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“graham mccann”

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  • The Essential Dave Allen

    by Graham Mccann ...
    When Dave Allen passed away in March 2005, we lost a true comedy great. Sitting cross-legged on a high stool, whiskey in one hand, cigarette in the other, Dave Allen's exasperated commentaries on the absurdities of modern life struck a chord with millions of fans in Britain, Ireland and Australia for over four decades. He was a compelling storyteller - able to spin shaggy dog stories out of the ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD

  • Fawlty Towers

    by Graham Mccann ...
    Fawlty Towers was only on our screens for 12 half-hour episodes, but it has stayed in our lives ever since. The Major; 'Don't mention the war!'; 'He's from Barcelona'; Basil the Rat -- everyone has a favourite line, moment or character. In this, the first biography of the show, Graham McCann holds up to the light each of the unpredictable elements - the demented brilliance of John Cleese, his ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD

  • Still Open All Hours

    The Story of a Classic Comedy

    by Graham McCann ...
    From its first episode in 1973, Open All Hours was an instant hit. Audiences around Britain loved its familiar setting, good natured humour, and the hilarious partnership of Ronnie Barker and David Jason. Whilst it only ran for 26 episodes, it firmly cemented itself as a British comedy classic.To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the show in 2014, the BBC revived it for a one-off Christmas Special ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • A Very Courageous Decision

    The Inside Story of Yes Minister

    by Graham McCann ...
    A behind-the-scenes history of one of the most successful and admired British sitcoms of the 1980s.In 1977 the BBC commissioned a new satirical sitcom set in Whitehall . Production of its first series was stalled, however, by the death throes of Jim Callaghan's Labour government and the 'Winter of Discontent'; Auntie being unwilling to broadcast such an overtly political comedy until after the ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Bounder!

    The Biography of Terry-Thomas

    by Graham McCann ...
    With his sly little moustache, broad gap-toothed grin, garish waistcoats and ostentatious cigarette holder, Terry-Thomas was known as an absolute bounder, both onscreen and off. Graham McCann’ s hugely entertaining biography celebrates the life and career of a very English rascal.Born in 1911 into an ordinary suburban family, Thomas Terry Hoar-Stevens set about transforming himself at a very early ... Read more

    $13.59 CAD

  • Cary Grant

    A Class Apart (Text Only)

    by Graham McCann ...
    The ultimate biography of this ever-popular star and icon, from a young Cambridge don who has already made his name with a much praised biography of Marilyn Monroe.Please note that this edition is text only and does not include illustrations.Cary Grant made men seem like a good idea. Tall, dark and handsome with a rare gift for light comedy, he played a leading man who liked to be led, a man of ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • Only Fools and Horses

    The Story of Britain's Favourite Comedy

    by Graham McCann ...
    In the thirty years since viewers first visited Nelson Mandela House, Only Fools and Horses has won countless awards and is still Britain's most-watched and best-loved sitcom. Del Boy's overwhelming popularity has even inspired the Oxford English Dictionary to include a selection of his most famous words and phrases, such as 'lovely jubbly' and 'twonk'.In this fascinating, entertaining and ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • Frankie Howerd

    Stand-Up Comic (Text Only)

    by Graham McCann ...
    The authoritative biography of Britain's most subversive twentieth-century clown from celebrated biographer Graham McCann, author of Dad’s Army and Morecambe & Wise.Please note that this edition is text only and does not include any illustrations.The rambling perambulations, the catchphrases, the bland brown suit and chestnut hairpiece: such were the hallmarks of a revolution in stand-up comedy ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • Morecambe and Wise (Text Only)

    by Graham McCann ...
    The dual biography of the great British comedy double-act and the rise and fall of mass audience television by the respected biographer of Cary Grant .Following the success of Cary Grant – A Class Apart, Graham McCann has now created an intricate portrait of Eric Morcambe and Ernie Wise, possibly the most famous Bristish comedy double-act of all time. This book charts the progress of the duo from ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

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    Cary Grant

    A Class Apart

    by Graham McCann ...
    Narrated by Grover Gardner ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 44 min

    For two moviegoing generations, Cary Grant was class—an effortless embodiment of gentlemanly grace and humor. But Cary Grant’s greatest achievement was in creating himself and the irresistible character he became. In this savvy, fascinating portrait, McCann tracks the transformation of a life and looks closely at the sources of Cary Grant’s charms, which did not come easily. Generously filled with ... Read more

    $27.95 CAD

  • Audiobook

    Songdogs

    A Novel

    by Colum McCann ...
    Narrated by Dion Graham ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 50 min

    Colum McCann creates in Songdogs a mesmerizing evocation of the gulf between memory and imagination, love and loss, past and present.With unreliable memories and scraps of photographs as his only clues, Conor Lyons follows in the tracks of his father, a rootless photographer, as he moved from war-torn Spain, to the barren plains of Mexico, where he met and married Conor's mother, to the American ... Read more

    $20.99 CAD

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    Dancer

    A Novel

    by Colum McCann ...
    Narrated by Dion Graham ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 46 min

    Taking his inspiration from biographical facts, novelist Colum McCann tells the erotically charged story of the Russian dancer Rudolf Nureyev through the cast of those who knew him.There is Anna Vasileva, Rudi's first ballet teacher, who rescues her protégé from the stunted life of his provincial town; Yulia, whose sexual and artistic ambitions are thwarted by her Soviet-sanctioned marriage; and ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD