a b "COMEDY / Positions on the slide rule: Or is it? Mark Wareham on Ben". The Independent. 26 March 1994 . Retrieved 23 September 2023. a b c Ross, Robert (30 September 2021). Forgotten Heroes of Comedy: An Encyclopedia of the Comedy Underdog. Unbound Publishing. ISBN 978-1-78352-919-3.

In 1995, British comedian Jim Davidson produced and starred in Sinderella, an adults-only Pantomime version of the fairy tale " Cinderella". One of the performances was recorded for a video entitled Sinderella Live. a b "Jim Davidson's Edinburgh fringe debut 'rounds off a nice year' ". The Guardian. 3 August 2014 . Retrieved 6 August 2014. Yahoo UK & Ireland - Sports News | Live Scores | Results". uk.sports.yahoo.com . Retrieved 25 April 2019. Swapped Roles: Also invokes the Mistaken for Servant trope in which Prince Charming decides early on to switch places with Dandini. a b c d e f g "Pantomime, Burlesque, and Children's Drama | Robbins Library Digital Projects". d.lib.rochester.edu . Retrieved 17 August 2023.

Davidson ready to make Tories laugh". The Daily Telegraph. London. 24 April 2004. Archived from the original on 14 November 2007. a b "Comic Jim Davidson, playing Buttons, gives a lift to co-star Diane Lee at the launch in Ealing of his own production of the X-rated pantomime Sinderella which opens on 4 February at Ipswich Regent, Suffolk, England". TopFoto. 18 January 1993 . Retrieved 22 September 2023. In September 2007, Davidson participated in the celebrity reality TV programme Hell's Kitchen and attracted negative media attention over homophobic bullying towards TV presenter and openly gay contestant Brian Dowling. Davidson asked Dowling, "Are you on our side?" when referring to whether or not he would be participating for the boys' or girls' team. Davidson used the word " shirt-lifters" in front of him, and constantly asked if Dowling would like to try on one of " John Virgo's lovely waistcoats", which Davidson owns. Davidson later described himself as a " homophobic arsehole". The programme was broadcast on ITV on 4 September 2007. [21] On 10 September, Davidson was asked to leave Hell's Kitchen, [22] following further confrontations with Dowling. [21] After Davidson's exit from the programme, the BBC reported that the broadcasting watchdog Ofcom had received 46 complaints alleging that Davidson had bullied Dowling. Ofcom concluded that nothing unacceptable had happened, but ITV, the channel which had originally broadcast the programme, issued a statement, regretting Davidson's "unacceptable remarks". [23] This is the worst film I have ever seen. Before watching it I thought that Failure to Launch was the worst movie I had witnessed, but Sinderella Comes Again makes that look like Schindler's List in comparative depth and meaning.

Davidson is a Freemason and a long-standing member of the Westminster City Council Lodge No. 2882. He was formerly also a member of the Chelsea Lodge No. 3098 (whose members are all entertainers) but has resigned; [13] he was the founding Worshipful Master of British Forces Foundation Lodge No. 9725 on its formation in 2000. [13] [14] Taxation and bankruptcy [ edit ] Davidson's numerous marriages prompted the actor John Mills to send a Telemessage on the occasion of his fourth, which read simply: "Will It Last?" [36] The marriage ended ten years later. Davidson subsequently returned the compliment to Mills and his wife on their 60th wedding anniversary, with a Telemessage bearing the same wording. [37] Comedian Jim Davidson had Nigel Farage in stitches as he revealed he almost lost out on pie and mash because of climate change protesters in London". LBC. 21 November 2018 . Retrieved 22 November 2018. a b Sweney, Mark (3 January 2013). "Jim Davidson arrested on suspicion of sex offences". The Guardian . Retrieved 10 February 2014.It's not even 'so bad it becomes ironically funny' like something from MST3K. It's just grindingly boring. It makes you question your own attachment to the rest of the human race. Fletcher, Martin (6 June 2005). "Voyeurism, sexism and non-celebrity: reality TV eats itself". Socialist Democracy. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Hill, Sarah (24 February 2022). One-Hit Wonders: An Oblique History of Popular Music. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. ISBN 978-1-5013-6843-1.