Roy Hudd's career began in the 1950s and since then he has worked with most of the major stars of the last forty years. Born in Croydon in 1936, his early life was turbulent. His father left home and his mother committed suicide during the war leaving his formidable, but adored grandmother, to raise him, and it was she who gave him the title for this book. His big television break came with ''Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life'' with David Frost, John Bird and John Fortune and he also had a brief stint in the popular TV soap ''Coronation Street''. His radio career includes the hugely popular ''The News Huddlines'', which he starred in and ran for twenty-six years. With over thirty pantomimes under his belt, as well as many memorable Variety and West End performances, perhaps most notably as Fagin in Cameron Mackintosh's first production of ''Oliver''. ''A Fart in a Colander'' brings together some wonderful stories from his life, and sparkles with the fun and laughter Roy has brought to millions of people throughout his career.