He has always had a talent for making people laugh, so it is fitting that humour has got Jimmy Tarbuck through his latest health scare.
Just three weeks ago, the 81-year-old was in hospital having a cancerous mole removed from his back.
But the comic, whose career has spanned more than six decades, refuses to be down after twice battling cancer and reveals he even “danced out of the hospital” after his recent op.