... who consummates his love affair with a tree.

He appeared with Peter Sellers in a Barclays Bank advertisement in 1980 shortly before Sellers' death; the infamous Monty Casino ads.

Along with writing several series for the BBC, in 1982 he appeared in an episode of the BBC situation comedy Yes Minister as an army officer who brings the minister's attention to British-made weapons getting into the hands of terrorists.

Arguably the most notable example of his work with John Bird is their series of satirical sketches The Long Johns, in which one of the Johns interviews the other in the guise of a senior figure such as a politician, businessman or government consultant, invariably named "George Parr" (after the English cricketer, rather than the US politician). Bird and Fortune have been credited as being among the very first to predict the 2008-2009 credit crisis.

In 1999, Fortune starred with Warren Mitchell and Ken Campbell in 'Art' at Wyndham's Theatre in London's West End. He has also appeared in the films Maybe Baby and Saving Grace, and had a guest part in the sitcom Joking Apart.

In recent years, he has starred in the award-winning Radio 4 sitcom Ed Reardon's Week, in which he plays the head of a literary agency.

He was educated at King's College, Cambridge, where he was to meet and form a lasting friendship with John Bird.

John Fortune and John Bird continue to write and perform their self-contained cabarets for corporate clients.

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