Alexei Sayle

Alexei Sayle is a comedian, actor and writer born in Liverpool. He moved to London to attend Chelsea Art School in 1971 and became the first compere of the Comedy Store, later joining the Comic Strip. He was also a cast member of The Young Ones, part of the movement that reshaped British television comedy in the 1980s.

His writing includes the short-story collections Barcelona Plates and The Dog Catcher, novels such as Overtaken, and the memoirs Stalin Ate My Homework and Thatcher Stole My Trousers.