A voyage around the life of Frank Handle
' I am a simple man. born of simple folk, a man of the industrial North of England. Simple people of our kind understand the facts of life in a way that our critics do not. You will know my little bits of fun are founded upon the facts of life ..."
When Randle died in 1957. he was almost unknown to Southern audiences. Yet in the North of England, he was a star accorded the privileges of royalty. But off stage, he became notorious as the wild man of showbusiness, smashing dressing rooms, burning scenery and fighting many battles with the police on obscenity charges.
Jeff Nuttall looks at his extraordinary career with Arthur Askey. James Casey. Ronné Coyles. Billy Dainty , Bunny Lewis and Fred Roy
Producer ALASTAIR WILSON