Tommy Cooper ITV drama: Shocking biopic portrays comedian as wife
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#xa; Fans say Tommy – famed for his red fez and “just like that” catchphrase – should be remembered for his talent rather than rumours about his private life
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Tommy Cooper ITV drama: Shocking biopic portrays comedian as wife-beating alcoholic - Mirror Online
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Clive Mantle - Wikipedia
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Tommy Cooper, Military Wiki
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New ITV biopic will uncover Tommy Cooper's VIOLENT alcoholic side, UK, News
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Tommy Cooper ITV drama: Daughter Vicky Cooper blasts controversial programme - 'my dad was not an alcoholic wife-beater' - Mirror Online
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Comedian Tommy Cooper with his wife Gwen and their new son Thomas John Cooper as they leave the Middlesex Hospital Stock Photo - Alamy
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Tommy Cooper was no wife-beater, says his daughter
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Tommy Cooper's good name could be shattered by Not Like That, Like This