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Never one to shy away from the uproarious, challenging, and remarkable moments that make up life, this exceptionally candid book will have readers wincing with recognition, nodding their head in solidarity, and laughing out loud. Written with Amy's signature candour, she reflects on her often raucous childhood antics, her hard won and incomparable rise to comedic stardom, and the courage it takes to approach the world with astounding honesty every...
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Bolinda/Gill audio
Pub. Date
2021
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In 2007, comedian and broadcaster Dermot Whelan arrived at a comedy festival in an ambulance after having a panic attack en route. Realising this was not a sustainable way to travel to future gigs, he decided to become a meditation teacher and learn how to de-stress without annoying the emergency services. Telling Dermot?s own story and offering useful everyday tips and techniques, Mind Full is his funny and accessible guide to meditation. If you...
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Trapeze
Pub. Date
2020
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Victoria Wood was a true pioneer among entertainers, earning her the rightful place as a national treasure time and time again. Wood's career was one of the most illustrious and wide-ranging in British comedy, and one of the greatest sadnesses following her death in 2016 was that she left the world without leaving her own full account of her life, having never written an autobiography. 'I will do it one day,' she told journalist and author Jasper...
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Bolinda audio
Pub. Date
2023
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When I was younger I wanted to be an interesting, sophisticated, semi-heroic, multi-layered person. BUT that kind of perfect is impossible. Being an actual tw*t is much more the real me. Sorry to boast, but I am a champion tw*t. In The Tw*t Files I will tell you about all the times I?ve been a total and utter tw*t. The moments where I?ve misunderstood stuff and messed up. In my life these have been key because: Mistakes tell us about ourselves. Mistakes...
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Harper
Pub. Date
2014
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Drawing upon a mountain of original research - interviews with family and friends, court transcripts, unpublished journals, screenplay drafts - Scott Saul traces Pryor's rough journey to the heights of fame: from his heartbreaking childhood, his trials in the Army, and his apprentice days in Greenwich Village to his soul-searching interlude in Berkeley and his ascent in the 'New Hollywood' of the 1970s.
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Virgin
Pub. Date
2006
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This biography offers a warts-and-all portrait of a star who is much more complex than she has shown herself to be. From her isolated and bizarre childhood, to the explosion of her popularity in her work with Julie Walters, this book aims to reveal the true Victoria Wood.
11) Is it just me?
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In 'Is it Just Me?', Britain's best loved comedienne, Miranda Hart, laments on the horrors of growing up and offers her younger self some essential advice on grappling with life's unexpected perils and blunders.
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Bolinda/Blink audio
Pub. Date
2019
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Bob Mortimer and Paul Whitehouse have been friends for 30 years, but when life intervened, what was once a joyous and spontaneous friendship dwindled to the odd phone call or occasional catch up. Then, Glory Be! They were both diagnosed with heart disease and realised that time is short. They'd better spend it fishing ... So they dusted off their kits, chucked on their waders and ventured into the achingly beautiful British countryside to fish, rediscover...
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HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2014
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With a good job in sales and marketing and a nice house in Manchester that he shared with his wife and kids, John Bishop was no different when he turned the dreaded 4-0. But instead of spanking a load of cash on a car that would have made him look like a senior stylist at Vidal Sassoon, he stumbled onto a pathway that ultimately lead him to become one of the nation?s best loved comedians. It was a gamble, but boy, did it pay off. How Did All This...
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Michael Joseph
Pub. Date
2016
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Alan Carr described his life story in his own words, from growing up in a football-mad family in Northampton to his rise as one of Britain's best-loved comedians. And now he is ready to divulge the next chapter in bursts of hilarious technicolour.
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John Blake
Pub. Date
2011
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With no fewer than three gongs at the 2011 British Comedy Awards, Miranda Hart was crowned the Queen of Comedy. She has become something of a national treasure, yet thrust into the nation's living rooms (and hearts) with her self-titled sitcom, her success did not happen over night.
19) Dear Fatty
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Century
Pub. Date
2008
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Dawn French is one of the greatest comedy actresses of our time, with a career that has spanned nearly three decades, encompassing a vast and brilliant array of characters. Here she describes the journey that would eventually establish her as a perhaps unlikely, but nevertheless genuine, national treasure.
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Andre Deutsch
Pub. Date
2008
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Catherine Tate leads a very private life along with her partner, stage manager Twig Clark, and their young daughter, Erin. This is the first major biography of Catherine, drawing on interviews with many of those who have worked most closely with her over the years to build a true and complete portrait of this hugely talented actress.