Bruce Dessau: It is for comedy that Eric Sykes will be remembered, and here – in clips from his own hit shows and alongside Tommy Cooper, Spike Milligan and Peter Sellers – is why
Eric Sykes - a life in pictures
Eric Sykes – who found his forte writing and acting in TV situation comedy in the late 1950s and continued to appear on television, stage and in films well into his 80s – has died aged 89 after a short illness. We celebrate his career in pictures
Eric Sykes dies aged 89
The Northerner
Tributes pour in for Oldham's funniest son, Eric Sykes
Eric Sykes obituary
January 2009
Comedy preview: An Evening With Eric Sykes, Bristol
Old Vic, Sun 25 Jan
November 2006
Spike's toenail clippings
AL Kennedy picks over the remains of two of the finest comics of the 20th century: Spike Milligan and Eric Sykes.
December 2005
Tales from a national treasure
Alfred Hickling wades through Eric Sykes's rambling autobiography, If I Don't Write It, Nobody Else Will.
December 2004
Oooh ... er, CBE puts Sykes back in the limelight
Eric Sykes, one of the most diffident and matchless comedians of his generation, is today awarded a CBE.
October 2002
This much I know
This much I know
Eric Sykes.
August 2001
My big break
Eric Sykes may be blind, deaf and weak of heart, but his career is looking healthier than it has for 20 years. Nicole Kidman's newest co-star talks to Phil Daoust.
February 2000
Ghosts of comedy past
Enter Eric Sykes with goat. It is a stage instruction worthy of Shakespeare.
