Wikipedia: Rowley Birkin QC

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Correct spelling of Rowley Burkin QC.

A character in the BBC sketch show "The Fast Show".

Played by Paul Whitehouse, he is a strange looking old man, with a puffy nose from drinking too much, seated in an old-fashioned room telling un-intelligible stories about his past exploits.
Some of the speech is understandable, but most is mumbled, with occasional strange noises and hand signals.
He ends his monologues with "..of course I was very, very drunk", or variation thereof.

Recently used as part of a [British Gas]? advertising campaign.

A character in the BBC sketch show "The Fast Show".
Played by Paul Whitehouse, he is a strange looking old man, with a puffy nose from drinking too much, seated in an old-fashioned room telling un-intelligible stories about his past exploits. Some of the speech is understandable, but most is mumbled, with occasional strange noises and hand signals. He ends his monologues with "..of course I was very, very drunk", or variation thereof.

Recently used as part of a [British Gas]? advertising campaign.