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Gracie Fields

How Tickled Am I?Series 3
Episode 2 of 4

Mark Radcliffe profiles the major film and music hall star, who never forgot her Rochdale roots.

Gracie Fields was one of Lancashire's best-loved exports.

Yet the press accused her of treachery when she and her Italian husband moved to America during the Second World War, despite the huge sums she raised abroad for the British war effort.

Mark Radcliffe presents a tribute to the film and music hall star once described as "the British nation's favourite big sister".

Featuring:

Sandy Powell
Jean Chadwick
Michael Stansfield
Gracie Orbell
Tommy Connor
Tommy Fields
Tommy Keen
Annette Pointon
Dennis Pitt
James Stroud

Series exploring some of the North of England's best loved and most influential comedians.

Producer Libby Cross

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2001.

30 minutes

Last on

Thu 23 Jun 202200:30
BBC Radio 4 Extra

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