Ronnie Barker Authorised Biography

BOB McCABE is an award-winning screenwriter, broadcaster, and The New York Times Best Selling Author of Harry Potter: Page To Screen – The Complete Filmmaking Journey. 
 
His other books include the best-selling The Pythons Autobiography By The Pythons, Dreams &amp; Nightmares: Terry Gilliam, The Brothers Grimm and Other Cautionary Tales Of Hollywood, The Authorised Biography of Ronnie Barker and The Rough Guide To Comedy Movies. 
 
He is currently the Cabinet Office’s leading film critic, and Editor-In-Chief of the movie website thelastwordonearth.com

Ronnie Barker is one of the best-loved and most celebrated entertainers in British television history. As well as starring in the ever popular and critically acclaimed sitcoms Porridge and Open All Hours, he was, of course, one of the bespectacled Two Ronnies, who topped the TV Charts for more than 15 years and are returning to our screens in spring 2005. 
 
 A celebration of Ronnies life and career, published to coincide with Ronnies 75th birthday, this book contains original contributions from people who have worked with and know him best including John Cleese, David Jason (who provides the foreword), David Frost, Eric Idle, Michael Palin. 
 
 Written with the full consent and collaboration of Ronnie himself, this biography is full of interviews and unseen personal illustrations from his own collection. 
 
 Bob McCabe is a respected author and journalist and contributes regularly to film magazines and BBC radio arts programmes. He is the author of several books.

Bob McCabe

This beautiful book is a fitting tribute that any film buff will devour … You’ll often pick this book up and enjoy it more each time you do. *****

Luxurious… Now that’s what I call a great Christmas present.

For eighty years, Pinewood Studios has made dreams a reality. Billions of people across the globe, of all ages, from all walks of life have read six words on cinema or television screens: 'Made at Pinewood Studios, London, England'. From hosting super spies and superheroes, Pinewood has been home to a galaxy far, far away, helping create the movies that have made audiences laugh and cry in equal measure. Some of the most glittering careers on both sides of the camera have been launched behind the iconic gates of Pinewood. 
 
From James Bond to Star Wars, the modern age of Marvel and the re-imagining of the Disney classics, Pinewood Studios and Shepperton Studios have played host to the greatest and most cherished movies of all time. Complete with many exclusive behind-the-scenes images from those classic movies, this beautiful new book offers insight, anecdotes and interviews with some of the producers, directors and acting talent who have worked at the studios, including Ridley Scott, Barbara Broccoli, Tim Burton and Sir Roger Moore.

Bob McCabe

Praise for Pinewood: The Story of an Iconic Studio

Lavishly illustrated

This beautiful book is a fitting tribute that any film buff will devour … You’ll often pick this book up and enjoy it more each time you do. *****

Luxurious… Now that’s what I call a great Christmas present.

Lavishly illustrated

This beautiful book is a fitting tribute that any film buff will devour … You’ll often pick this book up and enjoy it more each time you do. *****

Luxurious… Now that’s what I call a great Christmas present.

Lavishly illustrated

This beautiful book is a fitting tribute that any film buff will devour … You’ll often pick this book up and enjoy it more each time you do. *****

Luxurious… Now that’s what I call a great Christmas present.

Books by Bob McCabe

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