Ooh! What a Lovely Pair

Oct 4, 2024 5:26 AM

Author:Ant McPartlin,Declan Donnelly

Ant and Dec have spent 30 years working together on TV. They've won over 100 awards, become national treasures and through it all they've remained best friends.

From jungles to pubs, youth clubs to blind school, a wealth of behind-the-scenes anecdotes are revealed in this full, personal and intimate account of their friendship.

Ant and Dec met when they were just thirteen on the set of Byker Grove in Newcastle. They didn't warm to each other immediately, but soon enough they became best mates and have been inseparable both on and off screen ever since.

Bad rap, stunts going wrong, schoolboy pranks and off-screen antics are just some of the experiences they write about in this wonderfully entertaining memoir, full of vivid observations, colourful reminiscence and charming digressions. Ooh! What a Lovely Pair will give millions of fans an insight to the genuine intimacy and refreshing sense of humour that the two TV icons share.

Reviews

Brilliant...a survival guide for over-40s everywhere

—— Belfast Telegraph Morning

This really is the full history… for true buffs, this is not to be missed

—— Press Association

lively, warm-hearted

—— TLS

The True History of the Black Adder is a brilliant read for any fan of Edmund Blackadder, as well as a great introduction into the history of the contemporary comedy scene

—— BookGeeks

An almost perfect history of the greatest British sitcom there has ever been

—— comedy.co.uk

fascinating cultural and social background to the series, the history of its creation and an overview of how the characters evolved over four series.

—— Lep.co.uk

Hornby's portrayal of four characters who accidentally meet on top of a tower block, all ready to jump to their death on New Year's Eve, manages to be sensitive and empathetic, but damn funny as well. My new Hornby favourite

—— Adam Phillips , Observer

Brilliant, smart and funny . . . a cello suite about how to go on living. It's hard to imagine a novel more darkly and sublimely devoted to life

—— Boston Globe

Generous and wise. Right from the opening pages, a smile played continually across my face

—— GQ

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