Eric Sykes is justly famous as a comedian, an outstanding clown and film actor. Behind the scenes he has also been the highest-paid writer of comedy radio, writer/actor of television's longest running sitcom and an award-winning film director.

Documentary on comedian and comedy writer Eric Sykes. A range of colleagues and admirers give insights into Sykes' character and working method. Sykes talks about his early life in Leeds, his family, the army, demobilisation and writing and performing comedy, the actress Hattie Jacques, and his current situation of being both deaf and blind, with comments from ear consultant and friend John Ballantyne.

The programme includes clips from: a Harry Secombe Show from 1953 featuring Sykes and Spike Milligan in performance; Sykes And A Bath (1961); Sykes And A Haunting (1962); Sykes And A Log Cabin (1964); Sykes And A Cat (1972); and The Plank (1967).