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Life's What You Make It Phillip Schofield

Life's What You Make It By Phillip Schofield

Life's What You Make It by Phillip Schofield


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Life's What You Make It Summary

Life's What You Make It: The Sunday Times Bestseller 2020 by Phillip Schofield

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

Discover the funny, uplifting, occasionally heartbreaking and always honest life story of Phillip Schofield

'[A] fantastic read on such an interesting life'
Lorraine Kelly

'A really smashing book'
Michael Ball

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.
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'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.'
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'A beautiful book. There are amazing stories in there about meeting Princess Diana, the Red Arrows and all of our favourite telly shows. It's a delight'
Zoe Ball, BBC Radio 2

'We have loved your book - you've been so honest, open, everything that anyone will have hoped to get from this book . . . you get it. A stroll through your incredible career and you also tackle, head on, in a really beautiful way what happened earlier this year' Andrea McLean, Loose Women

'One of our favourite things is the many hilarious anecdotes he has to share about his good friend Holly Willoughby'
Hello!

'The book we've all been waiting for . . . we haven't been able to put it down'
New

'A bona fide national treasure . . . He tells his story in his way, with great honesty'
Prima

'A fantastic read!'
Steve Wright, BBC Radio 2

Life's What You Make It Reviews

It's fascinating, it's funny and it's beautifully written . . . brilliant -- Chris Moyles, Radio X
What a fascinating memoir -- Tim Peake
Explosive * Sun *
[A] fantastic read on such an interesting life * Lorraine Kelly *
A really smashing book -- Michael Ball
Candid, brave and readable . . . This Morning fans will love stories of his 18 years on the show * Sunday Express *
A beautiful book. There are amazing stories in there about meeting Princess Diana, the Red Arrows and all of our favourite telly shows. It's a delight -- Zoe Ball * BBC Radio 2 *
The book we've all been waiting for . . . we haven't been able to put it down * New *
A fantastic read! -- Steve Wright * BBC Radio 2 *
We have loved your book - you've been so honest, open, everything that anyone knows you so well will have hoped to get from this book . . . you get it. A stroll through your incredible career and you also tackle, head on, in a really beautiful way what happened earlier this year -- Andrea McLean * Loose Women *
A bona fide national treasure . . . He tells his story in his way, with great honesty * Prima *
One of our favourite things is the many hilarious anecdotes he has to share about his good friend Holly Willoughby * Hello! *
Phillip Schofield has spoken candidly about his coming out process and his current mental health struggles in his autobiography * Pink News *
Takes readers on the journey Phillip has taken to get to where he is today. Fans will delight at a nostalgic look back at Phillip's life, relish the behind the scenes stories, and feel touched by the emotional honesty in his writing * Northern Life Magazine *
Dazzling * Evening Standard *
Full of anecdotes about onscreen mishaps and meeting the famous * Daily Mail *
The silver-haired overlord of daytime TV . . . Schofe's candour is admirable * Evening Standard *
In this soul-bearing autobiography, Phillip looks back on his broadcasting career . . . A frank and highly readable life story * Sunday Express *

About Phillip Schofield

Phillip Schofield is one of our most loved TV presenters, having spent nearly 40 years hosting some of the biggest shows on screen. Since gaining popularity working as a children's presenter for the BBC hosting The Broom Cupboard in 1985, Phillip has gone on to present multiple series of Going Live and more recently, Dancing On Ice, The Cube, 5 Gold Rings, Mr & Mrs and two Royal Weddings.

He has performed on stage as Joseph in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat and as Doctor Dolittle.

Phillip has hosted ITV's This Morning since 2002, now alongside his on screen wife Holly Willoughby, which has won the National Television Award for Best Daytime Programme fifteen times.

Additional information

GOR010865449
9780241501177
0241501172
Life's What You Make It: The Sunday Times Bestseller 2020 by Phillip Schofield
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Penguin Books Ltd
20201015
400
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Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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