MUCH loved comedian Ken Dodd brings his Happiness Show to Malvern's Festival Theatre on July 14 and 15.

This extraordinary comedian hit the big time in 1965 with the longest ever run at the London Palladium, breaking all box office records.

He also joked his way into the Guinness Book of Records in the 1960s with a mammoth three and a half hour session where he told 1,500 japes.

Tickets for Ken Dodd cost £17.50 and can be bought by calling the box office on 01684 892277.