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HALFWAY TO PARADISE: THE LIFE OF BILLY FURY
BY CAROLINE AND DAVID STAFFORD
17 April 2018
Following hot on its launch at the London Book Fair last week, Caroline and David Stafford's new biography, HALFWAY TO PARADISE: THE LIFE OF BILLY FURY is published in hardback by Omnibus Press on 19th April and available in all good bookstores and on-line retailers. Here's the Press Release: ""There's only ever been two English rock 'n' roll singers," Ian Dury said, "Johnny Rotten and Billy Fury." Butter adverts have tainted Johnny's status, but Billy's combination of beauty, sex, innocence, talent, charisma and vulnerability has never been matched. The Sound of Fury, his first L.P., is still widely revered as the best British rock'n'roll record ever made. When he first appeared on TV, a generation of teenagers found true love, and his post-rock'n'roll heartbreak ballads were the essential soundtrack to adolescent angst. In 1973, he was brought out of semi-retirement to play Stormy Tempest - to some extent a parody of himself - in the movie “That'll Be The Day”. The magic rose above the parody. He never knew how not to be magnificent. David and Caroline Stafford guide the reader through Billy's troubled childhood in Liverpool, via gold and silver lame, to his later years as a farming ornithologist, and his comeback cut short by his premature death. Billy Fury was a key figure on that watershed between post-war privations and sixties excess. He knew everybody, auditioned the Beatles to be his backing band, met and outhandsomed Elvis, partied with Keith Moon and hosted acid parties. Yet, throughout the mayhem, he always remained true to himself- diffident and amused. Halfway To Paradise tells the full story with the compassion and affection due to an artist who, decades after his death, still has the power to command admiration and adoration."
ODDBODS: Hypnobod
written by Lee Pressman
13 April 2018
Pogo tries his new hypnosis machine out on Jeff who scoffs at it - that is until he finds himself compelled to act like a dog. Don't miss Lee's episode on Tuesday 17th April on CITV at 2.30pm.
MR BEAN: Where Did You Get That Cat?
written by Jimmy Hibbert
12 April 2018
Mr Bean chases Scrapper around Mrs Wicket's flat but her sideboard tumbles over, and when Bean sees a bit of fur poking out from under it, he is horrified to think he has squashed poor Scrapper. Not realising that it is only his landlady's furry hat, Bean rushes what he thinks is a flattened cat across town to the vet in a desperate attempt to save his feline friend's life. Catch his antics on Saturday 14th April at 9.25am on Channel 5's Milkshake! strand.
DINOPAWS 'The Thing Called Bob
written by James Mason
12 April 2018
The Dinopaws can hear someone shouting Bob's name. Who could it be and what do they want? Find out in on Saturday 14th April 2018 at 6.45am on Cbeebies.
EMMERDALE
WRITTEN BY JANE PEARSON
05 April 2018
Catch Jane Pearson's latest episode of EMMERDALE on Wednesday 11th April at 7pm on ITV. Vanessa takes matters into her own hands, but Charity regrets trusting her with the secret. Meanwhile, Paddy is thrilled when Chas asks him to come to her first pregnancy scan.
THOMAS & FRIENDS: Scruff's Makeover
written by Lee Pressman
04 April 2018
Scruff gets a makeover in Lee's episode airing on Saturday 7th April at 7am on Channel 5's Milkshake! strand.
THOMAS & FRIENDS: Wayward Winston
written by Lee Pressman
04 April 2018
The Fat Controller forgets to put Winston's hand brake on in Lee's episode next week. Don't miss it on Sunday 8th April at 7.00am on Channel 5's Milkshake! strand.
THOMAS & FRIENDS: Kevin's Cranky Friend
written by Lee Pressman
03 April 2018
A young crane is sent to help out Cranky at the docks in Lee's episode on Friday 6th April at 6.50am on Channel 5's Milkshake! strand.
JAMES ANDREW HALL
Obituary
03 April 2018
We're sad to announce the passing of Writer, James Andrew Hall. He was one of Cecily's first clients when she started the agency in the early 70s. He had a long and successful career as screenwriter and novelist. He scripted a succession of Charles Dickens adaptations for the BBC including "Great Expectations" and "Dombey & Son". His many TV credits include "The Prisoner of Zenda", "The Mill on The Floss", "Black Hearts in Battersea" and "The Snow Queen".
MR BEAN: Dancing Bean
written by Jimmy Hibbert
02 April 2018
Mr Bean needs to learn to dance to impress his girlfriend Irma in Jimmy's episode showing on CITV on Tuesday 3rd April at 9.25am
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