The first biography of the seminal, cult figure of British TV, whose ill-judged defection to ITV was followed by a spell in jail. But without him, there'd have been no Jonathan Ross, no Frank Skinner, and no Austin Powers. This is the story of British television's Icarus; of the vicissitudes of fame and how you subsequently make a life without it; of how the media builds people up and then knocks them down; of a man who was once one of the most famous people in Britain, and made a seminal contribution to broadcasting history.