Going to Sea in a Sieve
The Autobiography
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Publisher Description
The first hilarious volume of comedy writer, journalist, radio DJ and screenwriter Danny Baker's memoir, and now the inspiration for the major BBC series CRADLE TO GRAVE, starring Peter Kay.
'And what was our life like in this noisy, dangerous and polluted industrial pock-mark wedged into one of the capital's toughest neighbourhoods? It was, of course, utterly magnificent and I'd give anything to climb inside it again for just one day.'
In the first volume of his memoirs, Danny Baker brings his early years to life as only he knows how. With his trademark humour and eye for a killer anecdote, he takes us all the way from the council house in south-east London that he shared with his mum Betty and dad 'Spud' (played by Peter Kay) to the music-biz excesses of Los Angeles, where he famously interviewed Michael Jackson for the NME. Laugh-out-loud funny, it is also an affectionate but unsentimental hymn to a bygone era.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
There are few one-offs, but Danny Baker is certainly one of them. An earnest raconteur and well-known radio personality, he takes us in lucid detail through his upbringing in post-war Bermondsey as he messed around in bomb sites and the light industry of London that survived the Blitz. But this is no tale of hardship, of a rough upbringing and a triumph over adversity. Instead, Danny shows us how the same happy-go-lucky style he brings to his broadcasting has illuminated a life full of joy and vivid characters. Like a lengthy chat over drinks in a pub, this is a welcome tale of life in all its glory.
