This is the story of how four people, Spike Milligan, Eric Sykes, Ray Galton and Alan Simpson, grouped together inside a set of offices five floors above a greengrocer's shop on Shepherd's Bush Green and launched a golden age of comedy, producing shows like 'The Goons' and 'Hancock's Half Hour' among many others.
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About the Author:
Graham McCann is the most admired entertainment writer at work in the UK today. He is the critically acclaimed and best-selling author of books on Dad's Army, Frankie Howerd, Morecambe & Wise and Cary Grant. He recently edited THE ESSENTIAL DAVE ALLEN for Hodder & Stoughton (2005).
Review:
'A story of collaboration, of ideas generously supported, and criticised without mercy' * The Sunday Herald * 'McCann summons up ALS's unique atmosphere ... The joy of the book lies in the incisive contributions from comedy legends on everything from the second world war to class war.. It's exhilarating to read top-rank craftesmen discussing what they love doing' * The Guardian * 'You will laugh, you will learn, and you will, undoubtedly, start speaking in a silly voice.' * Word * 'A tragi-comedy of creative tension, personality conflict, endearing characters and enduring catch phrases' * The Times *
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- PublisherHodder Paperback
- Publication date2007
- ISBN 10 0340898100
- ISBN 13 9780340898109
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages448
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