Keep Laughing cover art

Keep Laughing

 Preview
Get this deal Try Premium Plus free
Offer ends December 1, 2025 11:59pm GMT.
Prime members: New to Audible? Get 2 free audiobooks during trial.
Join Audible for only £0.99/mo for the first 3 months, and get a bonus £10 Audible voucher. Bonus credit notification will be received via email.
1 bestseller or new release per month—yours to keep.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, podcasts, and Originals.
Auto-renews at £8.99/mo after 3 months. Cancel monthly.
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection - including bestsellers and new releases.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, celeb exclusives, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
£8.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically.

Keep Laughing

By: Chris McCausland
Narrated by: Chris McCausland
Get this deal Try Premium Plus free

£8.99/mo after 3 months. Cancel monthly. Offer ends December 1, 2025 11:59pm GMT.

£8.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.

Buy Now for £12.99

Buy Now for £12.99

Limited time offer. £0.99/mo for the first 3 months + £10 Audible voucher, and £8.99/month thereafter. Terms apply. Get this deal.

About this listen

Brought to you by Penguin.


From a life in comedy to the Glitterball Trophy – Chris McCausland Tells All. The perfect feel-good gift for fans of comedy and Strictly alike.

Already one of the country's best loved comedians, Chris McCausland's participation on Strictly was a phenomenon. But how did the boy from Liverpool end up winning the hearts of the nation?

This is his remarkable story, of a twenty-five-year journey through sight loss to blindness. Of the highs, the lows and the downright hilarious along the way.

From being a lowlife conker dealer, and running his very own bootlegging empire (kind of) . . . to almost becoming a spy for MI5 (really) . . .

And of how he dared himself to try stand-up comedy, and ended up being brilliant on all your favourite TV shows.

Before, of course, he surprised himself, as well as everybody else, when he tried dancing on live TV in front of millions.

Warm, honest, insightful and laugh-out-loud funny, this is the most likeable, cheering and uplifting book of the year!

'The thing about Chris is that he's funnier than everybody else' RICHARD OSMAN


© Chris McCausland 2025 (P) Penguin Audio 2025

 Entertainment & Celebrities Entertainment & Performing Arts Film & TV People with Disabilities Performing Arts Funny Witty Heartfelt Comedy Feel-Good Inspiring Thought-Provoking Celebrity

Listeners also enjoyed...

 Peter Kay’s Diary cover art
When Gavin Met Stacey and Everything in Between cover art
What Have I Done? cover art
Lush! cover art
A Mind of My Own cover art
Freddie Flintoff: Coming Home cover art
Staying Relevant cover art
The Long Shoe cover art
The Little Book of Miriam cover art
Someone Like Me cover art
Never cover art
My Lifey cover art
Just Ignore Him cover art
Mr Wilman’s Motoring Adventure cover art
How Did All This Happen? cover art
Behind the Sequins cover art
All stars
Most relevant
I don't usually leave a review for the books I've listened to but this really deserves a good one.
I enjoy autobiographies; seeing the 'other side' of people. However, while getting off to a good start, childhood, school, early work etc., they inevitably begin to fizzle out two thirds of the way through with the last few chapters becoming a race to the end (while keeping to the required word count).
Chris McCausland's 'Keep Laughing' is a wonderful exception to the 'two thirds' rule. Funny, endearing, thought provoking and thoroughly enjoyable from start to finish.
His journey from the beginning of, to total blindness later on, is recounted in such a way that at no point does he try to get the sympathy vote. He just tells is as it is; he's goes blind and just gets on with it.
As opposed to fizzling out, the book ends on a wonderful high note as Chris and his partner Diane win the 2024 Strictly Come Dancing trophy.
Even readers who have never watched an episode of Strictly cannot fail to be swept along with the behind the scenes narration.
A thoroughly enjoyable read from start to finish and an real eye opener (no pun intended) into the life of someone who is blind.
And if anyone tells Chris McCausland about the reviews for this, his first book, I'd just like to say thank you Chris, I enjoyed every minute.

A joyous listen from start to finish

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
I so enjoyed listening to Chris read his autobiography. I know from Chris and Dianne’s brilliant podcast, what a mammoth task it was. As he reads, he seems to relive everything and injects so much fun and warmth for the listener. I loved learning about Chris‘s early life and how he courageously navigated his way through the process of going blind with humour - and with love and support from his family and friends. I learned such a lot. I love Strictly, and those chapters, and his time with lovely Dianne, brought back so many poignant memories. Thank you, Chris.

I didn’t want it to end.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Chris McCausland is honestly one of the most naturally funny people around, and his writing is exactly how you’d expect - warm, honest and hilarious. Having him read the book to you makes it even better. Highly recommend.

Fabulous book, brilliantly read by the author

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
This is hands down a 'must listen' audiobook!! it's like Chris is just telling you his life story in a conversation.... and in his own hilarious way. You'll laugh out loud...... but it's also a great insight to life without sight. The fact that Chris reads his own book without being able to read it, is absolutely amazing..... and it is absolutely seamless!!!

Absolutely must listen!!!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
I’ve never even watched strictly but the description of Chris’s journey had me in tears! The Kingston days had me in stitches too… close the window? 😂

Just bloody funny

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Chris had me laughing out loud and blubbing listening to this, beautifully read, funny, emotional and inspiring account of his life so far

funny, emotional & inspiring

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
A raw, funny and emotional book. Chris is vulnerable, open and honest about life while losing sight and how representation needs to be real. A fantastic listen that had me crying and laughing in equal parts as I related to the sight loss journey. Well worth a read.

Bloody Brilliant

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
A funny and poignant read. Super impressive narration with bonus ‘content’ you won’t experience on the written page!

Bravo Chris!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
A very humble account of what must have been so distressing, growing up, knowing your going blind, one can not imagine how this feels, yet Chris has faced everything with such gusto, he is a remarkable man!!!
Loved every bit of this book.

Chris seems to be so sincere, such an interesting life story.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Perfectly read by Chris, it is funny, it is heartfelt, it is a great listen

Loved it!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
See more reviews