Wisdom’s last show

Sir Norman Wisdom’s last acting role, in a short film, is being released on DVD to raise funds for Macmillan Cancer Support.

The 92-year-old, who retired from show business aged 90, came out of retirement for the role of a vicar plagued by a fly in “Expresso”. The role was written for Sir Norman to be purely physical so the actor had no lines to remember.

In a message released with the film, Sir Norman said he was “a lucky little devil” to make a return to a film set, adding “I had a great day – every minute was worth an hour.”

Wisdom suffers from vascular dementia and lives in a care home on the Isle of Man. Vascular dementia is the second most common form of dementia after Alzheimer’s disease and affects concentration, communication and memory among other symptoms.