The camp icon who hid his heart for 35 years — and the man who waited.
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.
Acting
David Walliams disappears into Howerd's manic desperation.
Writing
Balances devastating honesty with genuine warmth.
Director
John Alexander
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
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