Freddie Starr's funeral has taken place in Liverpool at Prescot Parish Church.

According to the BBC the madcap comedian's coffin was accompanied by his own versions of the Elvis Presley songs Don't and Trouble.

The coffin was engraved with the words "Return To Sender" – the title of another Elvis Song, which, coincidentally was played at the funeral of another comedy legend, Malcolm Hardee. "Liverpool legend" was engraved on the other side of the casket.

The comedian died in Spain aged 76 and the funeral and repatriation costs of  £20,000 were covered by Michael Fogg Family Funeral Directors.

The BBC report noted a lot of dedicated fans at the church, a number of them wearing Starr's trademark teddy boy-style drape coat.

Starr, born Frederick Leslie Fowell, was a major figure on British television in the 1970s who made a number of hit series. He broke through on talent show Opportunity Knocks and then soundalikes package show Who Do You Do? and was famous initially for his impressions of stars such as Mick Jagger, Max Wall and Norman Wisdom and then later for his outrageous stunts, such as pretending to throw live maggots at his celebrity audience on ITV's An Audience With Feddie Starr. 

He was also the subject of the legendary tabloid headline, Freddie Starr Ate My Hamster, which appeared in The Sun. 

He appeared on I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here in 2011.

Buy Freddie Starr: Live And Dangerous here.