CELEBRITIES are already lined up for this year's Southport Flower Show.

Comic writer and performer Barry Cryer will head the bill for the event which runs from August 19-22.

He wrote for the Two Ronnies, Morecambe and Wise and Tommy Cooper.

Barry will be joined by celebrity gardeners Chris Beardshaw and Anne Swithinbank plus top plantsman Roy Lancaster.

Show patrons professor Stefan Buczacki, professor David Bellamy and Roddy Llewellyn will also be attending the summer spectacle, now in its 75th year.

Tickets are now on sale. Call ticketmaster on 0870-4444226.