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Born Shirley Broadbent, Amanda Barrie has been working since she was three. She has performed on stage countless times, from chorus girl to West End lead, appeared in a number of films and has been a familiar face on television from its earliest beginnings. In this autobiography, Amanda recounts anecdotes from her packed professional life, including her famous roles in "Carry On Cleo", as Alma in "Coronation Street" and conwoman Bev in "Bad Girls". She also reflects, with characteristic humour, on events in her personal life including her disrupted childhood, disastrous school life and her relationships with men and women including the remarkable threesome that she shared with her husband Robin Hunter. ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Amanda Tapping, James Bourne, Paul Stephenson, Dean Macey, Adam Jennings, Matthew Lockwood, Lee Simeone, Barrie Delf, Tony Way, Peter Allen, Dicky Moore, Kirk Game, Arthur Aitken, Terry Alderton, Stephen Pewsey, Paul Gray, Jonty Clarke, Sukie Smith, Lorna Casselton. Excerpt:Adam H L Jennings Adam Jennings (born March 17, 1978) is a British actor , producer and film director best known for his theatre work. He was born in Rochford , England . Originally training as an actor, he has also turned his hand to combining the Internet with entertainment. Career In 1996, Jennings set up a digital entertainment agency, The Red Box Group (now Red Box New Media), which provides support for entertainment based companies and charities. Racking up an impressive list of theatre credits his work on film and screen has been varied and usually comedic. In 2004, he took the film production arm of Red Box New Media and set it up as independent film production company Peanut Films. He has produced and directed two shorts for Peanut Films, Out Of The Frying Pan... and Toilet Humour . His design work under the banner of Red Box New Media is varied but has always been related to the entertainment industry working on the official UK websites for films like Van Helsing , The Bourne Supremacy , Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow , 9 Songs and Racing Stripes , as well as creation of the official UK websites for The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen and Untold Scandal . He created the multi award-winning website for the BBC Two cookery show The Hairy Bikers' Cookbook and won more acclaim with the corporate website for independent film producers Barford Productions, (see external links below). He also produced and designed a controversial Macromedia Flash animation for Greenpeace , featuring a chainsaw w... ... Read more