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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

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Hardcover. Zustand: New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: New. Born in Birmingham in 1929, Jacqueline Hill lost her parents in early childhood and spent her adolescence working in a factory. Then, in the post-war years, a scholarship to RADA helped her escape to a new life in London - and she never looked back. Jacqueline is best known for her performance as Barbara Wright, one of the very first Doctor Who companions. But her career on the small screen began a decade earlier, in the days following the landmark Coronation TV broadcast of 1953. Her appearance on a BBC talent show that summer brought her overnight success, although it soon became clear just how easily that might slip away. During the ten years that followed, Jacqueline quietly established herself as a leading actress of skill and sensitivity alongside the likes of Sam Wanamaker, Sean Connery, and Maggie Smith. By the time she led viewers into the TARDIS for the first time, she was a seasoned professional, familiar with every aspect of a rapidly changing industry. Jacqueline's story, told here with the help of new research and interviews, is one of the resilience and determination in both her private life and her career. It offers a snapshot of television history, and shows for the first time how her early experiences prepared her to take on the role she played so memorably in Doctor Who.

Hardcover. Zustand: New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: New. Pat Coombs was the unsung heroine of British comedy. With her distinctive looks and incredible array of funny voices she was instantly recognisable. A favourite 'foil' to many of Britain's top entertainers, including Bob Monkhouse, Ted Ray and Dick Emery, her career spanned more than fifty years. A true Cockney, born within the sound of Bow Bells, Pat was a star on radio from the 1950s and went on to become a much-loved face on television with appearances in countless series, ranging from Beggar My Neighbour and Don't Drink the Water to You're Only Young Twice and EastEnders. Interspersed with a string of small screen hits were roles in the Carry On films and numerous appearances in television adverts and quiz shows (including Celebrity Squares and Blankety Blank) all of which made her a firm fixture in British entertainment. In this unashamedly affectionate biography, Andrew Ross draws upon Pat's personal archive, as well as memories from family and colleagues and his own five-year friendship with 'Patty', to chart her life and remarkable career. "There can't be anyone with anything bad to say about her," said one of Pat's friends. Indeed few actresses have been so loved, not only for their talent as a performer but also for the sweetness of their real-life personality. From her earliest days in wartime London to the final years of her life (when she stoically battled ill-health to continue working), this authorised biography is a tribute to an unforgettable lady who touched the lives of many generations.

Soft cover. Zustand: Fine. 1st Edition. A very uncommon book. Signed by Author(s).

Zustand: Very Good. 2022. First Edition. 227 pages. No dust jacket. Signed by the author. Pictorial paper covered boards with lettering. Contains black and white plates. Signed by the author with dedication to Steve on title page. Pages and plates are bright and clear with no visible markings. Binding throughout remains firm. Boards have light edge wear with minor corner bumping. Mild crushing to spine, with occasional markings overall. Lettering is clear.

Hardcover. Zustand: New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: New. How were they to know when they bought the little ruin in deepest France with the sweet name "Valentin" painted across its crumbling façade, that this purchase would be their salvation? She was a well-known actress, he a respected television and theatre director, both leaving behind all that they knew to begin a great, unscripted adventure together in a new country. Immigrating to rural France, they opened a very theatrical, British guest house, where all human life was welcomed. With a colourful cast of characters, the story of their life in France is in part bizarre, hilarious, shocking and sometimes tragic, but always fascinating.

