Discussion Groups / English Usage / December 2006

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The short book review below may help USers with a loose end in this
thread (who that Sherrin guy was):

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,,1978251,00.html

The Autobiography, by Ned Sherrin (Time Warner Sphere, ?9.99)

Ned Sherrin has long been popular on television and radio and in the
theatre, so it seems surprising that he has waited until he is 75 to
write his autobiography. In self-effacing style he implies that he
entered broadcasting as a result of a chance encounter in the Strand.
He writes of his relationships with some of the twentieth century's
leading entertainers, from Frankie Howerd to David Bowie, whom he met
while Sherrin was producing the film, The Virgin Soldiers. Written in a
breezy, matter-of-fact manner that still allows for some excellent
one-liners and witty analyses of the birth and decline of ITV, these
memoirs are a pleasure to read.

Aloha ~~~ Ozzie Maland ~~~ San Diego