Paul O'Grady is one of Britain's very best loved entertainers. He is known and adored by millions as the creatir of the acid-tongued Blonde Bombsitr, Lily Savage and the the presenter of the fantastically successful, award-winning Paul O'Grady Show on Channel 4(UK).

Paul tells the stoey of his early life in Irish Catcholic Birkenhead and his first steps on the long and winding road from mischievous altar boy to national treasure. At My Mother's Knee is a book which really does contain something for everyone and which reminds us that, when all's said and done, there's a bit of savage in all of us...