Playing it straight

A MAGNIFICENT portrayal of Winston Churchill by Albert Finney showed the great man in his morning bath with his personal valet testing the temperature of the water.

Playing it straight

The valet was played with due deference, without a hint of comedy, by the late, great Ronnie Barker.

Thomas Studley

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