Thats a bit of a hagiography of Simon Dee, Big Al, I know its bad to speak ill of the dead but he was largely the author of his own misfortunes. He joined the BBC from Radio Caroline to ge into TV. He then played the BBC off against ITV in order to satisfy his salary demands (which were large by todays standards when you take inflation into account). He then went back to Radio Caroline to campaign against the BBC. He even supported Radio Caroline when they supported the Conservative party! Then he did a stint in Pentonville for non payment of rates.