Tourists chiefs have drawn up a list of TV and film locations for comedy classics, bithplaces of famous funny men and women and dates of comedy festivals.

The idea is to encourage visitors to have a laugh and have something to look at while they spend their money.

But apart from the Shire Green WMC, the location for the famous striptease sequence in the Full Monty, Sheffield's Last laugh Comedy Club and comic Toby Foster's Grin Up North comedy festival – that's it for us.

Glaring omissions include:

Barnsley's Charlie Williams, the first nationally known black comic

Rotherham's Chuckle Brothers, still going strong, and Paul Shane, star of the holiday camp series Hi-de-Hi, as well as music hall star Sandy "Can You Hear Me, Mother?" Powell.

Famous Sheffield names overlooked include comedienne Marti Caine, Graham Fellows, the alter ego of the Sheffield entertainer John Shuttleworth, and music hall giants Jimmy Jewell and Ben Warriss, one of the biggest double acts between the Thirties and Fifties.


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Warriss went on to forge a TV career, partnering Hylda Baker in Nearest & Dearest and other series.

Michael Palin's Sheffield connection is missing and he only gets a mention in relation to locations and production for Monty Python's Flying Circus.

A spokeswoman for Enjoy England, the tourist agency, which set up the website, was unrepentant. She said it was compiled with the help of local tourist boards.

"It's not the full cut. it's not intended to be a full link to every comedy artist or programme," she said.

And she added that Enjoy England was encouraging people to email it to add their own suggestions.

"We hope your readers will click on the website and tell us what to add."

You've got the next six months to have a go. Visit www.comedyengland.com and scroll down to the Tell Us What You Think button.

In the meantime the Diary will be sending them a copy of this article.

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