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  • Going Off Alarming

  • The Autobiography: Vol 2
  • By: Danny Baker
  • Narrated by: Danny Baker
  • Length: 9 hrs and 18 mins
  • 4.8 out of 5 stars (644 ratings)

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Going Off Alarming

By: Danny Baker
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Summary

'In these memoirs I bounce all about British TV with such success that I wind up in radio. I will also be filling a few holes that I left in the previous decades. For example, I managed to forget in book one that I had been shot. Twice.'

Danny Baker's first volume of autobiography, Going to Sea in a Sieve, was a Sunday Times best seller, acclaimed for its nonstop humour and anecdotal flourish. It told the exploits of Danny's extraordinary childhood and the wild living of his teenage years. Now he is 25, and it is 1982, and he embarks on an accidental and anxiety-induced career in television - going off alarming. With rollicking good stories from what he describes as 'a frankly crackpot life', Danny continues this stupendous chronicle with irrepressible verve and hilarity. Dozens of TV shows - many of them lousy - give up their backstage stories, and Danny's extraordinary family, particularly his father, Spud, react to the ride throughout. Game shows, talk shows, adverts and TFI Friday are but a few of the unplanned pit stops along the way. Not forgetting the tale of Twizzle: the dog who hanged himself, died, then came back to life again.... Clearly, this will be no ordinary show business stroll down memory lane.

Read by Danny Baker.

©2014 Danny Baker (P)2017 Orion
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The Baker Books

One of three books by Danny baker and ai we'll worry a listen I hope he does more.

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Brilliant book

I read the hardback when it came out but it’s so much better being read by Danny. 5 stars all the way

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Real life in South London

Just fantastic, a read that makes you laugh all the way through. I think Spud is my new hero!!

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More cockney capers

Former TV man and professional cockney dwells on all the dud hands he's been dealt..... Only joking Dan, hugely entertaining. Especially liked reading about his friendship with Gazza. Great read.

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Worth the wait

Not sure why this was not released with the book, but it is worth the wait. Danny Baker is a great storyteller on the page and spoken, with a way of looking at things side-on, and if you like Danny you will love and laugh out loud at this tale of his misadventures and life.

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A rattling good yarn

A rattling good yarn, lovingly crafted and wonderfully told.
Laugh? I thought my trousers would never dry...

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The King of Anecdotes

Long time fans of Danny Baker know that he can rattle off anecdotes like no-one else and this book gives new (and old) fans the chance to hear the genius at work.

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If you like Danny Baker, you must listen to this

If you're a fan of Danny Baker and have perhaps read his books, it's nothing compared to hearing him tell his own story. Excellent from start to finish. Recommended

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Five out of five for an engaging listen

Great anecdotes and wonderful listen that had me laughing from beginning to end. I will be quoting a few of Spud's fruitier sayings, or may not

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Another great Baker Ramble

Not quite the storyline of the first book, but all the anecdotes are top notch

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