Big in Albania … countries that gave film flops a second life
The superheroes saved by Mexico, the video-game spinoff that became China’s 12th biggest movie ever, and the British comedian worshipped by a secretive communist nation. We remember the films somebody else loved
June 2017
From the Guardian archive
Norman Wisdom talks to his fans – archive, 1960
9 June 1960: He was “not a bit snooty” said locals in Darwen, Lancashire, after the star talked to them during filming of There Was a Crooked Man
December 2015
From the Guardian archive
Norman Wisdom stars in Robinson Crusoe panto
The Guardian, 16 December 1959: No comedian, however funny, should laugh at his own extravagances quite as much as Mr Wisdom did last night
September 2012
Media Monkey
Daily Mail's words of Wisdom
Media Monkey: Website illustrates article about what makes celebrities proud to be British (suffragettes in Jessie J's case) with picture of Norman Wisdom
October 2010
Norman Wisdom's funeral open to all on the Isle of Man
Thanks to plucky Norman Wisdom, it's now OK to fail
Stephanie Merritt
Why Prince Charles has to keep his views to himself
Alexander Chancellor
In pictures: the life of Norman Wisdom
Norman Wisdom: 'The last of the music hall mohicans'
Sir Norman Wisdom obituary
Norman Wisdom, last survivor of the music halls, dies aged 95
Wisdom's longevity was incredible. He even made Barry Cryer seem young
Film blog
Norman Wisdom - a life in clips
Norman Wisdom dies aged 95
March 2008
LBC says sorry for Wisdom slur
London talk station LBC has apologised after making unsubstantiated allegations about the family of Sir Norman Wisdom. By John Plunkett
January 2008
TV review
Last night's TV: Wonderland: The Secret Life of Norman Wisdom Aged 92¾
When the joking's over
October 2004
Net notes
Norman Wisdom
Entertainment legend Sir Norman Wisdom is to retire when he reaches his 90th birthday. Here's everything you need to know about a star of the screen - and Albania.
February 2001
Words of Wisdom
No one has made such a success out of failure as Norman Wisdom. But behind the trademark lopsided grin is a perfectionist whose career always came first. Burhan Wazir meets the granddaddy of British comedy.
