The comedy club founded by Bernard Manning is to be demolished. The self-styled ‘world famous’ Embassy Club in the Harpurhey district of north Manchester will host its final comedy night on Friday. It ...

The Embassy Club which was founded by comedy legend Bernard Manning and inspired Peter Kay's Phoenix Nights is set to be bulldozed. Manning's 'world famous' comedy club, in the Harpurhey area of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The World Famous Embassy Club was bought from Manning's son by Manchester City Council [LDRS] A comedy club first opened in 1959 ...

It will bring to an end 67 years of comedy and cabaret nights at a Manchester venue which has long hailed itself "The World Famous Embassy Club" ...

By the time of his appearance on The Mrs Merton Show, in 1998, Manning had spent decades telling jokes his critics said were racist, homophobic and misogynistic. He maintained that it was all “just a ...

The World Famous Embassy Club, in Harpurhey, Greater Manchester, saw some of the UK's most well-known comedians tread the ...

For nearly 70 years, Manchester’s Embassy Club echoed with the city’s biggest laughs. On its final night, old fans, new faces ...