A New Generation of Fans Keep Ian and 'Wee Jimmie' in the Spotlight ; Janet King Talks Fame, Fortune and Fans with the Couple Behind the Krankies

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The show, as they say, must go on. Unfortunately, the night before I meet The Krankies, who are appearing in a summer season "spectacular" at the Palace Theatre in Paignton, it didn't.

Because, for the first time in years - since 2004, in fact, when Janette, the female half of the comedy duo, fractured her skull falling off her pantomime beanstalk in Glasgow - a Krankies production has been cancelled.

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A New Generation of Fans Keep Ian and 'Wee Jimmie' in the Spotlight ; Janet King Talks Fame, Fortune and Fans with the Couple Behind the Krankies

Cancelling is not a matter that any performer (or promoter, for that matter) takes lightly. It's not just the financial headache, or the complication of trying to re-book visitors who probably won't be in Paignton this time next week... it's also the feeling of letting down their fans. And fans are absolutely everything.

So, when I go along to meet the Krankies (aka Ian and Janette Tough) at their Spanish-style Torqu...

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