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You're Him, Aren't You?: An Autobiography
by
Paul Darrow
Paul Darrow's career has encompassed theater, television, and film. Famed for his portrayal of ruthless and calculating computer expert Kerr Avon in Terry Nation's science fiction series
Blake's 7
, Darrow has also appeared in
Coronation Street
,
Emergency Ward 10
, and many other productions—including two guest appearances in
Doctor Who
. Populated by familiar names and produ
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Hardcover
,
192 pages
Published
October 1st 2006
by Big Finish
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Blake's 7, a low (ish) budget BBC TV show from the late 70s/early 80s holds terrific nostalgic value for me on two counts. I adored it as a child and again re-watching it during a three month drunken spell with housemates in my mid to late twenties. At the tail end of all this two of us went to a Blake's 7 convention with Gareth Thomas, Peter Tuddenham and Paul Darrow, which to this day remains one of the funniest weekends I've ever had.
Quite why it's taken me 9 years to discover Darrow's autobi ...more
Quite why it's taken me 9 years to discover Darrow's autobi ...more
Darrow’s autobiography, including a lot of stories from his years on
Blakes 7
. This is one of the rare cases where I wish I were listening to an audiobook rather than reading a dead tree book. The book is reasonably interesting, and there’s a lot of great anecdotes, but especially in the beginning, it’s a somewhat choppy read. If I were listening to it (preferably read by Darrow himself, of course!), I’d have enjoyed it much more.
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Paul Darrow's awesome performance as Avon in Blake's 7 makes him forever a legend. Bringing Shakespearean menace and cracking dialogue into space, it was a role that could only have happened in a BBC production and makes him a national treasure. This memoir does not live up to the promise in many ways: he comes across as somewhat pampered, admittedly right-wing (it doesn't tick my boxes) and a bit vain at times. Most criminally though, the writing is poor: flat, repetitive and lacking in style.
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The memoir of Paul Darrow, who played Avon in the brilliant 1980s cult science fiction series Blakes 7. It's a pretty funny book; totally self-obsessed, totally luvvie, totally namedroppy, public-school-boy-turns-actor memoirs of the English touring theatre scene, Blakes 7, etc. Featuring a ton of actors, producers, directors, writers and BBC execs who I've never heard of. Seductive in its enthusiasm. Some good B7 filming anecdotes, although less than I'd think. This book could just as well be c
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A name dropping memoir, but a good one. I love watching the character of Avon, and Darrow doesn't shy away from the reason he's famous. He loves being associated with the character.
Darrow does seem to be exactly the opposite of his famous persona, and his voice works here because of that. He comes off as someone you wouldn't mind inviting for dinner. The book is full of name-dropping stories.
He spends about half the book talking about his acting career in general and the other half about Blakes ...more
Darrow does seem to be exactly the opposite of his famous persona, and his voice works here because of that. He comes off as someone you wouldn't mind inviting for dinner. The book is full of name-dropping stories.
He spends about half the book talking about his acting career in general and the other half about Blakes ...more
An excellent memoir of the Blakes 7 TV show. I read this straight through in a couple of hours. Very funny and very entertaining.
Darrow's not a brilliant writer, but he has a lot of interesting things to say.
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