Product Description

"Better Late Than Never" is the extraordinary story of how a man born into poverty in London's East End went on to find stardom late in life when he was chosen to be head judge on BBC1's "Strictly Come Dancing". Len tells all about his new-found fame, his experiences on "Strictly Come Dancing", and also on the number 1 US show "Dancing with Stars" and his encounters with the likes of Heather Mills-McCartney and John Sergeant. But the real story is in his East End roots. And Len's early life couldn't be more East End. The son of a Bethnal Green costermonger he spent his formative years running the fruit and veg barrow and being bathed at night in the same water Nan used to cook the beetroot. There are echoes of Billy Elliot too. Though Len was a welder in the London Docks, he dreamt of being a professional footballer, and came close to making the grade had he not broken his foot on Hackney Marshes. The doctor recommended ballroom dancing as a light aid to his recovery. And Len, it turned out, was a natural. At first his family and work mates mocked, but soon he had made the final of a national competition and the welders descended en masse to the Albert hall to cheer him on. With his dance partner, and then wife Cheryl, Len won the British Championships in his late twenties and ballroom became his life. Funny and heart warming, Len's autobiography has all the honest East End charm of a Tommy Steele, Mike Read or Roberta Taylor that we know works so well with book buyers.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #20773 in Books
• Published on: 2009-09-03
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 336 pages

About the Author
Len Goodman is a professional dance judge who also teaches ballroom and Latin dancing at the school he runs in Dartford, Kent. Now in his sixties, he has one son James, 26, who is a singer and dancer. He travels all over the world lecturing, teaching and judging.

Customer Reviews

Sack the proofreader!
This book is a good read for lovers of Len Goodman. it is very interesting and his personality comes through in the writing. However, the amount of typo's started to really annoy me, as they often confused the sense of the sentence as well as being very unprofessional - sort it out, Ebury!

Better Late Than Never
I Bought this book for someone else and they tell me it was good reading, delivery was good so no coplaints .
R.A. Canacott

BUY IT
Brilliant. Came in excellent conditoin a nd a good read for those who love Len.