THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Be the first to discover the funny,
uplifting, occasionally heartbreaking and always honest life story
of Phillip Schofield. 'It's fascinating, it's funny and it's
beautifully written . . . brilliant' CHRIS MOYLES, Radio X
'Fascinating' TIM PEAKE For forty years we've watched Phillip on
our tellies, from children's TV to This Morning and Dancing on Ice,
but what is it like on set and who is he when the camera's off? In
Life's What You Make It Philip for the first time takes us behind
the scenes of his remarkable career. From his idyllic childhood in
Cornwall, where for years he pestered the BBC for a job, eventually
landing a prize position in the Broom Cupboard with mischievous
sidekick Gordon the Gopher, through hosting Going Live!, starring
in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat and finally
finding his on-screen home and presenting-partner Holly Willoughby
on This Morning, Phillip takes us on the highs and lows of his
extraordinary life. ____ 'For a long time, I felt that I couldn't
write this book. At first, I didn't think I'd lived enough, then
life got busy and filled with distractions. In more recent years,
there was always a very painful consideration - I knew where it
would eventually have to go. 'I have recently decided that the
truth is the only thing that can set me free. The truth has taken a
long time to make itself clear to me, but now is the right time to
share it, all of it. 'Television and broadcasting has been a part
of my DNA for as long as I can remember. As a young boy I would
make model TV sets out of cardboard boxes, while spending long
summers at home, barefoot on Cornwall's golden beaches. Landing a
job at the ice-cream kiosk, I would enviously look on as my
presenting heroes took to the stage of Radio 1's Roadshow, an
unforgettable event when it came to town. 'In Life's What You Make
It I look back with nostalgic delight on my life, from being a
young boy endlessly writing letters to the BBC in pursuit of a job
in broadcasting, to making it on to the Broom Cupboard, with my
infamous sidekick Gordon the Gopher, to being on Going Live and
starring as the lead in Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber's Joseph and the
Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat. It has taken four decades to get
here but I feel lucky to have called the sets of Talking Telephone
Numbers, The Cube, Dancing on Ice and of course, This Morning,
home. 'I'm going to take you behind the scenes of my television
home at ITV, into my career and my dangerously funny relationship
with Holly Willoughby. I'm going to introduce you to my loving and
remarkable family, and I hope most of all to tell you that life, it
seems, is what you make it. Take it from someone who has sat on the
very edge and looked over, it's all about the people that love you,
and after that anything is possible. So, finally, here we go, this
is the real me.' ____ 'A really smashing book' Michael Ball '[A]
fantastic read on such an interesting life' Lorraine Kelly
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