{"product_id":"9780099585930-easily-distracted","title":"Easily Distracted","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSteve Coogan was born and raised in Manchester in the 1960s, the fourth of six children. The late eighties and early nineties saw Coogan developing characters he could perform on the comedy circuit, from Ernest Moss to Paul Calf, and in 1992 he won a Perrier award with John Thomson. This book tells his story.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSteve Coogan was born and raised in Manchester in the 1960s, the fourth of six children. From an early age he entertained his family with impressions and was often told he should 'be on the telly'. Failing to get into any of the London-based drama schools, he accepted a place at Manchester Polytechnic School of Theatre and before graduating had been given his first break as a voice artist on the satirical puppet show \u003ci\u003eSpitting Image\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe late eighties and early nineties saw Coogan developing characters he could perform on the comedy circuit, from Ernest Moss to Paul Calf, and in 1992 he won a Perrier award with John Thomson. It was around the same time, while working with Armando Iannucci and Patrick Marber on \u003ci\u003eOn The Hour\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Day Today, \u003c\/i\u003ethat Alan Partridge emerged, almost fully formed. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCoogan, once a tabloid fixture, is now a respected film actor, writer and producer. He runs his own production company, Baby Cow, has a raft of films to his name (from \u003ci\u003e24 Hour Party People\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eAlpha Papa, \u003c\/i\u003ethe critically-acclaimed Partridge film), six Baftas and seven Comedy Awards. He has found huge success in recent years with both \u003ci\u003eThe Trip\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePhilomena\u003c\/i\u003e, the latter bringing him two Oscar nominations, for producing and co-writing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eEasily Distracted\u003c\/i\u003e he lifts the lid on the real Steve Coogan, writing with distinctive humour and an unexpected candour about a noisy childhood surrounded by foster kids, his attention-seeking teenage years and his emergence as a household name with the birth of Alan Partridge.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39575009132641,"sku":"9780099585930","price":10.02,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_34353498_3a3d189f-c727-41ef-83c9-83a631e7b023.jpg?v=1747286463","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780099585930-easily-distracted","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}