The Scottish actress, born in 1923, made a career of it: she started doing impressions on the Mike Yarwood Show in the late 1970s, and was soon in the Filofax of every TV talent booker.

In 1979 Margaret Thatcher became PM ... Mike’s fame was propelled to new heights with programmes such as Look: Mike Yarwood from 1971 to 1976, followed by Mike Yarwood In Persons, which ran ...

Margaret Thatcher is interviewed about the details ... such as collecting porcelain and watching impressionist Mike Yarwood. She also shows how her love of poetry has a practical political ...

The irony of all this, of course, is that it was Margaret Thatcher who did for Mike Yarwood. While Yarwood was brilliant at topical humour when the news was dominated by Ted Heath, Harold Wilson ...

Mike Yarwood, the comedy impressionist who ... He could never crack Margaret Thatcher; after one embarrassingly bad attempt, he wisely drafted in Janet Brown to play her on his shows.

Janet Brown was best known for her impersonations of Margaret Thatcher Actress ... for her impersonations on The Mike Yarwood Show. She also played Lady Thatcher in the James Bond film For Your ...

‘Heroes of Comedy’ has been a largely reverential series looking back at the highs of many of our best loved but sadly departed comedians through classic clips and reminiscences from friends ...

Comedian Mike Yarwood, whose TV impressions made him a household name, has died aged 82. Yarwood was one of the biggest TV stars of the 1970s with hit BBC shows. He was famous for his impressions ...