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Latest FRANK RANDLE book - The Theatrical World of Arthur Twist

ISBN 9780951801277

Published January 2011 and available through good bookshops, or direct from the authors at the special price of just £8.75 plus £1.15 p&p (UK)

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... and by the way did we mention there's a FOREWORD by Ken Dodd!

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ON BEHALF OF THE COMMITTEE - Available from Amazon

Cuthbert recommends this book. Within its 656 pages, Frank Randle and many other Mancunian stars are featured courtesy of the wealth of images from www.itsahotun.com's archive.

Here is the description from Amazon: From the Industrial Revolution to our own digital age - via music hall, Variety, working men's clubs, radio, cinema & television - northern-born comedians have been at the heart of British popular culture. This witty and informative book investigates why that should be so, while also celebrating the contributions of such household favourites as George Formby, Gracie Fields, Al Read, Frank Randle, Hylda Baker, Jimmy Clitheroe, Les Dawson, Morecambe & Wise, Victoria Wood, Vic and Bob, Steve Coogan, Caroline Aherne, Johnny Vegas and Peter Kay along the way. On Behalf of the Committee is a rich reassessment of British comedy history and cliché-free confirmation that you really do have to laugh - or else you'd cry. As a last word on this book, it really is beautifully presented and lovingly written by a genuinely knowledgeable fan of Comedy and the North of England.

The cover blurb says "Take a time-trip back to the the black-and-white Fifities" -- and that's exactly what the book delivers. Cuthbert and Mrs Cuthbert give this book a big 'thumbs up' for its evocative power - it will take you back bah gum!!

£7.99

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