Hardcover. Zustand: New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: New. Mention the name 'Fanny Cradock' to anyone, young or old, and they tend to simply snigger, make an innuendo-heavy reference to doughnuts or squirm at the thought of long-forgotten meals disguised under layer-upon-layer of ever-increasingly bizarre food-colourings and flourishes of garnish. She is, at least, remembered. She was hard to forget. Her legacy collapsed faster than you could say 'freshly baked soufflé' when she died twenty-five years ago. It became popular to talk her down; laughing at her appearance captured as if in aspic on YouTube, discussing the 'shocking' way she treated her assistants and husband-come-sidekick, Johnnie, repeating rumours that she 'couldn't cook anyway', was rude to everyone she ever met and spent her days swanning around her kitchen in elaborate ball-gowns barking orders as she went? However, there is much more to Fanny Cradock than even the most elaborately pencilled-in eyebrow might suggest. The 'real' story is just as weird, wonderful and wacky as the myths that persist? Fanny Cradock had many careers; she was the mistress of reinvention before Madonna had even considered it. She was an entrepreneur, business-woman, activist, journalist, food critic, travel guru, food demonstrator, fiction writer, children's author, cookbook creator, media personality and, as she is most remembered, a television cook - the first 'celebrity chef'. Fanny deliberately created the over-the-top persona which catapulted her into the living rooms of millions of British viewers in the 1950s, riding high as the 'television celebrity chef' until the 1970s, enabling her to remain in the hearts and minds of the public to this day. Keep Calm and Fanny On - The Many Careers of Fanny Cradock takes an amusing, entertaining and lively look at her life and work. Expertly and meticulously researched in her own archives and others, through speaking to those who knew her best - friends, family, colleagues, and those fortunate enough to experience her charisma, uniqueness, nerve and talent over the decades. With a Foreword from Nicholas Parsons and contributions from her assistants and family members as well Dame Esther Rantzen, Gyles Brandreth, Sir David Attenborough, Nick Owen, Prue Leith, Diana Henry and Evangeline Evans, Keep Calm and Fanny On - The Many Careers of Fanny Cradock re-draws, re-evaluates and re-tells the remarkable story of Fanny Cradock.

Hardcover. Zustand: New. In the 1970s, actor Barry Evans was at the very top of his profession. After his breakthrough role in the hit film Here We Go Round The Mulberry Bush in 1968, he became a regular feature on the nation's television screens, starring in the hugely successful sitcoms Doctor In The House, Doctor At Large, and Mind Your Language. However, Barry's fame masked a private life plagued with insecurities and depression. His success as an actor could not be sustained in the years that followed and the newspapers that once feted his name would only mention him again when, at the age of 53, his cold and lifeless body was discovered in his small bungalow in a quiet Leicestershire village, a whisky bottle and a quantity of pills close by. With over sixty exclusive interviews with his friends, colleagues, and co-stars, and access to previously unseen documents, the incredible story of Barry Evans is told for the first time in Daniel Ward's revealing biography, portraying a complex yet sensitive man who rose from being abandoned as a child to grace stages in the West End and on Broadway, star in hit films and television series, and earn international fame before his fall into obscurity and a tragic death shrouded in mystery.

Hardcover. Zustand: New. Six hit pilot scripts plus the one that got away, from the keyboard of LAURENCE MARKS and MAURICE GRAN. Holding the Fort Shine On Harvey Moon The New Statesman Birds of a Feather Love Hurts Goodnight Sweetheart and Lady Ottoline Pierpoint's Guide to Intimate Behaviour for Gentlewomen Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran always wanted to be television comedy writers. perhaps because they grew up during what they consider to be the golden age of situation comedy. They spent much of the 1970s failing to sell any of their first four sit-com attempts. Then in 1979 they managed to penetrate the office of Humphrey Barclay, the head of comedy at London Weekend Television. Amazingly, he liked their fifth sit-com idea enough to commission the script that became Holding the Fort, the first pilot in this book. Between that day in spring 1979, and summer 1993, Marks and Gran went on to create a dozen original television comedies, winning two British Academy awards and an International Emmy. Shooting the Pilot features the original pilot scripts of six of their most successful series. From Holding the Fort to Goodnight Sweetheart. Within Shooting the Pilot you will encounter such well-loved TV characters as Gary Sparrow, Alan B'Stard MP, Harvey Moon, and of course Sharon, Tracey and Dorien, the original Essex girls. Each script is preceded by an illuminating essay recounting how the show was developed and cast and the impact our chosen actors had on the scripts, and vice-versa. As a bonus, you also have the chance to read the pilot that was never produced, Lady Ottoline Pierpoint's Guide to Intimate Behaviour for Gentlewomen, and so learn something about the changing face of television. Shooting the Pilot is a book for lovers of television comedy, as well as for would-be comedy writers, who will all be fascinated as Marks and Gran reveal some, if not all, of the tricks of their trade.

