You can’t really go wrong with a biography about a man who was not only a really decent bloke but also genuinely funny.

This documentary about New Zealand comedian John Clarke is made by his daughter Lorin but don’t let that put you off. There’s always a fear that it will be a hagiography or an opportunity to feel like the victim of your parents flaws but this is neither.

It is sprinkled throughout with a plethora of respectable comedians, writers and actors both talking about how much of an impact John Clarke had on their lives and also reading from his biography. There’s Andrew Denton, Shaun Micallef, Stephen Fry, Ben Elton, Rhys Darby, Bryan Dawe and the list goes on. We also see lots of home movies and clips and this is what makes it so entertaining. John Clarke was just so funny. From the days of Fred Dagg, where he became a Kiwi icon, to Australia and Clarke and Dawe, appearances in films like Death in Brunswick and of course TV series The Games.

You can’t quite imagine the comedy scene without his deadpan humour and feel his influence in everything from Flight of the Conchords to The Castle.

It feels like such a tragedy that we lost him – his heart stopped while hiking in the Grampians which somehow seems a fitting way for someone like him to go.