A new four-part series profiling Northern comedians of the past. 1: Arthur Askey. A look at one of Britain's favourite comedians, whose career spanned several decades of stage, radio, film and television. Born in Liverpool in 1900, he became a superstar in 1938 when he starred in the radio comedy Band Waggon. After his first television series in 1953, he was fully employed until his death in 1982. Presented by Mark Radcliffe. Producer Libby Cross