In John Shuttleworth Takes The Biscuit, English song-writer and presenter John Shuttleworth presents a crumbly selection of songs and stories.
This new book boasts many original and hilarious stories about John Shuttleworth's life in and around Sheffield. There are also lots of his song lyrics reproduced with his kind permission...
In this caper-comedy classic of 1960s British cinema, the great Peter Sellers (The Ladykillers, The Pink Panther) stars as cocky criminal "mastermind" Dodger Lane, who has been concocting the perfect robbery in prison. With two cellmates he intends to break out of jail, steal a fortune in diamonds from a...
Rainer Hersch gives us his irreverent take on classical music in these BBC radio shows.
Stand-up comic, musician and conductor Rainer Hersch has performed in comedy clubs worldwide, made numerous appearances at the Edinburgh Festival and put on several comedy-concert series at London's Southbank Centre. This audio anthology brings together...
From an idyllic childhood in Bristol, with my gag-a-minute dad inspiring me to become a comedian, to dreadful teenage years in Bolton where education overlooked me, and all I learnt was how to be funny.
My first job gave me a taste of success and confidence, followed by my real...
It was clear from an early age that Dexter Procter was different.
He started speaking at four seconds old. By the age of three, he had 87 A-levels, from Afrikaans to zoology.
And by ten, he was working as a paediatrician at Lilydale General Hospital.
Despite a loving but annoying...
From rising star comedian Fatiha El-Ghorri comes an empowering and funny tale of family and identity.
Thirteen-year-old Aya Mutsafa has more brothers and sisters than she can keep track of. Ten siblings, and her mum and dad - all living under the one roof. Who has time to remember that...
This new memoir follows Ayoade's dogged quest to rescue Harauld Hughes - the great mid-century playwright, and Ayoade's uncanny doppelganger - from obscurity.
Gifted filmmaker, corduroy activist and amateur dentist, Richard Ayoade first chanced upon a copy of The Two-Hander Trilogy by Harauld Hughes in a second-hand bookshop. At first...
Greywing to the rescue! Timothy Spall stars as the world's most inept superhero. "He slipped effortlessly into his super sleek costume... oh, how come their tights never wrinkle in the comics?"
Bludden-On-Sand better buckle up as there is a new hero in town! Frustrated furniture fitter Nigel Struddock (Spall), with...
A ridiculously funny history of Britain for adults from the multimillion-copy bestselling author of the Horrible Histories series, perfect for fans of Unruly by David Mitchell.
Ah, Britain. So special. The greatest nation on earth, some say. And we did it all on our own. Didn't we?
As it happens...
Based on the hit BBC podcast, Elis James and John Robins share memorable stories, struggles and strategies around mental health, all to answer the question - 'How Do You Cope?'.
The show must go on. What does it mean to worry? How can we deal with loss? When adversity strikes,...