Clarissa and the Countryman by Clarissa Dickson Wright
The surviving half of the Two Fat Ladies, Clarissa Dickson Wright is on a new adventure, this time with Sir Johnny, her exhuberant childhood pal. This book accompanies a BBC series.
Clarissa and the Countryman
Summary
Clarissa Dickson Wright, best known as one of TV's "Two Fat Ladies", describes the people and places she discovered whilst travelling the country with her childhood friend, Sir John Scott. The book accompanies the TV series of the same name.
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Deprived of her partner in crime, the inimitable Jennifer Paterson, the Fat Lady teams up with a childhood friend for a book that is an unashamed "celebration of the countryside". But let no one think Dickson Wright has been casting around desperately for something new to do: this idea was conceived by her some four years ago but, despite her profile, failed to win TV approval. Then, in the wake of the furore that followed the axing of One Man and His Dog, the only "countryside" programme on the box, the concept was revived. The book, and the eight-part BBC TV series accompanying it, finds Clarissa, the born townie, and her childhood friend, a country boy brought up on a Lowland sheep farm, trekking the length and breadth of a country threatened by "urban and political misunderstanding". Why should Westminster, for example, decide on the future of fox-hunting, a necessary part of country life and not just a rich man's pursuit? This time, we're not taught exotic ways with lamb but, instead, see a hill ewe lambing in a snowstorm. A surprising book, perhaps, and one that aims to show a side of country life with which urban folk are largely unfamiliar.
About Clarissa Dickson Wright
Clarissa Dickson Wright was one half of the memorable Two Fat Ladies duo. She is the proprietor of the specialist bookshop, The Cooks Bookshop, and lives near Edinburgh.Sir John Scott farms in Berwickshire. He writes for Farming News and a countryside column for Scotland on Sunday.
Additional information
CIN0747232474G
9780747232476
0747232474
Clarissa and the Countryman by Clarissa Dickson Wright
Used - Good
Hardback
Headline Publishing Group
2000-10-19
192
N/A
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