- A qualified medical doctor, he claims to be horrified at being able to treat people, despite not having a clue what to do anymore.
- Qualified doctor of medicine.
- He was awarded the OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2011 Queen's Birthday Honours List for his services to Light Entertainment.
- Was a member of the prestigious Cambridge University Footlights Club, and, later, President of the Footlights Club.
- 2005: Son, John Garden, is keyboard player with the group Scissor Sisters.
- Studied Medicine at Cambridge University and King's College Hospital.
- Co-wrote several episodes of Doctor in the House (1969) and its sequels with Bill Oddie
- Father of Sally, John and Tom
- Was a member of the highly successful radio show "I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again". Other members included Tim Brooke-Taylor, Bill Oddie, John Cleese, David Hatch and Jo Kendall.
- Wrote the novel The Seventh Man which was published in 1981.
- In the Cambridge Footlights Revue 1964.
- Enstone, Oxfordshire, England (June 2011)
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