Easily Distracted
Page 34
Wilde, Martin 203
Williams, John 33
Williams, Shirley 226
Willis, Bruce 253
Wilson, Harold 179, 226, 227
Wilson, Owen 75
Wilson, Tony 12, 124, 213, 284, 325, 327
Winterbottom, Michael 59–60, 61–3, 64, 66, 68, 69, 70, 340
Wogan, Terry 259, 273
Wood, Victoria 250
Wordsworth, William 62
X-Ray Spex: ‘Germfree Adolescents’ 216
Yarwood, Mike ix, 272, 281
Young Ones, The 190–1, 236, 260, 272
Me, aged twelve, in a Terylene blazer.
Dad carrying Mum over the threshold on 15 February 1958.
Pierce and Flo, my grandparents, outside the Astoria nightclub.
With my great grandmother in the west of Ireland.
David, me in Clare’s arms, Martin.
Me aged three in Red Wharf Bay, Wales.
Martin, me and David in terrible clothes circa 1971.
My maternal grandmother Maimi, me, Clare, David and Martin.
Can you spot me in the school photo? Brendan Tierney’s mum, the class teacher, is top right.
Brendan, me and Kevin, top to tail, in Ireland.
The six of us kids in 1977.
Dad in the back garden in Middleton with David, Kevin, me and Martin, 1971.
My André Previn look, aged seven.
In the back garden in Middleton.
My primary school report containing the title of this book.
In a photo booth aged seventeen, embracing the eighties.
Me and Dad bonding in a Morgan three-wheeler.
My YHA card from 1981.
My drama class at Manchester Poly. I’m on the far right, in the row second from the back.
My first CV.
Around the time of First Exposure, my first TV experience.
Awkwardly wearing my first suit to my sister Clare’s wedding in 1983.
Mike Taylor and me in 1985, in an amateur dramatic production of Song of Norway. I played Henrik Ibsen and Mike was a dancer.
A black eye from falling off a sledge in 1991.
Me, Martin Murray and Alan Francis in 1991.
In Venice in 1991 with my slightly more handsome brother Martin, on the set of a Mock Turtles video shoot.
Lizzie and me in 1991. I’m trying out a character.
An early publicity shot.
My arse on display in Achill Island in County Mayo. I was on a road trip with Martin Murray.
The Dum Show poster with, left to right, Patrick Marber, Stewart Lee, me, Simon Munnery and Richard Herring.
A letter from my agent, Jan Murphy, detailing a £31.50 fee for The Krypton Factor.
John Thomson and me after winning the Perrier in 1992.
Attempting to save the day in Alpha Papa.
Frank Skinner and me during our Edinburgh show in 1990.
Patrick Marber as my husband Spiros and me as Pauline Calf in Pauline Calf’s Wedding Video in 1994.
Patrick Marber wondering how much he should fine me for being late.
Me and Armando Iannucci.
Winning two BAFTAs for I’m Alan Partridge in May 1998.
With my daughter, Clare. The ever-present Alan Partridge is on the telly.
With the late, great Tony Wilson in Cannes for 24 Hour Party People.
Rob Brydon and me at the BAFTAs for The Trip in May 2011.
With Hugh Grant and Max Mosley in front of the Select Committee during the phone-hacking scandal in November 2011.
At the premier of Alpha Papa in Leicester Square in July 2013.
Neil and Rob Gibbons, also at the premiere of Alpha Papa.
Dame Judi as Philomena Lee and me as Martin Sixsmith in Philomena.
With Philomena Lee.
With Martin Sixsmith.
With Dame Judi.
With my Philomena co-writer Jeff Pope.
A-ha! Arriving at the BAFTA party in February 2014 after winning a screenwriting BAFTA for Philomena.
With John Cleese, my childhood hero, after chairing a Q&A with him in December 2014.
Mum and Dad, without whom …
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Table of Contents
Contents
About the Book
About the Author
Title Page
Acknowledgements
Dedication
Introduction
Part One
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Part Two
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Part Three
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Chapter 38
Chapter 39
Chapter 40
Chapter 41
Chapter 42
Chapter 43
Chapter 44
Chapter 45
Chapter 46
Chapter 47
Chapter 48
Index
Picture Section
Copyright