John Cleese

John Cleese's success disproves his own Claim that he is "about as funny as the average bank manager". Monty Python and Fawlty Towers made him Britain's best-known comic writer and performer. In this programme, he talks about his boyhood, the creation and character of Basil Fawlty, the relative merits of comedy and accountancy, and activities into which he has diversified - politics, and writing books with his psychotherapist.