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'COS I'M A FOOL

\pause{1500}Author: Wisdom, Norman
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 5955 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 9
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 8.25
\pause{1500}Reader: Ratcliffe, Richard
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Co-written with Bernard Bale, this is the story of one of Britain's favourite funny men and his encounters with other show business legends.

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ACTING STRANGELY

\pause{1500}Author: Jarvis, Martin
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 5854 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 6
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 7.75
\pause{1500}Reader: Jarvis, Martin
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Martin Jarvis has been a popular stage, film, radio and TV actor for several decades. He has also made the talking book his own medium. Here he relates some acting adventures, funny and peculiar, he has experienced in Britain and America.

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AND IT'S GOODNIGHT FROM HIM

\pause{1500}Author: Corbett, Ronnie
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 7797 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 6
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 9.00
\pause{1500}Reader: Hardiman, Terrence
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Ronnie Corbett tells the hilarious, and often moving, story of his well-loved double act with Ronnie Barker. Despite years of hard work during their rise from theatre to their own legendary show, they reputedly never shared a cross word!

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ARTHUR LOWE: DAD'S MEMORY

\pause{1500}Author: Lowe, Stephen
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 4960 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 4
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 5.75
\pause{1500}Reader: Ratcliffe, Richard
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Candid, revealing & hugely enjoyable biography of one of Britain's best loved character actors, known to many as Capt. Mainwaring in Dad's Army .

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AS FAR AS THE EYE CAN SING

\pause{1500}Author: Armstrong, Frankie
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 3716 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 4
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 6.00
\pause{1500}Reader: Rigg, Diana
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Universally acclaimed folk singer tells her story of the loss & regain of sight and her work as a voice therapist;

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AS I AM

\pause{1500}Author: Neal, Patricia
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 2696 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 17
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 0.00
\pause{1500}Reader: Clegg, Nancy
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Hollywood star's life of fame & tragedy

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AUDREY HEPBURN: A Celebration

\pause{1500}Author: Morley, Sheridan
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 4181 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 4
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 4.00
\pause{1500}Reader: Swingler, Jim
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Life of Audrey Hepburn from her wartime youth to her early death in January 1993.

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BACKCLOTH

\pause{1500}Author: Bogarde, Dirk
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 4066 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 8
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 12.00
\pause{1500}Reader: Segal, Jeffrey
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Sequel to: 'An Orderly Man' (1667). Fourth part of Dirk Bogarde's autobiography.

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BIG SHOTS, THE

\pause{1500}Author: Ruffer, Jonathan G
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 729 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 2
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\pause{1500}Reader: Ruffer, Jonathon
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A very funny book about Edwardian shooting parties

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BINKIE BEAUMONT

\pause{1500}Author: Huggett, Richard
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 3177 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 20
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 30.00
\pause{1500}Reader: Griffin, George
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Fascinating account of the man who dominated the West End theatre for 40 years;

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