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I was however impressed with the calibre of the opposition and grounds they were able to play at and the left of effort involved to successfully carry out the tour. It was sad to read what happened to the author of the book as he seemed very full of life and never took no for an answer or shied away from a challenge.

It is part sports commentary, part humour and part travelogue as you slowly warm up to the rag-tag team, then get angry with them and then cheer them on with a fair degree of exasperation. This book has the ability to make you look very silly as you stifle a smirk on the bus so that people will not think you are mad - while reading on another joke makes you try and stifle the urge to laugh out loud causing snot to shoot from one's nose, making you look extemely silly! Thompson, Harry (1991). Tintin: Hergé and his Creation. London: Hodder & Stoughton. ISBN 978-0-340-52393-3.Thompson's last broadcast work was the Channel 5 sitcom Respectable, on which he finished work the week before he died. [7] Co-written with Shaun Pye, the programme was set in a suburban brothel and aired in 2006. The Guardian criticised the programme's "woefully old-fashioned, juvenile outlook" and called it "drearily unsophisticated". [8] The programme was also criticised in some quarters on the grounds that it made light of prostitution. [9] Other work [ edit ] A must read or listen...... Funny, true, reflective, appreciative, humbling, and realisation that life is no rehearsal. Live life! In a 2005 episode of Have I Got News For You, featuring Alexander Armstrong as host and Fi Glover and Ian McMillan as guest panellists, a message stating "In Memory of Harry Thompson, the first producer of Have I Got News For You (1960–2005)" was displayed.

If you're not sure if you'll enjoy this book, consider the following extract from the opening chapter:Coren, Victoria (12 June 2005). "Having cancer is like a big hard bastard has invited me outside the pub, and when I get there he's brought two of his mates". The Observer . Retrieved 17 September 2012. This book was thus a race against the ultimate deadline. Thompson opted to say very little about his predicament, showing admirable stoicism - Captain Scott with a hint of Captain Oates - but questionable literary judgment. It made it harder for his tale to shake off Berkmann's shadow. Harry William Thompson was born on 6 February 1960 in London. [1] [2] His father was a marketing manager who worked for The Guardian, while his mother was a teacher who campaigned for higher standards in education. [1] He attended the private, fee-paying school Highgate School before going on to study History at Brasenose College, Oxford. There he became editor of the university newspaper, Cherwell, working alongside arts editor Roly Keating, the future controller of BBC2. [1] [2] Great book, heart renching ending - even though it's the second time I have read this I laughed heartily and cried miserably once again.

blow for deathbed widow of Have I Got News For You writer". The Evening Standard. 23 September 2006 . Retrieved 14 August 2020. I thought Glen McCready did a wonderful job of reading the book, giving us a range of accents for the great diversity of people we met.Gaisford, Sue (27 October 1994). "Leader of a tiny, respectable gang: 'Richard Ingrams Lord of the Gnomes' – Harry Thompson". The Independent. Archived from the original on 9 May 2022 . Retrieved 17 September 2012. Forgotten the title or the author of a book? Our BookSleuth is specially designed for you. Visit BookSleuth

The ups and downs of playing sport with your friends - from the joys of just actually scoring to the lows of being let down at crucial points. Funny and heartwarming, this is a dying mans tribute to a sport, and more importantly a team, that he loved. Harry Thompson also produced non-comedy documentaries for BBC Radio. He made several programmes with writer/presenter Terence Pettigrew, starting with anniversary tributes to Hollywood icons James Dean ( You're Tearing Me Apart) and Montgomery Clift ( I Had The Misery Thursday). Pettigrew and Thompson subsequently worked together on a second series of documentaries, including on national service ( Caught in the Draft), and also about the evacuation of children from major British cities during the Second World War ( Nobody Cried When The Trains Pulled Out). Both programmes were presented by Michael Aspel. [ citation needed]

I'd more likely recommend the unabridged book as this book doesn't fully make sense and you don't get to know so much about the characters in it. Thompson's book does roam wider. When Berkmann left to start a splinter club, Thompson carried on captaining Captain Scott, so he has several more years of club memories to milk. And the world tour carries him away from the village greens of England to take in Singapore, Buenos Aires and Antarctica. Sketching each stop with deft relish, Thompson almost launches another genre - the picaresque comic memoir of sporting incompetence. Greater than the sum of its parts and the closest a book has ever brought me to crying. One of the best sports books ever written. Treneman, Ann (24 November 1997). "Not as sweet as she looks". The Independent. Archived from the original on 9 May 2022 . Retrieved 18 September 2012.