The Unforgettable Frankie Howerd (2000 TV Movie)

Ned Sherrin: Self - Producer, 'That Was The Week That Was'

Quotes 

• [discussing Frankie Howerd's homosexuality] 

  Michael Grade : All his jokes were about big women

  [mimes large breasts] 

  Michael Grade : "Phwoar she had..."

  Ned Sherrin : He always used to make a pass at any male that came within a mile of him. It may have been that he just didn't find me attractive, but he certainly never made a pass at me.

  Cilla Black : He was born at the wrong time. He said on more than one occasion about his homosexuality that if he could take a pill to cure that way he was, he would. And I found that very said. It was very upsetting to hear that. Because we loved him the way he was.