Editing Tommy Cooper (section)

==Legacy and honours==
[[File:Tommy Cooper by Aberdare Blog.jpg|thumb|upright=0.8|Statue of Cooper near [[Caerphilly Castle]]]]
[[File:Tommy Cooper Plaque - geograph.org.uk - 3135003.jpg|thumb|upright=0.8|Plaque of the statue.]]

A statue of Cooper was unveiled in his birthplace, [[Caerphilly]], in 2008 by Sir [[Anthony Hopkins]], who is patron of the [[Tommy Cooper Society]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tommycooper.homesteadcloud.com/statue|title=Tommy Cooper - Almost a Magician - Statue|website=tommycooper.homesteadcloud.com|access-date=27 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181227230552/https://tommycooper.homesteadcloud.com/statue|archive-date=27 December 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> The statue, which cost £45,000, was sculpted by James Done.<ref name=Stat>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/7260219.stm |title=Tommy Cooper statue is unveiled |work=BBC News |date=23 February 2008 |access-date=20 November 2011}}</ref> In 2009, for [[Red Nose Day]], a charity Red Nose was put on the statue, but the nose was stolen.<ref name=Stat1>{{cite web|last=Rhys |first=Steffan |url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2009/01/30/tommy-cooper-statue-s-red-nose-gone-just-like-that-91466-22814692 | title=Tommy Cooper statue's red nose gone just like that | work=Wales News |date=30 January 2009 | publisher=WalesOnline |access-date=20 November 2011}}</ref>

Cooper was a member of the [[Grand Order of Water Rats]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gowr.co.uk/roll-of-honour/|title=Roll of Honour|publisher=Grand Order of Water Rats |date=17 April 2017}}</ref>

In a 2005 poll, The Comedians' Comedian, comedians and comedy insiders voted Cooper the sixth greatest comedy act ever.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/jan/02/arts.artsnews|title=Cook Tops Poll of Comedy Greats|access-date=10 April 2017|date=2 January 2005}}</ref> He has been cited as an influence by [[Jason Manford]]<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/showbiz-and-lifestyle/television-in-wales/2011/07/11/i-thought-about-retraining-as-a-plasterer-says-ex-one-show-presenter-jason-manford-91466-29033283/ |title=I thought about retraining as a plasterer, says ex-One Show presenter Jason Manford |date=22 March 2013|work=Walesonline.co.uk |access-date=20 November 2011}}</ref> and [[John Lydon]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://observer.guardian.co.uk/omm/story/0,,1240051,00.html |title=Metal box, P.I.L |work=Observer.guardian.co.uk |date=11 February 2011 |access-date=20 November 2011}}</ref> [[Jerome Flynn]] has toured with his own tribute show to Cooper called ''Just Like That''.

In February 2007 ''[[The Independent]]'' reported that [[Andy Harries]], a producer of ''[[The Queen (2006 film)|The Queen]]'', was working on a dramatisation of the last week of Cooper's life.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/just-like-that-tommy-coopers-final-days-447928.html | work=The Independent | location=London | title=Just like that! Tommy Cooper's final days | first1=Arifa | last1=Akbar | first2=Jonathan | last2=Brown | date=8 May 2007 | access-date=25 May 2010 | archive-date=20 February 2010 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100220000859/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/just-like-that-tommy-coopers-final-days-447928.html | url-status=dead }}</ref> Harries described Cooper's death as "extraordinary" in that the whole thing was broadcast live on national television.<ref>{{cite video|people= Harries, Andy|title= Andy Harries, Coventry Conversations, 25 April|url= http://podcasting.services.coventry.ac.uk/podcasting/index.php?id=117|format= MP3|publisher= Coventry University Pod-casting Service|date= 27 April 2007|access-date= 2 March 2008|url-status= dead|archive-url= https://archive.today/20120713040451/http://podcasting.services.coventry.ac.uk/podcasting/index.php?id=117|archive-date= 13 July 2012}}</ref> The film subsequently went into production over six years later as a television drama for [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]]. From a screenplay by [[Simon Nye]], ''[[Tommy Cooper: Not Like That, Like This]]'' was directed by Benjamin Caron and the title role was played by [[David Threlfall]]. It was broadcast 21&nbsp;April 2014.<ref>{{cite web|first=Mayer|last=Nissim|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a483937/shameless-david-threlfall-to-play-tommy-cooper-in-one-off-itv-drama.html|title='Shameless' David Threlfall to play Tommy Cooper in one-off ITV drama|website=Digital Spy|date=23 May 2013|access-date=23 May 2013|archive-date=9 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130609013221/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a483937/shameless-david-threlfall-to-play-tommy-cooper-in-one-off-itv-drama.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 2010 Cooper was portrayed by [[Clive Mantle]] in a stage show, ''[[Jus' Like That! A Night Out with Tommy Cooper]]'', at the [[Edinburgh Festival Fringe|Edinburgh Festival.]] To train for the role Mantle mastered many of Cooper's magic tricks, studying under [[Geoffrey Durham]] for several months.<ref name="SWE0410">{{cite news|url=https://www.questia.com/read/1G1-223745229|title=Jus' like that! Legendary Welsh-born comic Tommy Cooper is the subject of a new stage show starring actor Clive Mantle.|work=[[South Wales Echo]]|date=13 April 2010}}{{dead link|date=July 2021}}</ref>

