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MEMORIES OF MILLIGAN EB
About this book
An arresting collection of interviews, collated by Norma Farnes, Spike Milligan's close friend and longstanding agent, bringing to life the late, great Milligan in all his various guises.
Heralded as brilliant and difficult in equal measure, Spike Milligan is one of the most prolific and mould-breaking writers of the twentieth century. Fantastically funny and incredibly talented, on his death in 2002, Spike left behind him one of the most diverse legacies in British entertainment history.
Creative, inspirational, and at times doggedly loyal, yet famously tempestuous and fickle, Spike was many things to many people. In Memories of Milligan, Norma Farnes sets out to interview those who knew him best, amassing an array of personal memories from fellow performers and comedians, long time friends and former girlfriends. Compiled of intimate stories, small exchanges and habits that go into making up a relationship, be it personal or professional, Memories of Milligan captures another side to the performer's well-known public persona, to build a complete picture of one of the greatest British comic writers to date.
Ranging from interviews with fellow comedian Barry Humphries, scriptwriters Galton and Simpson, director Jonathan Miller, stalwart presenters Michael Palin and Terry Wogan, to comic geniuses such as Eric Sykes and producer George Martin, this original book encapsulates a moving portrait of a man who is synonymous with a unique era in post-war entertainment.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Introduction
- Desmond Milligan
- Eric Sykes
- Ray Galton and Alan Simpson
- Liz Cowley
- Denis Norden
- Marcel Stellman
- George Martin
- Groucho (Alan Matthews)
- Barry Humphries
- Richard Lester
- Richard Ingrams
- Jimmy Verner
- Peter Medak
- Terry Wogan
- Joanna Lumley
- Alan J. W. Bell
- Dick Douglas-Boyd
- Jonathan Miller
- Michael Palin
- Stephen Fry
- Eddie Izzard
- . . . on Spike
- . . . on the Goons
- Spike on Spike
- Acknowledgements
- Copyright
- About the Publisher