Editing Bob Monkhouse (section)

== Honours, awards and legacy==
In 1993 Monkhouse was appointed an [[Order of the British Empire|Officer of the Order of the British Empire]] for services to entertainment.<ref>Alistair D. McGown, ''BFI Television Handbook 2005: The Essential Guide to UK TV'' (2005), p. 198</ref>

In 1995 the [[National Comedy Awards|British Comedy Awards]] gave him its [[British Comedy Awards winners#1995|Lifetime Achievement Award for Comedy]], and eight years later, a few weeks before he died, the [[Television and Radio Industries Club]] awarded him a ''Special Award for Outstanding Contribution to Broadcasting''. He first appeared on ''[[This Is Your Life (British TV series)|This Is Your Life]]'' in 1982 and received a second appearance on the show on 23&nbsp;April 2003, just months before his death.{{citation needed|date=September 2021}}

In a poll of fellow comedians and comedy insiders to find the Comedians' Comedian in 2005, Monkhouse was voted among the best 50 comedy acts.

In a piece written several years after Monkhouse's death, critic and satirist [[Michael Deacon (journalist)|Michael Deacon]] suggested that although Monkhouse had feared that his legacy as a comedian would be limited, as many people knew him only from his decades of work as a game-show host, his style of writing and performing could be seen as influencing many contemporary British comedians, such as [[Jimmy Carr]] (whose book on comedy ''The Naked Jape'' quoted several Monkhouse jokes), [[Michael McIntyre]], [[Peter Kay]], [[John Bishop]], [[Lee Mack]] and [[Tim Vine]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/comedy/7927089/Modern-comedys-unlikely-hero-Bob-Monkhouse.html |title=Modern comedy's unlikely hero: Bob Monkhouse |last=Deacon |first=Michael |author-link=Michael Deacon (journalist) |date=3 June 2015 |website=[[telegraph.co.uk]]|access-date=18 February 2018}}</ref>