A fascinating collection of rare and remastered radio & TV material starring Tony Hancock This second treasury of rare archive material is spearheaded by four newly-restored radio episodes of Hancock?s Half Hour, all from 1956: ?The New Secretary?, ?Anna and the King of Siam?, ?The Stolen Petrol? and ?The Expresso Bar?. Starring alongside Tony Hancock are Sid James, Bill Kerr, Hattie Jacques and Kenneth Williams. A number of fascinating extracts from...

Nicholas Ray was cinema. The legendary director of such classic films as Rebel Without a Cause was an innovative force who dramatically changed the Hollywood landscape. He was also Nicca Ray's dad, Nick. After he disappeared from her life in 1964, Nicca began to imagine her father as a hero who would return and whisk her away from a life in LA where she never felt safe. However, the man who finally reappeared was not the legendary figure she dreamed...

The circus has always been home to the dazzling and the exotic, the improbable and the impossible - a place of myth and romance, of reinvention, rebirth, second acts, and new identities. Asking why we long to soar on flying trapezes, ride bareback on spangled horses, and parade through the streets in costumes of glitter and gold, this book illuminates the history of the circus and the claim it has on the imaginations of artists, writers, and people...

Leave it all on the floor.. Queen of Latin Ballroom, Shirley Ballas has a spectacular dance career spanning over 40 years - she has Cha-Cha'd her way across the world's dance floors to become a multi-award-winning ballroom champion and one of the most renowned dancers in the world. In 1996, Shirley retired from competitive dancing to become a highly-acclaimed coach and now holds the enviable position of Head Judge on BBC One's prime time show Strictly...

Arthur Lowe, John Le Mesurier and Clive Dunn star in two classic radio episodes from 1974. The episodes featured are 'Seargeant Wilson's Little Secret' and 'Something Nasty in the Vault'.

Featuring spectacular photographs from the production, interviews with the cast and crew, and a look into the historical and geographical backdrop of the film, this official guide to the Downtown Abbey film is made to be treasured and loved by fans across the globe.

There has been always as much drama offstage as on at the National Theatre, and much of it is to be found in the letters, telegrams, scribbled notes and colourful postcards of its main players. This book brings together for the first time eight hundred of the most inspiring, dramatic and amusing letters from the life of Britain's most beloved theatre: from Laurence Olivier's gracious rejection letters to Peter Hall's combative memos; from Helen Mirren's...

At eighteen, after moving to London with dreams of becoming an actress, an impressionable girl who paints freckles on her face begins work experience in a West End theatre company. In between mail-outs and making cups of coffee she meets the formidable producer Thelma Holt. Within a fortnight Thelma has stolen her and renamed her. From that moment she becomes Sweetpea. Existing somewhere between glamour and penury, Sweetpea finds herself surrounded...

'No one ever fully recovers from their past. There is no cure for it. You just learn to manage and prioritise it. I believe the second you feel you have triumphed or overcome something, anything - an abuse, an injury to the body or the mind, an addiction, a character flaw, a habit, a person - you have merely decided to stop being vigilant and embraced denial as your modus operandi. And that is what this book is about, and for: to remind you not to...

Humans are born to dance. Dancing can change the way we feel and think, boost our self-esteem, help us problem solve and even relieve symptoms of neuro-degenerative disorders. Drawing on sources from psychology, anthropology and his own extensive scientific research, dance psychologist and former professional dancer, Dr Peter Lovatt explains how even the most uncoordinated person can use combinations of movement to improve their mood, feel energised,...