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Later this year Channel 4 will produce a one-off special presenting the untold life of British national treasure, comedian and magician Tommy Cooper. The ninety minute special will draw on previously unheard audio and unseen archive footage from Cooper’s personal and professional life as well as never performed before material and details from the meticulous diaries of his life-long manager Miff Ferrie.

It will also feature a wide variety of contributors from those who tried desperately to save his life the night he collapsed on stage to some of his most famous and unexpected fans. A spokesman said “The discovery of this archive offers up new insights into Cooper’s fascinating 35 year relationship with his manager and also how, in latter years, Cooper the family man and Cooper the legendary entertainer actually began to meld into one.”

For those of you that can’t wait to find out more about the legendary comedian and magician, you will be pleased to learn that Tommy Cooper’s secret joke archives are now available for all to enjoy. The book, Tommy Cooper’s Secret Joke Files, include a fascinating look at the painstaking process used by the magician to catalogue and index his material, and the fine tuning that turned an original thought, written down as a few random lines, into a brilliant one-liner.

The book is available here at a special discount of almost 50%!