One of the great collectors
Apart from being an accomplished Comedian and Game Show host, Bob Monkhouse was also a passionate collector of movie memorabilia. He amassed a truly gigantic collection of posters, scripts, films and other memorabilia. His passion for collecting verged on the obsessive. When he passed away, it was discovered that he had many films in his collection that had previously been thought lost including episodes of TV series that had been wiped by the BBC after screening. His collection proved to be of immense value, not only in monetary terms but also as an historical record of British TV and cinema.
More about it in this fascinating documentary ....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loIECxYkvV4
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Well, he was always popular with the blue rinse set but not so much with younger audiences. He was constantly on TV so the reality is that he was very well liked.
The detailed stuff about his collecting is near the end of the doco. Its hard to believe that, for a long time, British TV used to wipe some of the great shows like Dads Army immediately after screening. It's thanks to people like Bob Monkhouse that work of Tony Hancock, Peter Cook and Dudley Moore and many others has survived.
Four years after he died they made this great ad ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiGNvXbofwY