Neil Innes

NEIL INNES began his musical career with The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band while still an art student at Goldsmiths College School of Art, University of London. His early hit "I'm the Urban Spaceman" produced by Apollo C. Vermouth (aka Paul McCartney) topped the UK charts in 1968.

The Bonzos also featured in the innovative children's TV series, Do Not Adjust Your Set, with Michael Palin, Terry Jones, Eric Idle, Terry Gilliam, David Jason and Denise Coffey. Neil later joined forces with Monty Python on albums, films and concert tours.

Then came Rutland Weekend Television with Eric Idle and The Rutles and Saturday Night Live's parody of the Beatles story, All You Need Is Cash, starring Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, Bill Murray, Mick Jagger, George Harrison and Paul Simon. Neil wrote and produced all the songs and the album was nominated for a Grammy.

In 1979, the first of 3 six-part TV series - The Innes Book of Records - was broadcast by BBC2. Since then Neil has presented a wide variety of children's television programmes, including the award-winning Book Tower and Puddle Lane, plus scripts and voices for the Raggy Dolls which ran to over 100 episodes.

In 2000 Neil returned to performing live with a one-man show of music and comedy, Innes Own Words, travelling round the UK as well as to Australia, Japan and the USA.