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‘It’s scary telling the truth in a book. In stand up you can say anything as long as it’s funny, but in a book you can say anything’. Simon Amstell’s deeply personal comedy has been described as ‘part Samuel Beckett, part self-help manual’ and ‘funny’. In his first book, Amstell looks at the recurring themes of his standup and tries to figure out who he is before he dies.
‘It’s scary telling the truth in a book. In stand up you can say anything as long as it’s funny, but in a book you can say anything’. Simon Amstell’s deeply personal comedy has been described as ‘part Samuel Beckett, part self-help manual’ and ‘funny’. In his first book, Amstell looks at the recurring themes of his standup and tries to figure out who he is before he dies.
Written in collaboration with Sir David Frost’s wife and three sons, this work features many unpublished writings from Frost and exclusive access to his vast archive. It also offers opinions on Frost from his extraordinary list of friends. It is an epic story of personal achievement set amidst a rapidly changing world, encountering the great and the good that have dominated news and entertainment over the last 50 years.
For 13 years, 22 series and 175 shows, Richard Porter was script editor of ‘Top Gear,’ from the first faltering pilot episode in 2002 until the very last show presented by Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May in 2015. Along the way they destroyed cars, sparked diplomatic incidents, set fire to caravans, almost killed one of the presenters, and somehow transformed ‘Top Gear’ from a shabby BBC Two motoring show into an Emmy-winning, record-breaking, planet-straddling behmoth. ‘And On That Bombshell’ tells stories from behind the scenes of one of the world’s most successful TV programmes, taking in driving monkey’s, broken bones, flying cars, angry rednecks and Jeremy Clarkson’s secret nickname.
Sue Perkins has been charming the nation with her own unique brand of wit since the mid-90s. Alongside long-term presenting partner Mel Giedroyc, she has worked on numerous television projects including BBC1’s phenomenally successful ‘The Great British Bake Off’. However, punning about buns is just one string to Sue’s substantial broadcasting bow. She also regularly pops up on the nation’s favourite television and radio panel shows and has sold out two stand-up tours. This is her memoir.
One of the most respected figures in the broadcasting industry, Roger Mosey has taken senior roles at the BBC for more than 20 years, including as editor of Radio 4’s Today programme, head of television news and director of the London 2012 Olympic coverage. Now, in ‘Getting Out Alive’, Mosey reveals the hidden underbelly of the BBC, lifting the lid on the angry tirades from politicians and spin doctors, the swirling accusations of bias from left and right alike, and the perils of provoking Margaret Thatcher. Along the way, this remarkable memoir charts the pleasures and pitfalls of life at the top of an organisation that is variously held up as a treasured British institution and cast down as a lumbering, out-of-control behemoth.
This is the third volume of Michael Palin’s widely acclaimed diaries. After the Python years and a decade of filming, writing and acting, Palin’s career takes an unexpected direction into travel, which will shape his working life for the next 25 years. Yet, as the diaries reveal, he remained ferociously busy on a host of other projects throughout this whirlwind period. The book opens in September 1988 with Michael travelling down the Adriatic on the first leg of a modern-day AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS. He was not the BBC’s first choice for the series, but after its success and that of the accompanying book the public naturally wanted more. Palin, though, has other plans.
David Walliams’ autobiography will be a roller-coaster ride of emotions. It will surprise and entertain, and allow fans and newcomers the privilege of entering his uniquely brilliant mind.
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