This story for newly independent readers captures the joys & tribulations of keeping pets. Family life & the interaction between the siblings give the reader many a joyful experience to identify with. The text is divided into short, manageable chapters. ...

Billy Lane is a star among the high-profile custom chopper builders, & in this book, he offers many of his secrets for building a chopper that will stand out in a crowd. It also covers custom-building beyond the chopper genre, including the building of 'bobbers, ' an old-school style of custom that has been revived as a hot trend. ...

Undertaker's clerk Billy (Tom Courtenay) escapes his dreary small town existence in a 1950s Northern town by living in a fantasy world where he realises his ambitions. When his job, unsympathetic working class family & two fiancees threaten to become too much, he meets fashionable Julie Christie, who offers him his one chance for real escape. ...

Still living at home with his family, Billy dreams of becoming a writer for a comedian & escaping his everyday life. Unfortunately, Billy is unable to separate fantasy from real-life, & embroils himself in a web of tangled lies that will bring a many a chuckle to a listener, though will the outcome of his mistruths be quite as funny to Billy? ...

Jeff Rawle stars as the eponymous hero in this series based on Keith Waterhouse's original play & the 1963 feature. Overimaginative & prone to flights of fancy, Billy deals with his mundane reality by dreaming of a new life as a successful comedy writer in London. Episodes are: ' Billy & the Matrimonial Stakes'; ' Billy & the Muse of Fire'; ' Billy & the Birthday Treat'; ' Billy & the Bedsit'; ' Billy & a Little Learning'; ' Billy & the New Life'; ' Billy & the Food of Love'; ' Billy & the Oriental Philosophy'; ' Billy & the Scales of Justice'; ' Billy & the Bedside Manner'; ' Billy & the Temporary Position'; ' Billy & Some Orange Blossom'; & ' Billy & a Missing Item'. ...

Jeff Rawle stars as the eponymous hero in this series based on Keith Waterhouse's original play & the 1963 feature. Overimaginative & prone to flights of fancy, Billy deals with his mundane reality by dreaming of a new life as a successful comedy writer in London. ...