Sir Digby Chicken Caesar and his sidekick Ginger are recurring characters created by British comedians and actors Robert Webb and David Mitchell. The character originally appeared in the radio series That Mitchell and Webb Sound as Sir Digby Caesar-Salad, but later became Sir Digby Chicken-Caesar for the television version, That Mitchell and Webb Look, shown on BBC2. When Sir Digby returned to radio, his name had become Sir Digby Chicken-Caesar.
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Characters
Sir Digby is a London vagrant who appears to be under the impression that he is a heroic Sherlock Holmes-type character in a Victorian melodrama who is constantly pursued by his "nemesis", who he describes as "some bastard who is presumably responsible". Sir Digby frequently encounters his nemesis' henchmen, who usually take the form of policemen or anybody who happens to stand in Sir Digby's way. It is made quite clear that this is a pose; Sir Digby is an unrepentant criminal, an alcoholic and user of illicit drugs. He claims to stand up for “truth, justice and getting smashed for under a fiver”. Ginger is his Watson; a quiet dogsbody who has been the victim of sexual abuse and whom Digby sometimes forces into prostitution. Sir Digby wears a ragged tweed overcoat, fingerless gloves and a deerstalker hat. He effects the vocabulary and manner of a gentleman, addressing people as ‘my good woman” and referring several times to “my club”. When making his escape from the scenes of his various crimes, Sir Digby is accompanied by melodramatic 1930s cinema chase music (Devil's Gallop) to which he sings along.
Sketches
That Mitchell and Webb Look Series 1
Sketch 1
Sir Digby and Ginger steal a wallet, some alcohol and cigarettes. They pose as touts and assault a police officer. Ginger spends two days in jail. Reunited, they rob the corpse of another vagrant.
Sketch 2
The heroic duo break into the house of an elderly woman, tie her up and pretend that they are visiting “Dear Auntie Marigold”. They steal her television and are pursued. Ginger is beaten up. They break into a school and steal scientific equipment in order to make crystal meth.
Sketch 3
Our heroes are in church, where they leer at the congregation, drink all the communion wine and sack the altar. They are thrown in jail, Ginger "hangs" himself in their cell to create a diversion and they both escape. They go to a games arcade in order to search for loose change on the floor.
