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Book Synopsis

Get to know the real Philip Schofield in his funny, uplifting, occasionally heartbreaking and always honest life story

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

''Searingly honest, brave, highly readable''
Sunday Express
''[A] fantastic read on such an interesting life'' Lorraine Kelly
''A really smashing book'' Michael Ball
_________

For forty years we''ve been watching Phillip - from children''s TV to Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat and This Morning - but what is life like behind the scenes and who is he when the camera is off?

In Life''s What You Make It Phillip tells us his secrets, whisking us from an idyllic Cornwall childhood via pestering the BBC for a job to hanging out with stars of stage and screen.

Packed with stories he''s never told, here''s all the excitement of live TV, the mayhem and mistakes, the friendships with beloved co-stars and the sadness of onscreen b

Trade Review
It's fascinating, it's funny and it's beautifully written . . . brilliant -- Chris Moyles, Radio X
What a fascinating memoir -- Tim Peake
Explosive * Sun *
[A] fantastic read on such an interesting life * Lorraine Kelly *
A really smashing book -- Michael Ball
Candid, brave and readable . . . This Morning fans will love stories of his 18 years on the show * Sunday Express *
A beautiful book. There are amazing stories in there about meeting Princess Diana, the Red Arrows and all of our favourite telly shows. It's a delight -- Zoe Ball * BBC Radio 2 *
The book we've all been waiting for . . . we haven't been able to put it down * New *
A fantastic read! -- Steve Wright * BBC Radio 2 *
We have loved your book - you've been so honest, open, everything that anyone knows you so well will have hoped to get from this book . . . you get it. A stroll through your incredible career and you also tackle, head on, in a really beautiful way what happened earlier this year -- Andrea McLean * Loose Women *
A bona fide national treasure . . . He tells his story in his way, with great honesty * Prima *
One of our favourite things is the many hilarious anecdotes he has to share about his good friend Holly Willoughby * Hello! *
Phillip Schofield has spoken candidly about his coming out process and his current mental health struggles in his autobiography * Pink News *
Takes readers on the journey Phillip has taken to get to where he is today. Fans will delight at a nostalgic look back at Phillip's life, relish the behind the scenes stories, and feel touched by the emotional honesty in his writing * Northern Life Magazine *
Dazzling * Evening Standard *
Full of anecdotes about onscreen mishaps and meeting the famous * Daily Mail *
The silver-haired overlord of daytime TV . . . Schofe's candour is admirable * Evening Standard *
In this soul-bearing autobiography, Phillip looks back on his broadcasting career . . . A frank and highly readable life story * Sunday Express *

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      Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
      Publication Date: 24/06/2021
      ISBN13: 9780241501191, 978-0241501191
      ISBN10: 0241501199

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Get to know the real Philip Schofield in his funny, uplifting, occasionally heartbreaking and always honest life story

      THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

      ''Searingly honest, brave, highly readable''
      Sunday Express
      ''[A] fantastic read on such an interesting life'' Lorraine Kelly
      ''A really smashing book'' Michael Ball
      _________

      For forty years we''ve been watching Phillip - from children''s TV to Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat and This Morning - but what is life like behind the scenes and who is he when the camera is off?

      In Life''s What You Make It Phillip tells us his secrets, whisking us from an idyllic Cornwall childhood via pestering the BBC for a job to hanging out with stars of stage and screen.

      Packed with stories he''s never told, here''s all the excitement of live TV, the mayhem and mistakes, the friendships with beloved co-stars and the sadness of onscreen b

      Trade Review
      It's fascinating, it's funny and it's beautifully written . . . brilliant -- Chris Moyles, Radio X
      What a fascinating memoir -- Tim Peake
      Explosive * Sun *
      [A] fantastic read on such an interesting life * Lorraine Kelly *
      A really smashing book -- Michael Ball
      Candid, brave and readable . . . This Morning fans will love stories of his 18 years on the show * Sunday Express *
      A beautiful book. There are amazing stories in there about meeting Princess Diana, the Red Arrows and all of our favourite telly shows. It's a delight -- Zoe Ball * BBC Radio 2 *
      The book we've all been waiting for . . . we haven't been able to put it down * New *
      A fantastic read! -- Steve Wright * BBC Radio 2 *
      We have loved your book - you've been so honest, open, everything that anyone knows you so well will have hoped to get from this book . . . you get it. A stroll through your incredible career and you also tackle, head on, in a really beautiful way what happened earlier this year -- Andrea McLean * Loose Women *
      A bona fide national treasure . . . He tells his story in his way, with great honesty * Prima *
      One of our favourite things is the many hilarious anecdotes he has to share about his good friend Holly Willoughby * Hello! *
      Phillip Schofield has spoken candidly about his coming out process and his current mental health struggles in his autobiography * Pink News *
      Takes readers on the journey Phillip has taken to get to where he is today. Fans will delight at a nostalgic look back at Phillip's life, relish the behind the scenes stories, and feel touched by the emotional honesty in his writing * Northern Life Magazine *
      Dazzling * Evening Standard *
      Full of anecdotes about onscreen mishaps and meeting the famous * Daily Mail *
      The silver-haired overlord of daytime TV . . . Schofe's candour is admirable * Evening Standard *
      In this soul-bearing autobiography, Phillip looks back on his broadcasting career . . . A frank and highly readable life story * Sunday Express *

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