Sam Simmons – A-K

He’s been called everything from the lovechild of Basil Fawlty and Spike Milligan, “a comedy mastermind” and even “a shouty Australian who looks like the slightly unhinged neighbour in an Aussie soap whose wife has left him.”

The constant stream of adoring reviews and his overflowing trophy cabinet are a testament to Sam’s place as our pre-eminent idiot – a svengali of silliness whose aggressive embrace of the ridiculous has pushed him towards icon status.