Learning My Lines
From Cathy Come Home to EastEnders

 

By Ray Brooks
November 2009
Book Guild
Distributed By Trans-Atlantic Publications
ISBN: 9781846243714
238 pages, illustrated
$33.95 Hardcover

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Actor Ray Brooks first made a name for himself in the iconic 1965 film The Knack, winner of the prestigious Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. This was swiftly followed by Cathy Come Home, an acclaimed drama documentary, which a British Film Institute poll rated as the second greatest British TV program in the 20th century.

Other TV and film work includes, Coronation Street, Carry on Abroad, Doctor Who and The Avengers. He starred as Robbie Box in the popular TV series Big Deal, and recently appeared in Two Thousand Acres of Sky and EastEnders.

And, thanks to classic children's animations such as Mr. Benn, King Rollo and Rupert Bear, Ray's comforting voice is comforting voice is familiar to generations.

Learning My Lines is Ray's first book. Revealing the vulnerability of an actor's life, this candid account is full of down-to-earth humor and captivating honesty.

 

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