the BBC reported that Dawson's daughter Charlotte had found a 110-page "unpublished story of love and mystery, titled An Echo of Shadows, [that] was written under the name Maria Brett-Cooper...". In 2020, Les Dawson's early years in Paris were portrayed in Sky Arts' series Urban Myths in the episode Les Dawson's Parisienne Adventure, with Mark Addy as the older Les and John Bradley as young Les. In 2022, Jon Culshaw will be portraying Dawson as part of The Edinburgh Assembly’s Fringe programme. Books Fiction: Card for the Clubs (1974) The Spy Who Came... (1976) Cosmo Smallpiece Guide to Male Liberation (1979) The Amy Pluckett Letters (1982) / Hitler Was My Mother-in-Law (1984)* A Time Before Genesis (1986) Come Back with the Wind (1990) Well Fared, My Lovely (1991) The Blade and the Passion (1994) Non-Fiction: Les Dawson's Lancashire (1983) A Clown Too Many (autobiography, 1986) No Tears for the Clown (autobiography, 1992) Malady Lingers on and Other Great Groaners Les Dawson Gives Up The Les Dawson Joke Book Les Dawson's Secret Notebooks Title changed for paperback release. Television Opportunity Knocks (1967) and (1990) Fast Friends (1991) Blankety Blank (1984–90; 124 episodes) Sez Les (1969–76) Jokers Wild (1969–73) The Loner (1975) The Dawson Watch (1979–80) The Les Dawson Show (1978–89) The Grand Knockout Tournament Nona in Performance (British TV series) (1991) References External links 1931 births 1993 deaths 20th-century English writers 20th-century English male actors Comedians from Manchester Actors from Manchester English game show hosts English stand-up comedians English male comedians English comedy writers English male television actors English people of Irish descent English satirists English humorists Pantomime dames People from Collyhurst People from Lytham St Annes 20th-century English comedians 20th-century English male writers