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Going Off Alarming

The Autobiography: Vol 2

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Going Off Alarming

By: Danny Baker
Narrated by: Danny Baker
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'In these memoirs I bounce all about British TV with such success that I wind up in radio. I will also be filling a few holes that I left in the previous decades. For example, I managed to forget in book one that I had been shot. Twice.'

Danny Baker's first volume of autobiography, Going to Sea in a Sieve, was a Sunday Times best seller, acclaimed for its nonstop humour and anecdotal flourish. It told the exploits of Danny's extraordinary childhood and the wild living of his teenage years. Now he is 25, and it is 1982, and he embarks on an accidental and anxiety-induced career in television - going off alarming. With rollicking good stories from what he describes as 'a frankly crackpot life', Danny continues this stupendous chronicle with irrepressible verve and hilarity. Dozens of TV shows - many of them lousy - give up their backstage stories, and Danny's extraordinary family, particularly his father, Spud, react to the ride throughout. Game shows, talk shows, adverts and TFI Friday are but a few of the unplanned pit stops along the way. Not forgetting the tale of Twizzle: the dog who hanged himself, died, then came back to life again.... Clearly, this will be no ordinary show business stroll down memory lane.

Read by Danny Baker.

©2014 Danny Baker (P)2017 Orion
Entertainment & Celebrities Entertainment & Performing Arts Entertainment Celebrity Biography Funny Feel-Good Thought-Provoking Witty

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As good as his 1st book Going to sea in a sieve. Download them both now, I can not recommend them enough. Brilliant stories that are laugh out loud funny.

Fantastic!!

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As funny if not even funnier than the first. Told with a candour and warmth that is infectious. I can't wait to start on volume 3.

Fantastic: candid and very, very funny

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A smile a giggle and a feel good lol moments - true Loved this audio book. Wish I could reach out and shake Danny’s hand ! Thankfully there are more to download. Top listen
Laurence Cousins

Dazzling Dany - thanks top listen mate

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Very, very, very funny. Nostalgic, honest. Insightful. GREAT!

Always aware of Danny Baker but didn't really follow his career or work... but I've discovered what a writing genius he is... in my view...

A Laugh a Minute

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Really enjoyed this audible book, good laughs along the way and an honest account of his life story.

Enjoyable audible book

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