In 2012 the [[British Heart Foundation]] ran a series of advertisements featuring Cooper to raise awareness of heart conditions. These included posters bearing his image together with radio commercials featuring classic Cooper jokes.<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.marketingweek.com/bhf-uses-tommy-cooper-in-latest-ads/|title= BHF uses Tommy Cooper in latest ads|publisher= Centaur Media Plc|work= Marketing Week|first= Russell|last= Parsons|date= 1 June 2012|access-date= 4 June 2012}}</ref>

''Being Tommy Cooper'', a new play written by Tom Green and starring Damian Williams, was produced by Franklin Productions and toured the UK in 2013.<ref>{{cite web | title=Being Tommy Cooper | url=http://www.beingtommycooper.co.uk/ | publisher=Franklin Productions Ltd | access-date=8 April 2013 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130409033025/http://www.beingtommycooper.co.uk/ | archive-date=9 April 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Tommy Cooper | publisher=[[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] | work=TOMMY COOPER: NOT LIKE THAT, LIKE THIS | url=http://presscentre.itvstatic.com/presscentre/sites/presscentre/files/Tommy%20Cooper.pdf | location=UK | access-date=24 April 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904060704/http://presscentre.itvstatic.com/presscentre/sites/presscentre/files/Tommy%20Cooper.pdf | archive-date=4 September 2015 | url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 2014, with the support of The Tommy Cooper Estate and Cooper's daughter Victoria, a new tribute show, ''Just Like That! The Tommy Cooper Show'', commemorating 30 years since the comedian's death was produced by Hambledon Productions. The production moved to the Museum of Comedy in Bloomsbury, London, from September 2014 and continues to tour extensively throughout the UK.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hambledonproductions.com/ |title=Lincolnshire-based professional theatre company. |publisher=Hambledon Productions |access-date=18 February 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.museumofcomedy.com/ |title=Home |publisher=Museum of Comedy |access-date=18 February 2015}}</ref>

In May 2016, a blue plaque in memory of Cooper was unveiled at his former home in Barrowgate Road, [[Chiswick]]. It was announced in August that the [[Victoria and Albert Museum]] had acquired 116 boxes of Cooper's papers and props, including his "gag file", in which the museum said he had used a system to store his jokes alphabetically "as meticulous as an archivist".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-37193991|title=Tommy Cooper's 'gag file' to be preserved by Victoria & Albert museum|work=BBC News |date=26 August 2016 }}</ref>

On 5 March 2021, [[BBC One]] aired the 30-minute documentary ''Tommy Cooper at the BBC'', looking at his best performances, including his appearance on the ''[[Parkinson (TV series)|Parkinson]]'' show where he almost killed [[Michael Parkinson]] with a trick [[guillotine]]. The programme, which celebrated the centenary of his birth, was presented by Sir [[Lenny Henry]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000stwt|title=BBC One - Tommy Cooper at the BBC|website=BBC}}</ref>