My Turn : An Autobiography ([New ed.])

To millions of people around the world Norman Wisdom in his cloth cap and ill-fitting suit is the living embodiment of the little man battling against the forces of authority and pomposity.

His career in comedy, making people laugh for over six decades, has been the fulfilment of what Charlie Chaplin predicted - that Norman Wisdom would be the man to take his mantle.

Still working as hard in his late eighties, Sir Norman - he was knighted by the Queen in 2001, in an hilarious episode described in this book - has become a cult hero to today's young, cutting edge comedians.