Following the success of the latter, which was filmed at Battersea Dogs and Cats Home, he became an ambassador for the organisation. And that’s just backstage at the Panto… Along the way, we stop off at some extremely dodgy pubs and clubs, and meet a collection of exotic characters who made the world a louder, brighter and more hilarious place. Lily later became a regular on "This Morning," took over the bed on "The Big Breakfast" and presented "Blankety Blank," but has now retired. On stage, he appeared in various stage productions including versions of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and Annie, and starred in the BBC bingo hall sitcom Eyes Down from 2003 to 2004.

Savage Paul O’Grady: The comedian who rose to fame as Lily Savage

Paul O'Grady with his partner, Andre Portasio (left), sister Sheila Rudd and daughter Sharyn Mousley at Buckingham Palace. Daily MirrorLilian Maeve Veronica Savage, international sex kitten, was born on the steps of The Legs of Man public house, Lime Street, Liverpool on a policeman's overcoat. She just bit down on the policeman's torch and recovered afterwards at the bar with a large pale ale. Grief doesn’t happen immediately, it hits you after a while, because you’ve got all the funeral and the fuss, then when that dies down you find yourself on your own, with time to contemplate what’s happened,” he said. PAUL O'GRADY first came to fame in the guise of Lily Savage, and was nominated for a Perrier Award at the Edinburgh Festival in 1991.

His four volumes of autobiography - At My Mother's Knee, The Devil Rides Out, Still Standing and Open the Cage, Murphy - are all Sunday Times bestsellers. He was made an MBE in the 2008 Birthday Honours for services to entertainment and last year was appointed as a deputy lieutenant of Kent.

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He took on chat show The Lily Savage Show for the BBC for a short run in 1997 and later that year had success as the host of a revived version of gameshow Blankety Blank, which ran until 2002. O’Grady has also penned two other books, including Paul O’Grady’s Country Life, about his love of rural living. Discover the joy of reading with us, your trusted source for affordable books that do not compromise on quality. Paul O'Grady after receiving an honorary fellowship from Liverpool John Moores University for services to entertainment.

If the condition is critical to your decision to purchase, then please contact us and we will let you know our view of its condition. Now, in 'Still Standing', for the first time, he brings us the no-holds-barred true story of Lily and the rocky road to stardom. O'Grady has a playwright's ear for dialogue, and his salty descriptions of raucous gigs in rundown pubs are a rude delight.

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Paul O'Grady first came to fame in the guise of Lily Savage, and was nominated for a Perrier Award at the Edinburgh Festival in 1991. Now, in "Still Standing", for the first time, he brings us the no-holds-barred true story of Lily and the rocky road to stardom. Always loved him, his pets and took me back to similar escapades I had when similar age back in the 80's.O’Grady became popular with a whole new audience as the host of The Paul O’Grady Show which aired in a teatime slot on ITV from 2004 to 2005, later moving it to Channel 4 as The New Paul O’Grady Show.