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Book Synopsis''Essential'' DAILY MAIL CELEBRITY BIOGRAPHIES OF THE YEAR
''The book reads like it''s Bernard sitting down and telling a story'' Steve Wright, BBC Radio 2
''A fitting celebration of one of our most versatile and enduring acting talents'' Sunday Express
''A rollicking good read - charming, unassuming and full of amiable, homespun wit'' The Oldie
The long-awaited autobiography of national treasure Bernard Cribbins.
Bernard Cribbins''s life has been an eventful one. In 1943, he left school aged fourteen and joined Oldham Repertory Company where he earned fifteen bob for a seventy-hour week. After being called up for National Service in 1946 he became a paratrooper and spent several months in Palestine being shot at. On returning home, and to the theatre, Bernard was eventually approached by George Martin, then an A&R man for Parlophone Records, who suggested he made a record. Just months away fr
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The wittiest, warmest celebrity memoir I can remember reading -- Jake Kerridge * Sunday Express *
A rollicking good read - charming, unassuming and full of amiable, homespun wit * The Oldie *
Cribbins is reliably fascinating. This book is an essential ramble around his life and times -- Roger Lewis * Daily Mail *
A jaunty read, as jaunty as Cribbins is in person * The Times *
The book reads like . . . it's Bernard sitting down and telling a story -- Steve Wright * BBC Radio 2 *
It's written in a conversational style which is breezy without ever getting cloying. It's wonderful. It's almost as if it's just been transcribed -- Danny Baker * BBC Radio 5 Live *
It's hard not to smile turning the pages of Bernard Who? * Trinity Mirror *
In this chirpy memoir, the veteran actor looks back on 75 years in show business . . . Delightful reminiscences abound of an eclectic career . . . A fitting celebration of one of our most versatile and enduring acting talents * Sunday Express *
Listening to Bernard Cribbins talk about his life is just like sitting in front of the telly on our mother's knee hearing him read a story for an episode of the BBC children's show, Jackanory. A master storyteller who feels like a great friend or a kindly uncle from the moment he opens his mouth . . . Bernard is full of memories and anecdotes from a jam-packed career * Yours *
He's an all-rounder: a comic actor who can move you to tears; a shapeshifter who is always somehow Bernard Cribbins. If anyone else subtitled their autobiography '75 Years of Doing Just About Everything', it might seem like hubris but in Cribbins' case it looks like modesty . . . Now 89, he remains the voice of our childhood . . . he trots through his life's adventures with a candour and ease . . . He writes as he talks so you can "hear" his voice * Daily Express *
Hugely enjoyable * The Weekly News *
His matey memoirs achieve his self-proclaimed aim of capturing the feel of a natter and a pint down the pub with an old friend. A gentle, endearing read that is just the thing for a cosy, fireside read on a winter's afternoon * The Herald *
Funny, charming and anecdote-filled memoir * Readers Digest *
