Ken Dodd: Arena

Beginning an evening of programmes paying tribute to the veteran comic, as he celebrates his 80th birthday. For this documentary, cameras have spent the past few months following the funnyman - tickling stick and all - as he goes about his everyday business and discusses a long career in comedy. The film looks back on a career that has so far spanned six decades, features archive footage of his performances from the 1960s and 1970s and extracts of his routine from his current Happiness tour