Hardcover. Zustand: New. It is 1923 and the BBC is at war! Theatre managers have banned their stars from broadcasting on the new-fangled wireless, fearing audiences will prefer to stay at home and listen to all their favourite celebrities for the price of a radio licence. The only solution is for the BBC to nurture its own talent. Which is how a bespectacled office clerk, moonlighting under the assumed name of John Henry, quickly becomes a nationwide comedy sensation. Standing alone in a bare studio, his mournful Yorkshire tones cause hilarity across the land. He instantly grasps the potential of radio, painting his surreal misadventures directly onto the canvas of the listener's imagination. John Henry was radio's first megastar. The first BBC comedian to perform topical comedy. The first to have his own comic strip. The first to broadcast live from an aeroplane. And when wife Blossom joined the act, the rudimentary sitcom was born. They even made silent movies about listening to the radio! But his fame soon began to fade. And when the press revealed his complicated secret life (and secret wives), John Henry's misfortunes abruptly ceased to be funny. Alan Stafford has exhaustively researched the fascinating life of this overlooked comedy innovator. The jokes, the sketches, the successes and failures of an absurdist comedian who entertained millions in their own homes. When radio was new, John Henry was right at the heart of it - the first true pioneer of BBC comedy.

Hardcover. Zustand: New. 'You won't do any good until you're 40,' was the advice given to a young Frank Thornton by farceur Robertson Hare. That prediction came true when Frank joined Michael Bentine's It's A Square World in 1961, and by the time Are You Being Served? propelled Frank to stardom in 1972 he was considered a veteran of stage and screen. When the curtain came down on his career in 2012, he had become one of the most recognisable actors in Britain. All this despite shying away from fame, preferring to work in the shadows of such comedy giants as Tony Hancock, Harry Worth, Tommy Cooper, Benny Hill, Dick Emery, Kenny Everett and Morecambe and Wise. In To Be Frank? Brian Slade tells the full story of Frank Thornton's career, with access to family archives and Frank's own journals and letters. From his early days performing Shakespeare with Donald Wolfit to his lengthy stay in Last of the Summer Wine, via the RAF, a career-threatening speech impediment and the worldwide popularity of Captain Peacock - all with his beloved wife Beryl by his side. With contributions from his daughter, Jane, and friends and colleagues including Alan Titchmarsh MBE, Julian Clary, Noel Edmonds, Gyles Brandreth, Richard Bentine and David MacGillivray, To Be Frank? shines the spotlight on a man too humble to crave stardom, but who became one of the most famous faces on British television.

Hardcover. Zustand: New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: New. Kit Pedler was a man of ideas, both scientific and fictional. He brought his thoughts on the future of science alive to millions of television viewers as prescient drama. As a writer, he will forever be associated with creating the Cybermen with Gerry Davis for Doctor Who. The ultimate in human upgrade; they were less fearful from being a monster, but as a potential echo of our future. He also devised the process of regenerating one Time Lord into another incarnation, thus succeeding in securing the continuation of Doctor Who to the present day. He became a household name when he co-created Doomwatch, the BBC serial starring Robert Powell. It thrilled audiences and speculated on the dangers of runaway science and the impact it could have on humanity. In the 1970s, he turned away from the conventional path of a career scientist and embraced the new movement of alternative technology, becoming a public advocate of living modern life in a way which would impact less harmfully on the planet. In this revised edition of Cyberman - The Quest for Pedler, Michael Seely traces the path of Kit's life, and with help from his friends, family and colleagues, explores the many fascinating ideas and campaigns that Kit Pedler took to his heart.

