{"product_id":"9781472125132-being-david-archer","title":"Being David Archer","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd Other Unusual Ways of Earning a Living\u003cbr\u003eThe autobiography of actor Timothy Bentinck, who has played the role of David Archer, the \u003ci\u003ePaterfamilias \u003c\/i\u003eof the Archer family, since 1982. \u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Hilarious' \u003ci\u003eMail on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Stylish, very funny memoir' \u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTimothy Bentinck has played the part of David Archer in BBC Radio 4's \u003ci\u003eThe Archers\u003c\/i\u003e since 1982. He is also the Earl of Portland and the voice of 'Mind The Gap' on the Piccadilly Line. Aimed primarily at the five million regular \u003ci\u003eArchers\u003c\/i\u003e listeners, Timothy takes the reader behind the scenes of the longest running drama series in the world, a British institution with a theme tune that Billy Connolly wants to be the National Anthem. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut that's not all. With wry, self-deprecating humour, Timothy recounts his enormously varied life - a successful actor in TV, film and theatre, a voice specialist working in every vocal medium. He's also been an HGV truck driver, a US tour guide, a computer programmer and website designer, an inventor with UK and US patents, farm worker, house renovator and he sat as a crossbencher in the House of Lords for three years.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUnlike many acting memoirs, this isn't a succession of thespian tales of freezing digs, forgotten lines and name dropping. This is an articulate, funny and thoughtful account of how to survive an insecure life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56451505193334,"sku":"9781472125132","price":4.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_27269634.jpg?v=1760462780","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781472125132-being-david-archer","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}