Hello: A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips

It's an established fact that no actor has ever imbued the greeting "Hello" with as much honeyed smarm as Leslie Phillips. Along with "Ding dong!" it became his calling card, that voice a byword for a string of comedy cads. The irony is that his upper-class tones were adopted: Phillips came from a working-class background, but shrugged off his cockney accent as a child actor before coming to fame in the Carry On and Doctor films. Here Phillips, now 89, reflects on a long and varied career.