Monkey cannot have been the only media watcher to have its interest piqued when Radio 4’s PM show trailed its exclusive access to the audio from the “famous row that erupted when a man couldn’t get a steak in a hotel one night”.
The latest twist in the Jeremy Clarkson “fracas” story beckoned.
But when the segment eventually rolled round, Monkey found itself listening not to an angry Top Gear presenter, but to an enraged American demanding a Waldorf salad.
And the target of the dissatisfied customer’s ire? Not a BBC TV producer, but a hapless hotel owner by the name of Basil Fawlty.
Well played, PM, well played.
