Tom Allen
Book Shambles
Comedian and Bake Off host Tom Allen joins Robin and Josie this week to talk about his memoir No Shame, which is out now. They chat of growing up in the suburbs, doing Julie Andrews numbers at high school plays and early comedy gigs in New Cross. They also discuss in detail how many celebrities admit to soiling themselves in their autobiographies…
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Reading List
Books recommended this week include:
No Shame by Tom Allen
The Kenneth Williams Diaries by Kenneth Williams
Alastair Cooke’s Letter from America by Alastair Cooke
The work of Alan Bennett
The Moon’s a Balloon by David Niven
The 007 Diaries: Filming Live and Let Die by Roger Moore
The Life and Loves of a He Devil: A Memoir by Graham Norton
A Young Man’s Passage by Julian Clary
Theft by Finding by David Sedaris
Bossy Pants by Tina Fey
The novels of Hilary Mantel
Das Kapital by Karl Marx
Sophie’s World by Jostein Gaarder
Tab Hunter Confidential: The Making of a Movie Star by Tab Hunter
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