The Good Times Gone? The rise and fall of the record industry (2004), Turned Out Nice Again – the story of British light entertainment (2008), The Trials and Triumphs of Les Dawson (2012) and Happiness and Tears: the Ken Dodd Story (2019). He tweets @AlanKelloggs.

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