Turned Out Nice Again Louis Barfe

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Hugely entertaining and packed with new stories, Turned Out Nice Again is the first single volume history of British light entertainment.

'All-encompassing: game shows, quiz shows, talent shows, sitcom spin-offs, magic acts and dancing sea lions.' Roger Lewis, Mail on Sunday

Turned Out Nice Again Summary

Turned Out Nice Again: The Story of British Light Entertainment by Louis Barfe

With a cast of thousands, including Peter Cook, Ken Dodd, Dusty Springfield, Spike Milligan, Rolf Harris, Bruce Forsyth and Reeves and Mortimer, Turned Out Nice Again reveals a world of comedians and cavorters, dancing girls and crooners. From the early days of vaudeville, via the golden age of radio, live television spectaculars, the rise of the chat show and alternative comedy, Louis Barfe pulls back the curtain of variety to reveal the world of light entertainment in all its glory.

Turned Out Nice Again Reviews

* 'Hugely enjoyable... Perhaps without realising it, we are now living through a light entertainment golden age. How nice to have a book that makes you ponder such an idea in the first place.' - Sinclair McKay, Daily Telegraph * 'It is... refreshing to read a book about popular entertainment by someone who genuinely loves it, without so much as a hint of that rather purist, Anglo-Saxon sneer we so often, as a nation, display about things we do simply for pleasure.' - Peter Bazalgette, Sunday Telegraph * 'A fine book... The top-billers are all here... [and] thoroughly researched facts are bolstered by rambling interviews with surviving producers... The achievement of this book is to give credit where it's overdue.' - Kit Hesketh Harvey, Guardian * 'All-encompassing: game shows, quiz shows, talent shows, sitcom spin-offs, magic acts and dancing sea lions.' - Roger Lewis, Mail on Sunday

About Louis Barfe

Louis Barfe was born in 1973 in Epsom, Surrey. He studied at Lancaster University. He has written for Private Eye, The Oldie, Publishing News, New Statesman and Crescendo and Jazz Music. His first book, Where Have All the Good Times Gone: The Rise and Fall of the Record Industry, was published by Atlantic Books in 2004.

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GOR010786192

ISBN 13

9781843543817

ISBN 10

1843543818

Title

Turned Out Nice Again: The Story of British Light Entertainment by Louis Barfe

Author

Louis Barfe

Condition

Used - Like New

Binding type

Paperback

Publisher

Atlantic Books

Year published

20090701

Number of pages

416

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The book has been read, but looks new. The book cover has no visible wear, and the dust jacket is included if applicable. No missing or damaged pages, no tears, possible very minimal creasing, no underlining or highlighting of text, and no writing in the margins