Today the whole Silksoundbooks team are really pleased to wish a big Happy Birthday to star audio book reader Andrew Sachs.

Andrew was born Andreas Siegfried Sachs on 7 April 1930 in Berlin, Germany and moved to England with his family when he was eight. They settled in North London where he still lives to this day.

Andrew is most widely known for his role of Manuel the Spanish waiter the BBC classic comedy series Fawlty Towers and he appears regularly on the radio and television. His latest role is in the long running soap opera Coronation Street.

Andrew is no stranger to audio books and radio plays - his 1978 radio production The Revenge was an incredible 'play without words' that was recorded in binaural stereo and has been repeated by popular demand many times.

We were really pleased that Andrew agreed to record Charles Dickens’ vast adventure, A Tale of Two Cities as a totally unabridged audio book for Silksoundbooks. Set between London and Paris, A Tale of Two Cities has adventure, betrayal and great heroism woven through this thrilling tale of the French Revolution all brought stunningly to life by Andrew Sachs.

Happy Birthday Andrew.