Description
Book SynopsisBursting with hilarious anecdotes and moving personal stories, Andy Armitage’s gripping and intelligent memoir, ‘Keep on Running’, takes you on the rollercoaster ride of his journey as a theatre and TV writer, teacher and lecturer. Andy takes you behind the scenes as the writer of five plays on the London and Edinburgh Fringes, five single award-winning BBC dramas, series for ITV and Channel 4 and as chief writer on Prince Edward’s only foray into drama, ‘Annie’s Bar’, currently available on All4, as well as a year on’ Coronation Street’ and ‘The Bill’. You accompany Andy on his research journeys, Interrailing round Europe, investigating football violence in Germany, interviewing passengers and crew of a cruise ship and riding a meat lorry in the hope of being attacked by French farmers.
Table of ContentsChapter 1 – The daffodil competition 5 Chapter 2 – The 18 to (almost) 30 adventures 53 Chapter 3 – Around the Fringe with Adrian 92 Chapter 4 – Keep On Running 115 Chapter 5 – You couldn’t make it up 160 Chapter 6 – Around the millennium 182 Chapter 7 – Annie’s Bar 213 Chapter 8 – The ones that got away 231 Chapter 9 – Those who can, do… 261
