{"product_id":"being-david-archer-9781472125132","title":"Being David Archer","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Hilarious'' \u003ci\u003eMail on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Stylish, very funny memoir'' \u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTimothy Bentinck has played the part of David Archer in BBC Radio 4''s \u003ci\u003eThe Archers\u003c\/i\u003e since 1982. He is also the Earl of Portland and the voice of ''Mind The Gap'' on the Piccadilly Line. Aimed primarily at the five million regular \u003ci\u003eArchers\u003c\/i\u003e listeners, Timothy takes the reader behind the scenes of the longest running drama series in the world, a British institution with a theme tune that Billy Connolly wants to be the National Anthem. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut that''s not all. With wry, self-deprecating humour, Timothy recounts his enormously varied life - a successful actor in TV, film and theatre, a voice specialist working in every vocal medium. He''s also been an HGV truck driver, a US tour guide, a computer programmer and website designer, an inventor with UK and US patents, farm worker, house renovator and he sat as a crossbencher in the House of Lords for three years.\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStylish, very funny memoir * Daily Mail *\u003cbr\u003eHilarious * Mail on Sunday *\u003cbr\u003e[Tim] recounts his enormously varied life with his own brand of wry, self-deprecating humour . . . As well as taking readers behind the scenes of \u003ci\u003eThe Archers\u003c\/i\u003e, Tim's autobiography also provides a funny and thoughtful account of how to survive the insecure life of a jobbing actor * Countryside *\u003cbr\u003eVery informative and highly entertaining * Lynn News *\u003cbr\u003eFrank and realistic . . . the book ought to be required reading for all drama students * The Lady *\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Little, Brown Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47851678007639,"sku":"9781472125132","price":7.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781472125132.jpg?v=1710641855","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/being-david-archer-9781472125132","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}