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4 unusual facts about Roy Barraclough


Cissie and Ada

The play is based around the two characters created by the comedian Les Dawson and comic actor Roy Barraclough.

Kevin Laffan

Bud (1963) was a six-episode serial starring the music-hall comedian Bud Flanagan; Castle Haven (1969) was a serial for ITV about the residents of two converted Victorian houses in a seaside town in Yorkshire, featuring Roy Barraclough, Kathy Staff and Jill Summers.

Sez Les

The show also starred Roy Barraclough from series Four - who would go on to become Dawson's most recognisable sidekick.

Steve Nallon

In 2013, Nallon played Ada/Roy in Cissie and Ada: An Hysterical Rectomy, a stage show based upon the characters played by Les Dawson and Roy Barraclough.



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