Posthumous Recognition
On 23 October 2008, 15 years after his death, a bronze statue of Dawson, by sculptor Graham Ibbeson, was unveiled by his widow Tracy and daughter Charlotte. The statue stands in the ornamental gardens next to the pier in St-Anne's-on-Sea, Lancashire, where Dawson had lived for many years.
In the Comedians' Comedian, a three-hour television programme broadcast on UK's Channel 4 on 1 January 2005. Dawson featured thirty seventh in the top fifty comedians of all time, as voted for by fellow comedians and business insiders, rather than the general public.
The BBC broadcast, on BBC2, The Many Faces of Les Dawson, a retrospective on his career, on Christmas Eve 2011.
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