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As Time Goes By
As Time Goes By
Oct 5, 2024 8:39 PM

Author:Bob Larbey,Judi Dench,Geoffrey Palmer,Full Cast

As Time Goes By

Dame Judi Dench and Geoffrey Palmer star as old flames Jean Pargetter and Lionel Hardcastle. Their love story was all set for a happy ending in the 1950s when Jean was a student nurse and Lionel, a young army officer. But he was posted abroad and they lost touch. Thirty-eight years later, Lionel has returned to London to publish his autobiography and, through a strange coincidence, he is reunited with Jean who has set up a secretarial agency. Specially adapted in six episodes for BBC Radio 2, this hugely popular BBC1 bittersweet comedy about the reunited lovers asks the burning question: 'Can the flame of passion still flicker in middle age?'

Reviews

He is enjoyably gossipyabout friends such as Elton John and about his many exes — including Britt Ekland, who loved making eggy bread for his bandmates, and his former wife Rachel Hunter, the only one to have broken his heart. Written in a cheery, faintly ironic style (there’s even a chapter devoted to his haircut), this is a very enjoyable romp.

—— DAILY MAIL

Biographies of Cream have been rare and this latest is impeccably timed

—— Sunday Times

Thompson's is an unbiased account of this exciting time, when the boundaries of music were being blown apart

—— Sunday Express

Packed with drama and extraordinary anecdotes ... essential reading

—— The Sunday Times

It really is a rollercoaster ride...It’s a proper book. It’s not frothy. It’s not candy flossy...It is no holds barred. You wrote it yourself, it’s so obvious. It’s your voice all the way through

—— Chris Evans

...the book is funny, vivid and even, at times, self-critical...

—— Daily Telegraph

A rollicking rock'nroll story.

—— The Scotsman

Rod Stewart's fascinating autobiography is a colourful account of an extraordinary life

—— Hello!

He gives you, rather generously, a guided tour into not only his life but the life of a rock star

—— Different Scene

What we loved about this book is the feeling that you are having a personal conversation with Rod Stewart … highly recommended!

—— Hot Brands Cool Places

It’s a brisk romp of a read

—— Lynn Barber , The Sunday Times

The tone is droll, surprisingly self-deprecating for such an apparent narcissist, and full of deadpan humour. There are whole chapters here where every page made me laugh out loud, hilarious anecdotes as finely honed as anything in Keith Richards’ Life.

—— Uncut Magazine

an eminently readable and richly entertaining journey through Rod’s life...with a real sense of fun pervading...a rollicking read

—— Beat Magazine

wonderfully written...a page-turner

—— Pat Kenny

Ridiculously funny and astonishingly candid, Rod Stewart's memoir is the rock autobiography of the decade

—— Daily Mail

One of the most entertaining, revealing, captivating books of the year

—— Independent

It’s impossible not to warm to him in this account of booze, drugs and blondes…The tales of on-the-road bad behavior…leave nothing to the imagination…his painful admission of how ex-wife Rachel Hunter broke his heart reveal a man happy to wear his heart on his sleeve….And he wears it well…

—— Daily Mail

In Rod Stewart’s raucous, laddish autobiography….his attitude towards women in his life is frequently indefensible but otherwise it’s often laugh-out-load funny

—— Herald

Rod Stewart reveals all in a hilarious and, at times, moving book…A brilliant read—you’ll be hooked.

—— Best

[Rod] has warm good humour and a nice line in self-deprecation...He wears it well—and tells it even better.

—— Daily Mail

By some distance the most entertaining of last year’s...rock star memoirs.

—— Uncut Online

This book takes readers on an adventure, that is at times deeply moving, through the life of one of the UK's greatest singers.

—— Hello! online

Ruthlessly entertaining

—— telegraph.co.uk
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