{"product_id":"bernard-who-75-years-of-doing-just-abou","title":"Bernard Who? 75 Years Of Doing Just Abou","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Essential'' \u003ci\u003eDAILY MAIL\u003c\/i\u003e CELEBRITY BIOGRAPHIES OF THE YEAR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''The book reads like it''s Bernard sitting down and telling a story'' Steve Wright, BBC Radio 2\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''A fitting celebration of one of our most versatile and enduring acting talents'' \u003ci\u003eSunday Express\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''A rollicking good read - charming, unassuming and full of amiable, homespun wit'' \u003ci\u003eThe Oldie\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe long-awaited autobiography of national treasure Bernard Cribbins.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBernard Cribbins''s life has been an eventful one. In 1943, he left school aged fourteen and joined Oldham Repertory Company where he earned fifteen bob for a seventy-hour week. After being called up for National Service in 1946 he became a paratrooper and spent several months in Palestine being shot at. On returning home, and to the theatre, Bernard was eventually approached by George Martin, then an A\u0026amp;R man for Parlophone Records, who suggested he made a record. Just months away from producing The Beatles, Martin asked Bernard to come to Abbey Road Studios in north London and, after teaching him how to sing into a microphone, they eventually recorded two hit singles - ''The Hole in the Ground'' and ''Right Said Fred''. These, together with appearances in now classic films such as \u003ci\u003eTwo Way Stretch\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Wrong Arm of the Law \u003c\/i\u003e(not to mention a certain television programme called \u003ci\u003eJackanory\u003c\/i\u003e), catapulted Bernard to stardom and, by the time he started filming \u003ci\u003eThe Railway Children \u003c\/i\u003ein 1970, he was already a national treasure.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSince then, Bernard''s CV has been an A-Z of the best entertainment that Britain has to offer, and, thanks to programmes such as the aforementioned \u003ci\u003eJackanory,\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Wombles\u003c\/i\u003e, and, more recently, \u003ci\u003eOld Jack''s Boat,\u003c\/i\u003e he has become the voice of many millions of childhoods. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSeventy-five years in the making and packed with entertaining anecdotes, \u003ci\u003eBernard Who?\u003c\/i\u003e tells the wonderful story of one of the longest and most celebrated careers in show business.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57564029813118,"sku":"NW9781472130150","price":11.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781472130150.jpg?v=1781697434","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/bernard-who-75-years-of-doing-just-abou","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}