Can anyone tl;dr who this is and why he is particularly relevant to him?
I just perused his Wikipedia page and just seems like one of many bbc figures. Perhaps with a bit of scandal but nothing too intense.
Wow, amazing career, huge influence. Saw Cracked Actor some years ago in the ICA and it had not aged.
Back from the days when the BBC was a huge part of British society and culture. Listeners and viewers knew the names of the Directors and comedians could make gently mocking jokes at their expense, and we understood and laughed along.
Nowadays I don't even know how many channels the BBC has, radio or TV. Britain and the BBC seem to have grown apart and now it's almost just another commercial broadcaster. It's remarkable, even terrifying, how society has changed in 30 years.