Frank Skinner will front a BBC Four documentary about the life of musician and film star George Formby. Skinner's show will attempt to uncover the secret behind Formby's success and enduring legacy.

According to Ukulele magazine, George wouldn’t have fallen in love with the ukulele without George Formby, who popularized the instrument in England in the 1920s. At one point, Formby was the ...

George Formby’s ukulele, cheery smile and witty songs won him a huge following – and few were as dedicated as one Tyneside fan. George Johnson, who died last summer aged 91, amassed a huge array of ...

The Queen is head of state, leader of the Commonwealth and head of the armed forces, but apparently the title she really wanted at one time was president of the George Formby Society. That’s right, ...

THE Queen wanted to be a comic impressionist and loved mimicking actor George Formby singing When I’m Cleaning Windows, a pal has revealed. The late monarch was inspired by entertainers who visited ...

You see the crackling footage of long lost films – a tall man with a cheeky face strumming his banjolele and singing cheeky songs in once much cherished films of mishap and silliness. Every now and ...

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A talented youngster is proving a hit with shoppers when he busks with his ukulele on Teesside. George Robinson's love of George Formby led him to teach himself to play the ukulele. Now, dressed as ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Eileen Bennett in the 1942 film Much Too Shy - www.georgeformby.co.uk Eileen Bennett, who has died aged 105, was known to George ...

ONE of my favourite words is ukulele. So it is with a note of disappointment that I learn that a ukulele can be used as an offensive weapon. You see, there is a war being waged. The Borders, not ...

It’s been on my mind since I learned of the death of Kitty Lux, sweet-voiced co-founder of the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain ...