Al Murray is a long standing friend & contributor of Lee & Herring. Look closely, you'll see Al in the fist of fun book, and TV show, although perhaps his most prominent Lee & Herring appearance is in This Morning With Richard Not Judy, in which he - in character as the Landlord - throws Simon Quinlank out of his pub during yet another ridiculous hobby.

He's also appeared in The Saturday Night Armistice, with Armando Iannucci, Peter Baynham & David Schneider, and as Harry Hill's simple brother Alan in the Harry Hill show.

Murray also won the coveted Perrier Award at the Edinburgh Festival in 1999 with his "Pub Landlord" Character, this hugely successful character gaining more and more momentum & admirers, it was almost inevitable that he would ultimately be given the opportunity to bring "The Guv'nor" to television.

And he did. Sky Television commissioned a sitcom based around the character which Al penned two series of, with the aid of Richard Herring (and sometimes Stewart Lee, who would lend a hand with script editing duties.)

Richard Herring not only co-wrote the show with Murray, but also appeared in a regular role as a postman, as well as taking an active part in overseeing the recordings of the show.

Another Lee & Herring stalwart, Rebecca Front, appeared regularly in the show as the brewery representative, and nemesis of Murray's bigoted, bullet-headed character.

Here at fistoffun.net, we're not going into huge amounts of detail on the show - and the reason for this is that there's a hugely completist fansite dedicated to it at www.timegentlemenplease.net which includes episode guides, video clips, screen grabs and all sorts of stuff, so get on over there now to find out more about the show.