Cilla Black is a phenomenon of truly iconic proportions. Since debuting on the showbiz circuit in 1963 she's conquered the mediums of TV, comedy & pop! As a singer she has released 14 studio albums, in addition to two successful Greatest Hits packages & 37 singles, many of which have charted world-wide. Beginning her career alongside The Beatles in the local Mersey music scene, she went on to share the same manager Brian Epstein & the same producer, the legendary George Martin also & recorded at Abbey Road. During the sixties she managed to sustain her place at the forefront of the Brit-Pop music scene, having one of the most impressive starts for a British female recording artist which included 20 consecutive Top 40 triumphs on the singles & EP charts! Today Cilla is a British institutions, star of such shows as Surprise, Surprise & Blind Date & regarded as the first lady of UK television, with countless shows, industry awards & record breaking viewing figures to her name. But this is the public story. As she relates the story of her life to us for the very first time, Cilla will reveal what really happened. The good times, the bad times. The high points & the low points. The result is a exciting & moving autobiography, of a type that only comes along once in a decade. ...

Michael Caine is the best-loved film actor Britain has ever produced. Here, for the first time, he reveals the truth about his childhood, his family & his hard-fought journey from London to Hollywood, bringing to life the lean years & the triumphs with astonishing candour. & with typical charm & humour he talks about the movies, about his relationships ...

Michael Caine is the best-loved film actor Britain has ever produced, Here, for the first time, he reveals the truth about his childhood, his family & his hard-fought journey from London to Hollywood, bringing to life the lean years & the triumphs with astonishing candour. & with typical charm & humour he talks about the movies, about his relationships
- on & off screen
- with other actors & directors, & about the memorable screen presence which is his hallmark

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As a boy, Michael Simkins always wanted to be someone. While his friends were out getting laid & stoned, he was tucked up at home dreaming of his name in lights, of holding an audience rapt, of perhaps becoming a TV heart-throb, or having someone, anyone, ask for his autograph in the supermarket. This is the story of an obsessive pursuit of acting fame. It is a life marked by occasional hard-fought successes & routine helpings of ritual humiliation: scout hut Gilbert & Sullivan, dodgy rock operas, sewage farm theatre workshop, Christmas panto hell, straight-to-video film flops, leading roles in Crimewatch reconstructions & dressing up as a chicken to advertise TV dinners. It is a hilarious tale of turgid theatre, tights, trusses & tonsil tennis with Timothy Spall. ...

Lionel is going to a party today, so he must do something about his bad hair. He finds a barber who has lots of crazy suggestions for hairstyles, from dandelion hair to octopus hair! Will Lionel find a style that suits him, & what will be the surprise ending?

A head-sized hole in each page allows children to try out Lionel's hairstyles for themselves, & the back cover has instructions for how to create your own hairstyle.

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Elaine Lordan is well-known to millions as East Enders' Lynne Slater. Yet the real-life heartache & loss she came to suffer ...