
Danny Baker's third volume of memoirs barrels along at the same cracking pace as its predecessors the bestselling Going to Sea in a Sieve (the inspiration for the major TV series Cradle to Grave & subsequent nationwide tour) & Going off Alarming With his trademark exuberance he recalls the years which included six years' involvement in the massive TV hit TFI Friday ('piling it up with hellzapoppin' ideas')
- during which time he stalked John Cleese in New York entertained David Bowie & Paul Mc Cartney bizarrely reunites with Sir Michael Caine gets befriended by Peter O' Toole & becomes a member of Led Zeppelin for 35 minutes However the tales are not reliant on celebrity alone & the book comes packed with the usual"a of Baker family jewels including Spud's attitude to doctors Danny's trip to Amsterdam to get stoned for the first time (he fails) getting caught up in football rioting & the now infamous 'kaboom' of an outburst following his despatch from BBC London & then there's the cancer Spoiler alert this is the one in which he almost dies Further spoiler alert he doesn't Going on the Turn is a rollicking read that fizzes with wit warmth & enviable joie de vivre