Hardcover. Zustand: New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: New. Barry Letts began his screen career as an actor, starring in the Ealing film Scott of the Antarctic and TV dramas such as The Avengers, The Moonstone and Gunpowder Guy in which future Doctor Who actor Patrick Troughton took the lead role. In the 1960s he switched to directing, taking the helm of classic shows such as The Newcomers and Z Cars. Barry got his first taste of Doctor Who in 1967 when he directed the six-part serial The Enemy of the World. In 1969, he took over as the show's producer. This was an exciting time for Doctor Who - the show had a new lead actor, and was being broadcast in colour for the first time. Barry reveals his memories of this era, talking about his relationship with script editor Terrance Dicks and the show's cast, Jon Pertwee, Katy Manning and Roger Delgado. Packed with behind-the-scenes gossip, fascinating production detail and witty anecdotes, Who and Me recounts Barry Letts' journey from struggling actor to successful producer, and the ups and downs of working on Doctor Who during the Jon Pertwee years. When first published, Who and Me concluded at the end of Barry Letts' second season as producer of Doctor Who; he had always intended to write a second volume, but sadly Barry's death in 2009 meant that this was never completed. This new edition take the story forward with additional material which picks up where Barry left off and evaluates his contribution to the world's longest running science fiction television series.

Hardcover. Zustand: New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: New. 'I was born in Edinburgh in 1978 at the age of forty.' Thus begins film critic Mansel Stimpson's memoir describing the impact upon his life of a single pivotal moment - his late but positive and totally unexpected realisation that he was gay. Written some thirty years ago but only published now for the first time, the story gains from the fact that so much of it - everything that followed on from the author's recognition of his sexuality - was recorded as it was happening. His first tentative forays into the world of gay dating, his developing sex life and the search for long-term fulfilment are set against his growing involvement in organisations such as the Campaign for Homosexual Equality and the emotional impact of deciding when and how to come out to friends and colleagues. Although a personal tale, this is also a portrait of an era, sharing what it meant to be gay in the late 1970s and early 1980s when attitudes to homosexuality were gradually changing.

Hardcover. Zustand: New. It is 1988 and Kenneth Williams - comic actor, author and raconteur - is at the end of his tether. Persistent illness, a flagging career, and disintegrating relationships; all have combined to bring about a deep melancholy and a lonely despair. Shadows are encroaching and the curtain is beginning to fall. In reality, it was indeed the end of the road for this icon of British entertainment. But what if things had worked out differently? What if this legend of stage, radio and screen hadn't succumbed to the misery and suffering, and actually managed to find a way back? What if the great Kenneth Williams had lived on?? BEYOND OUR KENNETH is an imagined continuation of the acclaimed star's notorious diary - a fictional, five-year extension, where we find the king of campery enduring in an alternate London of the early nineties. Follow the master of the acidic put-down, the prince of pithy retorts, as he navigates unfamiliar waters with a cast of cohorts, both familiar and new. Listen in to more private musings from one of the country's favourite personalities? there'll be candour, cattiness - and plenty of carrying on!

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Dust Jacket Included. Not Stated (illustrator). 1st Edition. 250 pages, a Fine hardback in a like dust-jacket [1781961492].

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 1st Edition. UK hardback first impression, SIGNED at title page with inscription. Fine in fine jacket. Signed by Author.

Zustand: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. First Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed and signed by the Author to f.e.p. 198pp. Illustrated. Top edge lightly marked, otherwise Near Fine in dustwrapper slightly rubbed extremities of spine. Signed by Author(s).

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Zustand: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Zustand: Very Good. 2012. First Edition. 196 pages. Signed by the author. Brown dust jacket over brown cloth. Signed by the author with dedication to front free endpaper. Binding remains firm. Pages are bright and clear with no visible markings. Boards have light edgewear with corner bumping. Mild crushing to spine, with occasional markings overall. Unclipped jacket has light edgewear with chips and creasing.

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