This book contains diaries for 1980-1995 with reminiscences and reviews by Alan Bennett's. The diary which he kept during the production of his first play, Forty Year On, is also included in this book. This is a wonderfully entertaining collection of Alan Bennett's writings. This book is 24.1cm in height and 15.6cm wide with 634 pages.
Story of Audrey Hepburn is a 52 minute DVD which charts the life of a true Hollywood Legend and style icon. Interspersed with clips from some of her film roles it tells the story of a young girl who rose quickly to fame and is remembered as much for her innate style and grace as for her impressive body of film work.
There was a lot that we kept from my mother. My dad would say to me as a teenager Don't tell your mother. We couldn't face the disapproval.'
Sue Johnston always seemed to be disappointing her mother. As a girl she never stayed clean and tidy like her cousins. As she grew older, she spent all her piano lesson money on drinks for her mates down the pub, and when she discovered the Cavern she was never at home. The final straw was when Sue left her steady job at a St Helens factory to try her hand at that unsteadiest of jobs: acting.
Yet when Sue was bringing up her own child alone, her mother was always there to help. And playing her much-loved characters Sheila Grant and Barbara Royle - although her mum wouldn't say she was proud as such, she certainly seemed to approve. And in her mother's final months, it was Sue she needed by her side.
The relationship with your mother is perhaps the most precious and fraught of any woman's life. When she began writing, Sue set out to record 'all the big things, and all the small things. Everything I wanted to tell my mother but felt I never could'. The result is a warm, poignant and often very funny memoir by one of Britain's favourite actresses.
Born in Yorkshire to a host of Irish relatives, Brendan is one of life's charmers. Written entirely in his own words, his autobiography is packed full of laugh-out-loud tales from behind the scenes on Coach Trip, as well as from his personal life. It details all the glamorous locations from his thirty-year career in the travel industry, including the Coach trip destinations. It also reveals tons of backstage gossip from all the series so far.
Being A Scot is a vivid and highly personal portrait of Scotland and its achievements. With Murray Grigor, co-writer, film-maker, friend and fellow Scot, Sean's personal quest has been to seek answers to some perplexing questions. How did Scots come to devise so many new sports and games? What gave fire to the Gothic tendency in Scottish literature? Why have so many creatively inventive and influential architects been Scots? And where did Scotland's unreal blend of psychotic humour originate? Sean Connery offers a correction to misconceptions, whilst revealing as never before his own vibrant personal history.
Ben Collins was born is Bristol before moving to California, where he competed as a junior Olympic standard swimmer. When a career as a fighter pilot was cut short by a visit to the optician, Ben switched to cars. He won races in every category from Formula Three to Le Mans Sports cars and GT, and captured the European NASCAR title. When a lack of funding curtailed his racing career, Ben joined the Army Reserves. He also worked as a Hollywood stuntman. In 2003, he became the anonymous fourth presenter, known as The Stig, of Top Gear, coaching celebrities, organising car chases and testing hundreds of priceless cars. Eight years and 13 series on, his alter ego is recognised by millions around the world.
For over 60 years, Alfred Hitchcock redefined the thriller genre in the 20th century by making over 50 feature-length films and hosted his own television series. Author Laurent Bouzereau puts this incredible canon into perspective, examining the master's life thematically his archetypal antiheroes; his charming villains; his complicated female characters and something Bouzereau calls the 'Hitchcock touch' those elements of film that are, quite simply, Hitchcockian. Packed with photographs from the family's archive, many of which have never been published before, plus remarkable facsimile memorabilia such as letters, memos and snapshots, which frame the story of the director's life and work. Approx size is 28.6cm x 21.7cm x 2.7cm and has 169 pages
There is no more recognized actress of the 20th century than Marilyn Monroe. Born as Norma Jeane Baker in 1926, she grew up to star in some of the greatest films ever made and had relationships with some of the famous men in the world. This handsomely designed book, produced in association with Marilyn's estate, uncovers the private life of the star, commemorating 50 years since the icon's death and celebrates her legacy including over 100 beautiful photographs and 10 rare and removable facsimile documents. This book has 63 pages and is 28.6cm x 22.3cm x 1.8cm
For 31 years, Bill Tarmey has played loveable rogue Jack Duckworth in Coronation Street, and on the 50th anniversary of the show he retired with a story to tell. Bill reveals the hilarious japes behind the scenes with the likes of Alec Gilroy, Bet Lynch, Stan Ogden and many more of the shows stars. But there's also the fascinating story of his early years growing up in post-war Manchester turning away from the life of an asphalter, his love of singing in the working men's club circuit lead him to be quickly cast in the role of Jack.
Olivier is an unexpected portrait of the twentieth century's greatest actor. His was a fairy-tale story - the elergyman's son who, on the strength of one season at the Old Vic, became a great Shakespearean actor and went on to conquer Hollywood - yet Olivier struggled with the dark side of his genius. Drawing on his unlimited and uncensored access to Olivier's personal papers, love letters and diaries, Terry Coleman has written a landmark biography.
Voted the Number One movie on the American Film Institute's List of 100 Funniest Movies, Some Like It Hot remains an undisguised movie classic, 50 years after its debut. Billy Wilder's hilarious film skilfully blends several American preoccupations - jazz, gangsters, drag, and Marilyn Monroe - into one scintillating bootleg cocktail. The Some Like It Hot Companion details the complete history of the comedy, from its roots as a 1951 German comedy to its Hollywood conception, where the superb Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis, and Marilyn Monroe transposed the material to the Roaring Twenties. Included are drafts from the screenplay, casting trivia (the boys were almost Frank Sinatra and Danny Kaye), the background history of the St. Valentine's Day Massacre and Prohibition-era Chicago, on-set production gossip, location shots from the fabled Hotel Coronado in San Diego (doubling for Miami), lyrics from the jazz-era songs in the film, the Broadway and West End musical versions (one of which starred Tony Curtis), and the on-going legacy of the most hilarious cross-gender film in history. As the movie concludes, 'Nobody's perfect!' but this companion to the beloved film will be the perfect addition to the library of anyone who loves comedy, jazz, American film - or Marilyn Monroe.
In this book, Judy Dench writes in depth on the highs and lows of her career. There are far fewer of the latter than the former, but her truthfulness in acting also extends to her writing, so she has not omitted them either. It also reveals her personality in its many facets, and above all her affection for those who have influenced her the most. A number of them have now made their final exits, but Judi Dench brings them all back to life on the page.
Throughout his distinguished career, Patrick Moore has, without a doubt, done more to raise the profile of astronomy among the British public than any other figure in the scientific world. As the presenter of The Sky at Night on BBC television for over 45 years he was honoured with an OBE in 1968 and a CBE in 1988. In 2001 he was knighted 'for services to the popularisation of science and to broadcasting'.
The heart-warming true story of Luke Gamble, an eager and idealistic new vet, whose dream is to do good and find his place in the world. Things, however, are never quite that straightforward.
Joining a West Country mixed practice, he is quickly thrust into the real world of veterinary medicine; truculent farmers; endless out of hours work; nasty biting squirrels; frogs