Alexei with Nigel Planer in The Young Ones Housed in a strip club in Soho ... Clockwise from top left, in Alexei Sayle's Stuff series 1 and 2, Alexei Sayle's Merry Go Round and with Billy Bragg ...

6. He believes that today’s vast comedy industry has its roots in the Comedy Store of 40 years ago The Young Ones in 1984: Rik Mayall, Chris Ryan, Nigel Planer, Ade Edmonson and Alexei Sayle.

‘My dad was always a big fan of Alexei Sayle so I used to watch his TV stuff in the 80s and I loved his anarchic style. I was a bit too young for The Young Ones. I found that a bit too ...

His name led to fights at school Adrian’s family moved around frequently when he was young as a result of ... it was Pete [Richardson] and it was Alexei [Sayle]. It was a big family unit ...