Barry Norman's candid, witty and moving account of life, love, marriage and loss.
Barry Norman was Britain's most respected and popular film critic.
He became famous as the regular presenter of the BBC Film
programme, starting in 1972 with Film 72; by the time he left after
Film 98 he had become a household name.
He also presented other documentaries and programmes, including
Tonight and Omnibus. In the late 1970s and 1980s he wrote and
presented four acclaimed series on The Hollywood Greats and one on
The British Greats, and the ten-part BBC series, Talking Pictures,
each of which was backed up by best-selling books.
Barry started his writing career as a journalist on the Kensington
News and was Show Business Editor of the Daily Mail until 1971. He
contributed over the years to the Guardian as occasional leader
writer and Wednesday columnist, to the Observer as sports writer,
to The Times as television critic and also as a scriptwriter for
the cartoon strip Flook on the Daily Mail. Barry also wrote many
novels and non-fiction books, including books on film and
cricket.
He died in 2017.
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