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Alexei David Sayle is a British
comedian, actor and ex-Communist.  He was born in
Anfield, Liverpool, England on August 7, 1952. He
was a central part of the alternative comedy
circuit in the early Eighties.

==Overview==

Alexei Sayle grew up in Liverpool, the son of
working-class Communist Party of Britain|Communist
parents.  After leaving school in dubious
circumstances, he took a foundation course in art
at Southport before attending Chelsea College of
Art and Design in London.

When the The Comedy Store, London|Comedy Store
opened in London in 1979, he responded to an
advert for 'would-be comedians' and became its
first compere.

He has starred in many TV series and films,
including The Comic Strip Presents, The Young Ones
(television series)|The Young Ones, and many
stand-up comedy series.  He also co-wrote many
programmes, including The Young Ones and five
series of his own stand-up/sketch shows, Alexei
Sayle's Stuff.  

Alexei's humour is typically Spike
Milligan|Milliganesque yet original; for example a
memorable sketch in Alexei Sayle's Stuff featured
Alexei playing the part of Waiting for
Godot|Godot, hitch-hiking across contemporary
northern England but never managing to get a lift.


In 1974, he married Linda Rawsthorn.

He had hit singles in the 1980s with "'Ullo John!
Gotta New Motor?" and "Didn't You Kill My
Brother?"

In 1989, he was awarded an International Emmy for
his series Alexei Sayle's Stuff.

In 1995, he was awarded an honorary professorship
at the Thames Valley University.

==TV series==
* The Young Ones (television series)|The Young
Ones (1982)
* Doctor Who:The Revelation of the Daleks as the
DJ (1985)
* Alexei Sayle's Stuff (October 1988-November
1991)
* The All New Alexei Sayle Show (1994-1995)
* Alexei Sayle's Merry-Go-Round (1998)
* Rubbish, King of the Jumble (1992)

==Radio==
*Lenin of the Rovers (1988)

==Movies==
* Don't Walk (2001)
* Reckless Kelly (1993)
* Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
* Whoops Apocalypse (1986)
* Gorky Park (movie)|Gorky Park (1983)

==Records==

*The Fish People Tapes (Album, Island, 1984?)
*Panic! (Album, Island, 198?)
*'Ullo John! Got A New Motor?/Pop-Up Toasters
(Island) (7" IS162, 12" 12IS162)
*Didn't You Kill My Brother? (CBS, 1985) (7"
A6553)

==Books==

* Train To Hell (Methuen, 9th February 1984;
hardcover ISBN 0413524604, paperback ISBN
0413524701) — novel
* Geoffrey the Tube Train and the Fat Comedian
(Methuen, 1987; paperback)
* Alexei Sayle's Great Bus Journeys Of The World
(Methuen, October 1989; paperback ISBN 0413626709)
— collected columns from Time Out
* Barcelona Plates (Sceptre, 17th February 2000;
hardback ISBN 0340767529, paperback ISBN
0340767537) — short story collection
* The Dog Catcher (Sceptre, 19th July 2001;
hardcover ISBN 0340818689, paperback ISBN
0340819448) — short story collection
* Overtaken (Sceptre, 1st September 2003;
hardcover ISBN 0340767685) — despite Train
To Hell, this was publicised as being Sayle's
first novel