'IsaluteyouAndy.Youcreatedoneofthegreatcomiccharacters.'JohnCleese

AfewweeksbeforeKristallnachtinNovember1938,AndrewSachslookedonasNaziofficersarrestedhisfatherwhilethefamilywaseatinginarestaurant.ThesonofaJewishfatherandalapsedCatholicmother,afewdayslaterhewatchedastheNazisburnedandlootedJewishshopsonthestreetsofBerlin.TheboywhowitnessedtheseeventsbeforeheandhisfamilyescapedtoLondonwouldlaterbecomefamousforbeingthebuttofcomiccrueltiesinFawltyTowers.However,thejourneytoTorquay,wheretheiconicserieswasset,wasalongandunexpectedone.IKnowNothingrecountsanecdotesofSachs'bizarreadolescence,hisearlydaysinrep,andlaterworkingwithagalaxyofstarsincludingRexHarrison,NormanWisdom,NoelCoward,AlecGuinness,RichardBurton,PeterSellersandDameEdithEvans.IttellsofhowheeventuallycametoteamupwithJohnCleeseontheshowthatwouldmakehimfamousasthehaplesswaiterfromBarcelona.Charming,laugh-outloudfunnyandutterlycompelling,IKnowNothingistherichlifestoryofoneofBritain'sbestlovedcharacteractors.