Product Description

In this candid autobiography, Biggins tells the full story of his colourful, packed life. For the first time, he speaks about his Lancashire roots and how, as a child, he battled serious illness and nursed an ambition to be a vicar. He tells of how he dreamed of breaking away and finding a different kind of life for himself, a dream which began to be realised when, after winning his first role in a panto at his local theatre, he headed to London and the Old Vic. Thanks to television roles as diverse as Poldark and Rentaghost, Biggins became one of the best-known faces in television and on the stage. Yet the path to fame and fortune wasn't always easy. Although he knew he was gay, Christopher covered up his true sexuality, fearing it would affect his blossoming acting career.He even got married 'because it was the done thing.' He also had his fair share of adversity to overcome, such as his brushes with the law and his downward spiral into debt. But overcome them he did and fortune shone on Biggins when a contestant dropped out of hit TV show, "I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!" and he stepped into the breach. His genuine personality, his appetite for fun and the gusto with which he approached the dreaded Bushtucker trials all endeared him to his fellow contestants and the public, who wasted no time in voting him winner of the show. Like it's author this book is candid and hilarious. It is a rip-roaring read, bursting with showbiz anecdotes, celebrity gossip and tales of a life lived to the full. After all, nobody knows showbusiness like Christopher Biggins...

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #151030 in Books
• Published on: 2008-09-22
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 288 pages

Customer Reviews

what a charmer!
If you like larger than life personalities telling brilliant showbusiness or theatre or television of film anecdotes then this is the book of the year! Christopher Biggins is a far more rounded character - in every sense - than you might imagine. His booming voice and sense of fun bounce off every page of this book - if you want a pick up then his joi de vivre will do the trick. He freely admits that he never took his life, or his career, too seriously (and neither, interestingly, did his friend Jeremy Irons). It's wonderful to read a book by someone who focuses on the good times, rather than competing to say 'my childhood was more miserable than yours'. Though the thought of Mr Biggins living in a caravan as a boy is a bit of a shock. Best, though, are all the good times. You can see why so many people want him around and why he's always flying off to some new party. Read this for the Queen, Laura Bush and Bea Arthur anecdotes alone. More please Mr B.

Biggins
Full of trivia and name dropping, disappointing after having read Paul O'Grady's short biop. They both need to take a lesson in style, content and presentation from Julie Waters whose book exceeded all expectations and was a a super read.

JUST NAME DROPPING
Personally I thought this book to be nothing more than 'lets see how many famouns names I can drop' in a so called autobiography. I was very dis-appointed with it.