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Bernard Manning The Comedians Series 2 & 3

Manning shot to fame on the 70s TV show The Comedians and became one of the most popular comics in the UK. He went on to perform all over the world, including Mumbai and Las Vegas. Even then critics labelled his act offensive, sexist, racist and in the 80s, TV work started to dry up. But he continued to sell out clubs, including his own Embassy Club in his home town of Manchester. And his thousands of fans included pop star Madonna and her husband Guy Ritchie. She could not believe her eyes when she first saw Manning on stage at a party for top chef Marco Pierre White. As she took her seat, wearing a fashionable flat cap, he asked the audience: "Who the f*** is this ... Lester Piggott?" But he was happiest home in Manchester, relaxing in his vest and Y-fronts, supporting his beloved Manchester City. To the end he was unrepentant about his controversial material. In one interview he said: "My act hasn't changed in 50 years and I'll not start now. And he had a healthy scorn of "politically correct" comics who toned down their acts, declaring: "There's too many about and they're skint. I don't much mind them - just as long as you don't mix up our wage packets." And Manning could be shockingly offensive. In 1995, talking of racial minorities, he said: "They actually think they are English because they are born here. That means if a dog is born in a stable it is a horse." Three years earlier he was banned by Rochdale council from performing at its venues. In 1998 the BBC was flooded with complaints after he appeared on Caroline Aherne's Mrs Merton Show and insulted black people, gays, the Irish and Asians. However his official biographer, writer Jonathan Margolis, denied the comic was a racist: "He had no hatred for anybody. "Bernard was a quarter Jewish himself. His house was called Shalom, Hebrew for Peace. He was very good friends with his Indian neighbours and had many Asian friends." Manning was born into poverty and left school to work in a tobacco factory. He later recalled: "We had nothing. One cold water tap, no bath, outside toilet." But his father made a success of his greengrocers shop and in 1959 they bought the Embassy Club in Manchester where he performed three shows a week for 40 years. It wasn't until Granada talent scouts spotted him in the club in 1971 that he hit the big time and made his television debut starring alongside stand-up greats such as Frank Carson and Stan Boardman. Stan, 69, described his old pal as a legend: "Bernard thought it was hilarious to film his wake before he had died. "He was a working class lad who did his national service and ended up a household name. In our days people didn't care who you told jokes about and how you told them. We called it the British sense of humour." Frank Carson, who also worked with Manning on The Comedians, said: "The only people that misunderstood him were those who didn't have a sense of humour. He used to make gags about the Irish to me. When I'd come into the room he'd say 'does anyone smell Semtex' and I wouldn't take offence."