Irish Examiner View: Patience still needed but hope grows in Covid-19 fight

The coronavirus-related death of Tim Brooke-Taylor, one of the venerables of British comedy, will provoke re-runs of his shows. That commemoration may even extend to re-running the 1948 pre-Monty Python sketch, ‘The Four Yorkshiremen’, which was more anarchic and may have better stood the test of time. In it, successful businessmen compare their “we-lived-in-hole-in-road” origins. The sketch has

Mon, 13 Apr, 2020 - 21:30

The coronavirus-related death of Tim Brooke-Taylor, one of the venerables of British comedy, will provoke re-runs of his shows.

That commemoration may even extend to re-running the 1948 pre-Monty Python sketch, ‘The Four Yorkshiremen’, which was more anarchic and may have better stood the test of time. In it, successful businessmen compare their “we-lived-in-hole-in-road” origins. The sketch has a cutting, new relevance today as the uneven capabilities of various countries to respond to the pandemic unfold.