Radio Gonzo

One of the things I like most about this job is that I meet a wide range of interesting people, many of whom I would not have met otherwise. A case in point is Tony Klinger. He is one of those people whose work I have followed for years without realising it; he started out working out on The Avengers, which as any Fule Kno was an iconic 1960s TV show featuring the inestimably suave Patrick Macnee as artistically undifferentiated secret agent John Steed, and the delectable Diana Rigg as Emma Peel (1960s showbiz Argot for M-Appeal, or 'Man Appeal'). The very British surrealism whimsy of these television shows, I suspect, acted as an excellent training ground for the young Klinger, who went on – at a surprisingly early age – to work on action-adventure films such as Gold (1974) and Shout at the Devil (1976). Klinger also made rock films, documenting Deep Purple "Deep Purple Riser Over Japan" and "The Butterfly Ball" and The Who, including The Kids Are Alright (1979). It also has to be said that he comes from a