Wes Butters was himself destined for great things, landing the prestigious UK Top 40 chart show on BBC Radio 1 at just 23. But after two years his contract was not renewed and he has spent subsequent years having to shoo away the albatross and resist being typecast as the chart kid. He has since won numerous awards, including a Sony, for his commercial radio work and has produced and presented a number of documentaries for BBC Radio 4 including The Pain of Laughter (on both Kenneth Williams and Charles Hawtrey) and Twice Ken is Plenty. In 2008, Wes wrote Kenneth Williams Unseen with Russell Davies and is currently developing Whatshisname into a screenplay.
"Beginning with the embittered recluse lends the text a more retrospective gaze than many memoirs, allowing readers a view into the origins of the actor's self-destructive attitudes and habits which sits well with Butters' analytical style. It's hard not to find tragedy in this layout, as the hero's numerous mistakes and flaws lead him to a miserable finale from a beginning as a talented and humorous child actor with the seeds of destruction for both himself and his profession clear to see. Even dedicated Carry On fans are likely to be surprised by Hawtrey's fascinating connections with stage and screen legends that I won't spoil here." -- Britmovie.co.uk
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