A Fart in a Colander: The Autobiography
Roy Hudd's career began in the 1950s and since then he has worked with most of the major stars of the last forty years. Born in Croydon in 1936, his early life was turbulent. His father left home and his mother committed suicide during the war, leaving his formidable, but adored grandmother, to raise him, and it was she who gave him the title for this book. His big television break came with Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life with David Frost, John Bird and John Fortune and he also had a brief stint in the popular TV soap Coronation Street. His radio career includes the hugely popular The News Huddlines, which he starred in and ran for twenty-six years. With over thirty pantomimes under his belt, as well as many memorable Variety and West End performances, perhaps most notably as Fagin in Cameron Mackintosh's first production of Oliver!, A Fart in a Colander brings together some wonderful stories from his life, and sparkles with the fun and laughter Roy has brought to millions of people throughout his career.
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A Fart in a Colander: The Autobiography
Roy Hudd's career began in the 1950s and since then he has worked with most of the major stars of the last forty years. Born in Croydon in 1936, his early life was turbulent. His father left home and his mother committed suicide during the war, leaving his formidable, but adored grandmother, to raise him, and it was she who gave him the title for this book. His big television break came with Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life with David Frost, John Bird and John Fortune and he also had a brief stint in the popular TV soap Coronation Street. His radio career includes the hugely popular The News Huddlines, which he starred in and ran for twenty-six years. With over thirty pantomimes under his belt, as well as many memorable Variety and West End performances, perhaps most notably as Fagin in Cameron Mackintosh's first production of Oliver!, A Fart in a Colander brings together some wonderful stories from his life, and sparkles with the fun and laughter Roy has brought to millions of people throughout his career.
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A Fart in a Colander: The Autobiography

A Fart in a Colander: The Autobiography

by Roy Hudd
A Fart in a Colander: The Autobiography

A Fart in a Colander: The Autobiography

by Roy Hudd

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Overview

Roy Hudd's career began in the 1950s and since then he has worked with most of the major stars of the last forty years. Born in Croydon in 1936, his early life was turbulent. His father left home and his mother committed suicide during the war, leaving his formidable, but adored grandmother, to raise him, and it was she who gave him the title for this book. His big television break came with Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life with David Frost, John Bird and John Fortune and he also had a brief stint in the popular TV soap Coronation Street. His radio career includes the hugely popular The News Huddlines, which he starred in and ran for twenty-six years. With over thirty pantomimes under his belt, as well as many memorable Variety and West End performances, perhaps most notably as Fagin in Cameron Mackintosh's first production of Oliver!, A Fart in a Colander brings together some wonderful stories from his life, and sparkles with the fun and laughter Roy has brought to millions of people throughout his career.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781843176343
Publisher: Michael O'Mara Books
Publication date: 02/14/2011
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 320
File size: 3 MB

About the Author

Roy Hudd, OBE (16 May 1936 – 15 March 2020) was an English comedian, actor, presenter, radio host, author and authority on the history of music hall entertainment.

Table of Contents

Prologue 7

Chapter 1 'I'm writing this letter slow because I know you can't read fast . . . ' 9

Chapter 2 'Oi, Harry! You forgot the piss pot!' 23

Chapter 3 'You silly bugger!' 38

Chapter 4 'Are you as funny as you look?' 63

Chapter 5 'Brilliant young comedian requires new material' 94

Chapter 6 'Step onto that stage and you're done for!' 125

Chapter 7 'I can hear the whisper of wheelchair on Wilton' 151

Chapter 8 'Where the Gusy Guzzing' 178

Chapter 9 'I only just met her in the car park!' 202

Chapter 10 'Tell me, Mr Hudd. Didn't you used to do comedy?' 227

Chapter 11 'Congratulations. It'll be good experience for you . . . ' 249

Postscript 275

Index 276

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