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Frankie Howerd: Rather You Than Me

Frankie Howerd: Rather You Than Me

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Status

Released

Release Date

Apr 8, 2008

Runtime

0h 59m

Genres

Drama, Comedy

User Score

30%

Original Title

Frankie Howerd: Rather You Than Me

Production Companies

BBC

Director

John Alexander

Description

Candid and poignant drama about the comedian Frankie Howerd and the relationship with his long-term, long-suffering manager, and gay partner, Dennis Heymer. Despite his overtly camp persona, Howerd kept his companionship with Heymer under wraps for 35 years, until his death in 1992. Yet through career disaster, social stigma, illegality, numerous infidelities and Howerd's own deep-seated issues about his homosexuality, their love endured.