COMEDIAN Jim Davidson reckons he will have to change the title of his show when he comes to Weston-super-Mare, Peter Dyke writes.

The show is called ‘Swimming Against The Tide’ and will be in Weston at the Playhouse theatre on Friday, August 2.

The stand-up comic, 70, joked: "Considering the tide is miles out a lot of the time in Weston, I may have to re-name my tour 'Wading In The Mud' when I get there.

"But all puns aside, I'm looking forward to the gig. It's a nice seaside town and the theatre is lovely.

"The good thing about a summer seaside audience is that a lot of them are on holiday.

“They haven't had to go to work and are in the mood for a laugh. It's more of a party atmosphere going on."

He will tell funny anecdotes about his rise to fame thanks to New Faces back in 1976 with jokes about his run-ins with the "Nick Nick" police and tales about his mate Chalky.

Jim went on to become a household name fronting huge BBC shows such as The Generation Game and Big Break in the 1990s and as well as starring in sitcoms Up The Elephant and Round The Castle and Home James.

In 2014 he even signed up for Channel 5's Celebrity Big Brother and won the reality TV show.

However in more recent years, Jim claims "woke and leftie" TV and theatre bosses have refused to book him claiming his hard hitting comedy is now "too sexist and too racist" for modern-day audiences.

Jim said: "After I won Celebrity Big Brother, I thought I might get calls for more TV or theatre work. But I didn't. All I got was an extra million Twitter followers.

"Unfortunately, we now have faceless people deciding what audiences can and cannot see. I don't think that's right.

“The public are the ones who have the right to buy a ticket to my gigs or not. But that choice has been taken away from them in some areas.

"Thankfully the theatres that do book me get sell-out shows and everyone has a great time on the night.

The public haven't gone off me. They're still my biggest supporter."