BARRY NORMAN, CBE, is best known for fronting the BBC's seminal FILM programme. He has worked as a show business editor for the DAILY MAIL, a satirical columnist for the GUARDIAN, a sports interviewer for the OBSERVER and has written for THE TIMES and the RADIO TIMES amongst others. He is the author of ten novels and eight works of non-fiction, most recently 100 BEST FILMS OF THE CENTURY. Barry was awarded the BAFTA's Richard Dimbleby Award in 1980, Magazine Columnist of the Year in 1990 and a CBE in 1998. He is married to the historical novelist Diana Norman, has two daughters and is a passionate cricketer.
For nearly 30 years the late night film review programme on BBC was effectively the Barry Norman show. He was, arguably, the most influential film critic Britain has ever had. It helped that he was also very funny. In his long-awaited autobiography he gives his behind-the-scenes account of his own life on the small screen, plus his many meetings with the big screen Hollywood greats, from Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor to Laurence Olivier, Peter Sellers, Robert de Niro (a highly uncongenial encounter) and many more. He is also a very experienced and accomplished writer, with no less than 18 books to his name. Jonathan Ross is funny too, but the film review show isn't quite what it used to be, is it? This captivating autobiography is a reminder of the critic we have lost.
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