Which critic inspired the second-series guest name Mr Ingrams?

The second-series guest name Mr Ingrams was inspired by critic Richard Ingrams. Ingrams had written a strongly negative review of Fawlty Towers while serving as a television critic for The Spectator.

John Cleese answered that criticism with a brief visual joke in The Kipper and the Corpse. During the episode's frantic attempt to conceal a dead guest, Basil and Manuel enter a room and encounter Mr Ingrams inflating an inflatable woman. The character is seen only briefly, but the name makes the reference clear.

The joke reflects the show's habit of turning real-life irritations and social observations into farce. Ingrams later acknowledged that the character was a form of revenge for his review, although he regarded the joke as rather pathetic. The scene is easy to miss because it is embedded in one of the episode's rapid chains of interruptions.

Peter Fiddick, A. A. Gill and Clive James were also critics associated with commentary on the series, which makes them plausible distractors. They were not the critic commemorated by the name Mr Ingrams.