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Ronnie Barker: The Authorised Biography.

Ronnie Barker: The Authorised Biography.

Ronnie Barker: The Authorised Biography.
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Ronnie Barker: The Authorised Biography.

by McCABE, BOB:

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9780233993829
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LONDON.CHAMELEON BOOKS,1998.UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn,2nd imp.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,but a pencilled price (14.99) to top corner of ffe and no price-clip (14.99) to dw/dj.Colour subject portrait photograph upper wrap white+yellow text rear wrap with minimal shelf- wear to edges; negligible edge creasing;no nicks or tears.Top+fore- edges bright and clean,contents pristine.Clean,plain yellow paper-covered boards with bright,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and plain red endpapers.UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn,2nd imp,12-142pp includes b/w subject portrait photograph blank,half-title+title pages, contents list,foreword by David Jason,8 chapters,profuse b/w+colour photographs;filmography,tv-ography,radiography,discography,subject bibliography,awards and sources. Ronnie Barker is undoubtedly one of the most successful British television comedians ever.He is also,by common consent,one of the greatest comedic actors of his generation.What is less well known is that he was actually the author of many of the hilarious scripts that he and Ronnie C would delight millions with during their record-breaking,award-winning series,The Two Ronnies.The roll call of hugely popular programmes starring Ronnie Barker is awesome:The Frost Report, The Two Ronnies, Porridge, Open All Hours.In between these series he starred in several successful films,including the wonderful Futtocks End, various plays and radio shows.He was still one of the nation's most revered comedy performers when he took the decision in 1987 to end his career.The reasons for his retirement have,until now,been shrouded in secrecy.Here Ronnie Barker tells Bob McCabe the real reasons why he left the glare of the spotlight for the cosy glow of his Oxfordshire lamplight.He also reminisces over every aspect of his career, from the moment in a pub in 1955 that he decided to become a comedic actor,to the moment he decided that enough was enough. Here,for the first time,is Ronnie Barker's lifetime of comedy celebrated in glorious technicolour,illustrated with rare photographs,and written with the full co-operation of Ronnie and his many friends and collaborators including Ronnie Corbett, June Whitfield, and Sir Peter Hall.Funny, revealing,touching and honest,here is the authorised tale of how Ronnie Barker went from being a bank clerk in Bedford to doing Porridge to great acclaim and revealing for the first time why he took that momentous decision to quit performing in public when still at the height of his fame.
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Title
Ronnie Barker: The Authorised Biography.
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McCABE, BOB:
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Hardcover
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Used - FINE.
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UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn,2nd Imp.
ISBN 10
0233993827
ISBN 13
9780233993829
Publisher
LONDON.CHAMELEON BOOKS,1998.
Place of Publication
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This edition first published
October 22, 1998
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