Python’s Cleese tops poll as most influential comic

Fawlty Towers actor John Cleese has been named the most influential British comedy star of all time.

The 75-year-old Monty Python star beat competition from a who’s who of comedy greats as well as younger upstarts.

Only Fools And Horses actor Sir David Jason takes second place in the poll, followed by Blackadder and Mr Bean star Rowan Atkinson.