Kenny Everett - Driving test sacking package

So many of the greats are sacked now and again. Having been sidelined for making remarks about the lucrative religious programming on the pirate Radio London, Kenny pushed out the boat a little on joining the BBC too.

He'd been fairly outspoken in the press on needle-time restrictions and other Radio1 matters, contrary to the terms of his contract, so tolerance from BBC Radio's Managing Director, Ian Trethowan, was at a low when Kenny suggested in July 1970 that the Transport Minister's wife might have slipped a fiver to her driving instructor. Kenny was despatched to the wilderness for a while.

A youngster called Noel took over the slot.